Designer Valentin Yudashkin dies at 60

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Russian fashion designer Valentin Yudashkin has died at the age of 59. The relevant information is given by Channel One. The death of the designer was announced by his wife Marina Yudashkina. The cause of the incident was oncology.

Sad news. Valentin Yudashkin is gone. This was reported by his wife. Brilliant fashion designer, recognized master of world fashion. His outfits were worn by the stars of show business, theater and cinema, and the shows have always attracted great attention, the channel’s website says.

In 2016, Yudashkin was diagnosed with kidney cancer. Then metastases were found in the head. Since then, Valentin has been undergoing treatment.

In the beginning, there was kidney cancer. It was a focus, then metastases were found in the head. Due to kidney cancer, metastases spread throughout the body, and very quickly – they spread in about a year, ”Yudashkin said in an interview with AiF.

Valentin Yudashkin was born in the village of Bakovka in the Moscow region. Already in 1987, the designer presented his debut collection “Original Rus'”. Models took to the catwalk in short dresses with puffy skirts and massive accessories. Images from the fashion designer’s debut collection became famous all over the world, and the couturier opened his own company “Vali-Moda” in Moscow. In 1991, he became the first Russian designer to show his collection at Paris Fashion Week.

In 1993, Yudashkin opened his fashion house Valentin Yudashkin. In 2005, the brand was admitted to the Italian Chamber of Fashion, and in 2016 – to the French Haute Couture Federation. Among the projects of the fashion house is the creation of collections for the Russian Olympic team and uniforms for the flight crew of Aeroflot.