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My deep relations with fashion started in Paris in 1980s, when I was appointed head of The Fashion History course at French Esmod fashion school, the biggest and the best in those years in Paris.

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Alexander Vassiliev
Age: 62
Born: 1962
Born: May 1
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Moscow
Russian SFSR
Aleksandr Vasilyev
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My collection of historical fashion consists of about 10,000 pieces - dresses and accessories, from 18th century to today. The main focus was initially Russian fashion, but now I have extended it to the whole European continent.
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