Valentin Yudashkin, Russian fashion designer, dies aged 59

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According to information from the Russian press, the stylist had been fighting cancer for several years. Russian stylist Valentin Yudashkin during the opening of Moscow Fashion Week, in 2012 Kirill KUDRYAVTSEV / AFP Russian stylist Valentin Yudashkin, who participated in Paris Fashion Week for years until he was excluded for not condemning the offensive in Ukraine, has died at the age of 59. A spokesman for his fashion brand told AFP on Tuesday that “Yudashkin has passed away”. Kremlin spokesman Dmitri Peskov told the press that Yudashkin “has made a great contribution to the development of Russian culture”. President Vladimir Putin “expresses his deepest condolences,” Peskov said. The designer had been battling cancer for several years, according to Russian media. In 1991, Yudashkin’s Fabergé collection returned to decorative eggs and caused a sensation in Paris. Since then, he has regularly participated in Paris Fashion Week with collections sometimes inspired by his homeland, such as “Ballet” or “Catherine the Great”. In 2008, he helped design Russian army uniforms. In March 2022, the French Fashion Federation canceled the Russian show because he did not condemn the offensive in Ukraine. Russian designer Valentin Yudashkin during a presentation of his Spring/Summer 2016 collection in Paris FRANCOIS GUILLOT / AFP

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