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IRFĒ
IRFĒ is a French fashion house from the beginning of the 20th century. The name comes from the first letters of the founders - Felix Yussoupov and Irina Romanova. History Founded in Paris in 1924, IRFĒ occupied the entire ground floor, and later the first floor, of a house located at 10 rue Duphot. Almost the entire staff consisted of a couple of friends of the Yussoupov and other Russian immigrants. As models, there were not only girls especially hired for this purpose, but also Irina Alexandrovna with some of her friends. The presentation of the first collection was held at the Hôtel Ritz on Place Vendôme and impressed the high society of Paris. Over the first weeks after the opening, Maison IRFĒ rapidly gained famed, mainly due to the public interest of Felix Yussoupov and rumors concerning his person. In his memoirs, he mentions that the client "came out of curiosity and for the excitement". Another requested a tea from a samovar and one American lady wanted to see ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olga Sorokina
Olga Borisovna Sorokina (born January 21, 1985, Vitebsk) is a Belarusian model, owner and Creative Director of French fashion house IRFĒ. Biography Olga Sorokina was born on January 21, 1985, in Vitebsk (Belarus) To a father Boris Sorokin and mother Tatiana Sorokina (lives in Moscow). She has a younger sister - Tatiana Sorokina (lives in Italy). Citizenship – Russian. Career *At 17 years old, she was enrolled in a NEXT model agency (Moscow). * In 2005, Fashion TV named her model of the year, thereby winning the golden ticket to the world of fashion. * She was working as a model in Moscow, New York, before the birth of her son Vadim in 2007. * After reading the book of the fashion historian Alexander Vassilyev "Beauty in Exile" about Russian fashion houses that existed many years ago, Olga discovered the history of IRFĒ Fashion House. After an inspiring meeting with Xenia Sheremeteva-Sphiris, the granddaughter of the legendary founders of the IRFĒ fashion house, Felix Y ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Felix Yussoupov
Knyaz Felix Felixovich Yusupov, Count Sumarokov-Elston (; – 27 September 1967) was a Russian aristocrat from the House of Yusupov who is best known for participating in the assassination of Grigori Rasputin and for marrying Princess Irina Alexandrovna, a niece of Emperor Nicholas II. Early life He was born in the Moika Palace in Saint Petersburg, the capital of the Russian Empire. His father was Count Felix Felixovich Sumarokov-Elston, the son of Count Felix Nikolaievich Sumarokov-Elston. Zinaida Yusupova, his mother, was the last of the Yusupov line, of Tatar origin, and very wealthy. For the Yusupov name not to die out, his father (1856, Saint Petersburg – 1928, Rome, Italy) was granted the title and the surname of his wife, Princess Zinaida Yusupova, on 11 June 1885, a year after their marriage, but effective after the death of his father-in-law in 1891. The Yusupov family, one of the richest families in Imperial Russia, had acquired their wealth generations earl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
