A world-famous fashion historian and collector, Alexandre Vassiliev is also a fine lecturer and has more than thirty books to his name, including albums such as Russian Fashion. 150 Years in Pictures and Three Centuries of European Fashion. He has staged over 100 productions at leading theatres in twenty-five countries around the world.Alexandre Vassiliev is an honorary member of the Russian Academy of Arts, and has been awarded the gold medal of the Russian Academy of Arts and the S.P. Diaghilev and V.F. Nizhinsky medals.