"The Greatest fashion designers and … Part II". A series of lectures

November 19 – "Rose Bertin and the Age of Masquerade"

November 26 – "Paul Poiret and the East"

December 3 – "Christian Dior and Flowers"

December 10 – "Giorgio Armani and Italiano Vero"

December 17 – "Alexander McQueen and Death"

Olga Andreevna Khoroshilova

PhD in Art History, Professor at Saint Petersburg State University of Industrial Technologies and Design, art and costume historian, author of numerous books on the history of culture and fashion

This lecture is dedicated to Rose Bertin, once called "the Minister of Fashion of France". We'll learn how the Age of Gallantry shaped her work, what innovations she brought to European fashion, and how she inspired the culture of masquerade.

Olga Andreevna Khoroshilova

PhD in Art History, Professor at Saint Petersburg State University of Industrial Technologies and Design, art and costume historian, author of numerous books on the history of culture and fashion

This lecture explores how the great couturier Paul Poiret transformed fashion by infusing it with Oriental motifs. We'll trace the origins of his love for the East, revisit his most important collections, and consider who today draws inspiration from Poiret's Orientalism.

Хорошилова Ольга Андреевна

PhD in Art History, Professor at Saint Petersburg State University of Industrial Technologies and Design, art and costume historian, author of numerous books on the history of culture and fashion

This lecture is devoted to the most romantic love of Christian Dior's life—his love of flowers. Olga Khoroshilova will explain how this beautiful passion turned Dior into a celebrated couturier and what revolution in fashion it helped bring about. We'll discover which flowers Dior preferred, what he grew in his gardens, and which collections they inspired.

Olga Andreevna Khoroshilova

PhD in Art History, Professor at Saint Petersburg State University of Industrial Technologies and Design, art and costume historian, author of numerous books on the history of culture and fashion

Olga Khoroshilova will discuss the life and work of Giorgio Armani—the breakthroughs he achieved and why he deserves recognition as the architect of a new Italian style in contemporary fashion.

Olga Andreevna Khoroshilova

PhD in Art History, Professor at Saint Petersburg State University of Industrial Technologies and Design, art and costume historian, author of numerous books on the history of culture and fashion

We'll discuss this remarkable British designer—what shaped his style, the role of history and British art in his work, and why the theme of death came to occupy the central place in his creative vision.