Rzhevskaya Elena – Structure 1

Born in 1961, Elena was only sixteen when she enrolled in the fashion design programme at Moscow Institute of Technology (today GASBU) studying with the famous Vyacheslav Zaitsev. In 1982 she commenced working at Moscow Fashion House, where she continued collaborating with the leading fashion icons such as Zaitsev himself. In 1997 she founded a fashion laboratory with Lydmila Davydova, Slava Zaitsev – a private education institution promoting the brand “Couturier Slava Zaitsev”. She became the artistic director of TXT Art Gallery (fabrics and technology) in Moscow in 2003. She has worked as a fashion reporter and illustrator in numerous fashion publications. Her famous collage work, in which she uses newspaper cut-outs of female lips, is the hallmark of her creativity, as well as of Russian fashion presentations (used at Fashion Week). She works as a designer for many brands and teaches at two Moscow universities – she is the principal lecturer at Moscow Fashion Laboratory and an assistant professor in the design department at the Faculty of Fashion. Elena is a member of the Russian Association of Designers. Last year she marked 29 years of creative work in design, painting and design teaching at a prestigious Russian fashion university. She has exhibited in two individual shows and several noted group shows and has received awards for her work. She lives and works in Moscow.