Slava Zaitsev, Enduring Soviet-Era Fashion Designer, Dies at 85
Briefly

Slava Zaitsev, an effervescent and enduring Soviet-era fashion designer, once called the Red Dior by the Western press, whose over-the-top theatrical creations and persona made him a go-to couturier at home, died on April 30 in Shchyolkovo, Russia.He was 85.His longtime friend Tatiana Sorokko, a Russian-born model and journalist, said his death, in a hospital, was caused by internal bleeding that resulted from an ulcer.
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