The best books by Alexander Vasiliev

Today I would like to once again recall the books of the fashion historian Alexander Vasiliev, but first, a little background ...

For me, paper books are very dear, since childhood I have been buying books. There are so many books I don’t have. There are books on philosophy, history, art, classical literature, and of course a ton of books on fashion and fashion history. When a new book comes out in one way or another related to the world of fashion, I get acquainted with it, and if it contains something new and interesting, I definitely buy it.

Books by Alexander Vasiliev

In Russia, the most famous author of books on fashion is Alexander Vasiliev, but this fame was acquired not thanks to books, but due to the people's love for television. Alexander Vasiliev earned his popularity thanks to the entertainment project "Fashionable Sentence".

Despite this, the books of Alexander Vasiliev deserve attention, because he devoted many years to fashion and he has a lot to learn. Just do not rush to buy all the books at once, many publications repeat each other, so you may get disappointed.

mystylex.techinfus.com/en/ advises to buy the following books by Alexander Vasiliev:

1. Beauty in exile. This book has been reprinted more than once in different formats - from small accessible formats to expensive gift options, and despite the high prices it was sold out. Finding the book Beauty in Exile is not easy today. For example, in the largest bookstore in all Russia - the OZON store, this book is not.

If you wish, you can find the book in electronic form and download it completely free of charge, but mystylex.techinfus.com/en/ does not recommend doing this! The first is copyright infringement. Alexander Vasiliev collected information for many years, and then spent a lot of effort writing a book.

The second is the pleasure of reading. From my own experience, I know that reading a real paper book is much more pleasant than reading from a monitor screen or even from an e-book screen. Therefore, books should be bought in paper form!

2. I'm in fashion today ... "100 answers to questions about fashion and myself"

Alexander Vasiliev is very fond of telling different stories, primarily about himself. In general, in his books, Alexander talks a lot about himself and his vision of fashion, Russian women, the world around him and the world order in general. If you want to get to know the author better, buy the book - I'm in Fashion Today ... "100 Answers to Questions about Fashion and Myself." It is very difficult to gain knowledge about fashion from this book, but it is quite possible to learn about the life of the author.

3. Series: Memoires de la mode from Alexander Vasiliev

In Russia, knowledge of foreign languages ​​is not the strongest point. We live in a huge country, and therefore most citizens do not see the need to study foreign ones, because our country is, in fact, a whole world where you can see different peoples and cultures, a different climate and in general you can travel around Russia all your life.

Only if you are interested in fashion can you feel the lack of books in Russian. But thanks to Alexander Vasiliev, we have more and more books about fashion. Series: Memoires de la mode from Alexander Vasiliev is a wonderful gift for Russians.

The books in this series were written by various authors and published in Russian with the assistance of Alexander Vasiliev.

Secrets of Parisian fashion models
The philosophy of elegance
The wizards of Parisian fashion
My shocking life
Dressing the era
Century of fashion

The books are easy to read and contain a lot of useful and interesting information. mystylex.techinfus.com/en/ recommends buying the entire series while these books are available in the OZONE store.

Why do I mention this OZONE store all the time? I will not hide, mystylex.techinfus.com/en/ is a partner of the store. OZONE pays some money, but for me money is not the main thing.

The main reason is that this is the best bookstore in Russia.This store does not always have the best prices, sometimes you can buy cheaper on the publisher's website, but OZON is convenient because it has the largest assortment and you can buy everything in one place, thereby saving time, and residents of the regions will save on delivery.

4. Children's fashion of the Russian Empire. This book tells about children's fashion and costume, tsarist Russia from the 1860s to the 1910s.

5. The fate of fashion

6. Sketches about fashion and style

7. Russian fashion: 150 years in photographs

In addition to these books, Alexander Vasiliev has many others, especially many small books from the fashion history series of the Eterna publishing house. In general, the books are not bad and for most can serve as a source of knowledge, only books are unjustifiably expensive. With a volume of 64 pages, the average price per book is 500 rubles. Therefore, I cannot recommend these books for purchase.

Fashion history series:

Fashion history. Issue 1. Russian beauties
Fashion history. Issue 2. Costumes of "Russian Seasons" by Sergei Diaghilev
Fashion history. Issue 3. Costumes of the Russian Imperial House
Fashion history. Issue 4. Stars of world cinema
Fashion history. Issue 5. Fashion and travel
And many others…..

As mentioned above, the books are 64 pages long, but the saddest thing is that they are paperback. Such books wear out quickly, and in the light of current realities, I want to buy truly luxurious books that can be left as a legacy to descendants, because if you want to read an economical option, you just need to open an e-book. Therefore, I would like Alexander Vasiliev to supplement these books in the future and combine them into 2-3 more voluminous volumes with high-quality binding.

That's it. In the future, mystylex.techinfus.com/en/ will update this post. The current version is not the first, so drop by for a visit ...