It is not only the permanent host of “Fashion verdict”, but also an honorary member of the Russian Academy of arts, and a consultant to many theatres, enjoying his / her tips as a connoisseur of fashion styles from different eras. Interest in the personal life of this person, who is the wife of Alexander Vasiliev and if there is one, is always high, and the mystique of the fashion historian only it warms up.

Personal life

In his numerous interviews Alexander loves to talk about the beautiful women, the muses of great people, but about the role excellent representative of humanity play in the personal life of the fashion historian Alexandre Vassiliev impossible to hear. In addition, many believe that the orientation of Alexander Vasiliev is completely eliminates. Thinking about this suggests a striking image Vasiliev, his manner of speaking and behaving, as well as some exotic outfits.

Is it true, has no special meaning: a lifestyle choice – a private affair of Alexander Vasiliev and to report or not about it publicly, is also up to him. However, in the biography of fashion historian were beautiful novels, but because of its stealth know about them very little.

In the photo: Alexander Vasilyev in his youth

Currently Vasiliev is not married. Rumor has it that he has from time to time short-lived relationships with women, and a lot of them, but not about anything specific in the media is not mentioned. Anyway, no names POPs up, and details.

Frequently appearing on television, Alexander is extremely helpful with all the ladies, likes to say them compliments and nice things you can do with the profit model of a lady’s man.

Special relationship Vasiliev rewarded with a famous star and diva of the Russian elite: actress, TV presenter and singer, beautiful woman and a business woman, but just women he is always ready to Express their friendliness and courtesy.

The first great love overtook Alexander Alexandrovich in a distant youth, when he was twenty-one, he fell in love with a fellow student at technical school Masha Lavrov. The feeling was so deep and strong that only her he saw a future as a wife and mother of the children of Alexander Vasiliev.

However, in the personal life of the future fashion historian unforeseen circumstances because of which he not only failed to realize his dream, but was away from home.

Machine mother married a French citizen, and her whole family went to Paris. Just buy a ticket to France and fly to his beloved Vassiliev could not in Soviet times it was impossible, so he began looking for ways to be in Paris.

In the photo: Alexander Vasilyev with his wife

In search of ways to be closer to his beloved Alexander decided on a marriage – wife of Alexander Vasiliev became Anne Micheline Jean Badimon, which helped him to also be in France.

The French came to Moscow to improve my Russian and, after hearing the story of Alexander, agreed to help him – so in the personal life of Alexander Vasiliev had a change of heart that allowed him to be in Paris and meet with his beloved.

Meanwhile, the personal lives of the fashion historian Alexandre Vassiliev was quite successful – he became close to Anna, and a marriage eventually turned into the real.

Wife of Alexander Vasiliev was from a wealthy family, heir to a wealthy French industrialist, engaged in the production of packaging for chocolate, and her mother was a high judge in Bordeaux. Free time Alexander and Anna carried on her family’s Villa in Arcachon, sunbathing on the nearby beach.

Wife’s parents Alexander Vasiliev eventually brought him into the family, Anna’s mother invited him to become a teacher of Russian language, interest to which in France by that time had increased markedly. It is possible that Alexander and settled down in Paris, but at one point the personal life of Alexander Vasiliev fell – he caught his wife in the arms of another man, and this put an end to their marriage.

For the time spent together with children Anna, Alexander Vassiliev has not appeared, so he decided to break family ties. After the divorce Vasiliev have no outside financial support began to build his life in Paris, and then their own talent and hard work helped the artist to gradually stand up.

He soon found a job with a degree, completely changed his biography. Talented young artist from Russia have been receiving many orders for the decoration of sets for plays, street festivals. The work was brought to Alexander the great pleasure, not to stop on reached and to raise the level of their skill, Vasiliev enrolled in the school of the Louvre, after which he became a certified designer of Palace interiors.

The knowledge gained in school, experience in the most famous theatres allowed Vasilyev and start to teach the history of fashion students based in the mid-nineteenth century Parisian fashion school Esmod, as well as students of the Russian theatre school.

About a talented Russian designer over time learned not only French but also the theatres of other countries, and he collaborated with the London national theatre, Scottish ballet, he was invited to Japan, Turkey, Iceland.

During a creative trip to Iceland Alexander met a girl named Stephanie who left a trace in the biography of fashion historian. He was so excited, he asked her to marry him, but Stephanie answered, “no.”

Such an outcome surprised Vasilyeva, because by that time he had already acquired its own name in art circles, and the numerous orders made him a very wealthy man, so was hoping that the Icelandic girl can resist the charm wealthy men.

However, Stephanie did not want to go with him to Paris, and he was not going to stay in Iceland. Today, the artist and fashion historian Alexander Vasiliev has no wife, children, and this leads some to believe that he’s gay.

However, Alexander says that still wants to meet the woman who would become his devoted companion.

“It is possible that it would all work out, pointedly said Vasilyev. – What are our years!”, – said Alexander.

Brief biography

Vasiliev, a Muscovite who comes from a family of famous theater artist and dramatic actress. The love of creating theatrical costumes passed to him from his father, Alexander Pavlovich, and it began in early childhood.

In the photo: Alexander Vasilyev in his youth

At first he was more interested in to come up with outfits for the characters of the puppet theatre, and at twelve years Vasiliev became an Illustrator of children’s production of “the Wizard of oz” alongside actors in costumes created by his sketches.

Photo: little Sasha Vasiliev in the TV program “Alarm clock”

Apparently, this occupation he took much more than learning English in a special school, and as a result Vasilyev was expelled from it, and the training he continued in night school.

As a teenager Alexander was involved in the shooting of TV programs for children “Theater Bell” and “Alarm clock”. He often helped his father in the creation of theatrical costumes, and when I decided to go to learn the Director in the School-Studio of the Moscow art theatre, received his approval and support.

After graduation Vasiliev came to work in the Theater on Malaya Bronnaya, and two years later in his biography, events occurred that led him to Paris. The capital of France had on Alexander Alexandrovich lasting impression, she gave him not only a lot of lasting emotions, but also creative freedom.

There he built a career studying, working, and when it came time to return home, issued a residence permit. Over time, the interest in his work began to show the most famous theatres in France and other European cities.

Alexander Vasilyev and Alexander Zaitsev

Vasiliev received long-term contracts with the theatres of Italy, Spain, where he not only designed the performances, but also lectures – by this time he mastered the languages of these countries, which allowed him to communicate easily with their students.

After perestroika and the collapse of the old political system, the artist returned to Russia, where he continued to teach. At the beginning of the Millennium, he organized the first fashion festival “Alexander Vasilyev’s Volga seasons” and two years later began his collaboration with the TV, and the first transmission, the author of which was Alexander Vassiliev, was the project “Breeze”.

On the photo: Vasilyev in “the Fashionable sentence”

A new stage in the biography of fashion designer is the project “Fashion verdict”, which brought Alexander Alexandrovich loud popularity. In the gear he came after the resignation of the presenter Vyacheslav Zaitsev, and since then, for several years, leads this program.

Alexander Vasilyev became the founder of the awards for the high aesthetics of the interior design, the embodiment of which is made manually and with a personal number authentication Lily of ceramics. Nominees for this award are space – galleries, cafes, train stations and other public places, the interiors of which are decorated in accordance with the requirements of high design.

His vast experience and knowledge in the field of design and fashion history Alexander shares not only with students and trainees of various courses, but also with the readers – he wrote several books on the history of Russian fashion, style emigrants, who left Russia early last century. For many years, Vasilyev working on his photography, making her entries in the diary, which he maintains throughout his life.

Much time was devoted to Alexander to create a collection of historical costumes, which includes such rarities as the outfits of Princess Mary Scherbatova, the Countess Olga von Kreutz, ballerina Maya Plisetskaya. This collection continues to grow with costumes, who presented Vasiliev’s famous contemporaries.