Irene Galitzine

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Irene Galitzine
Born(1916-07-22)22 July 1916
Tbilisi, Russian Empire (now Georgia)
Died20 October 2006(2006-10-20) (aged 90)
Rome, Italy
NationalityRussian, Georgian
Known forIllustration, fashion design
Irene Galitzine in the 1950s

Princess Irene Galitzine (Georgian: ირინა გალიცინი; Russian: Ирен Голицына; 22 July 1916 – 20 October 2006) was a Russian-Georgian fashion designer whose best known creation was the palazzo pyjama.

Early life

Princess Irene Galitzine was born in 1916 in Tiflis, Russia Empire (now

Galitzine family, whose origins date back to 1200 and a Georgian mother, Princess Nina Lazareff (Lazarashvili, 1888–1957).[1][2] However, her family were forced to flee the country following the 1917 October Revolution, and took up residence in Italy.[2]

Career

After studying art in Rome, English at Cambridge and French at the Sorbonne, Galitzine joined the Italian designers Sorelle Fontana in 1943[2] and worked with them for 3 years.

In 1946, she opened her own salon

St. Petersburg, Russia.[citation needed
]

In 1962, she was named Designer of the Year by the Italian fashion press. In 1965, she won the British Sunday Times International Fashion Award[

]

In 1990, the Galitzine label was purchased by the Xines Company. She was subsequently sentenced to six months in jail for tax evasion.[5]

In September 1996, Galitizine opened her first boutique in Moscow, and in November of the same year she published her biography entitled From Russia to Russia.[2]

Personal life

Irene Galitzine was married in 1949 to Silvio Medici de Menezes, an aristocrat from Portugal. On 20 October 2006, she died at her home in Rome, aged 90.[2]

She is buried in the Protestant Cemetery, Rome.[6]

References

  1. ^ Oriente, Ilaria (27 January 2006). "Irene, zarina del Made in Italy". Stile.it. Archived from the original on 22 July 2011. Retrieved 28 July 2015..
  2. ^ a b c d e Wilson, Eric (22 October 2006) "Princess Irene Galitzine Dies; Founder of a Fashion House", New York Times
  3. ^ "Cuando la moda 'salvó' a los últimos Romanov en su exilio a París". Vogue España (in European Spanish). 8 August 2019. Retrieved 17 March 2021.
  4. ^ "The International Best-dressed List". Vanity Fair. Archived from the original on 29 February 2008. Retrieved 20 November 2020.
  5. ^ Jones, Dolly (23 October 2006). "Remembering Irene Galitzine". British Vogue. Retrieved 20 November 2020.
  6. ^ "Notable Graves | Non-Catholic Cemetery".

Books

  • Княжна Голицына – принцесса моды / Редакторы-составители Е.А. Скаммакка дель Мурго, М. Г. Талалай. — М.: ООО «Старая Басманная», 2019. – 212 с., XXXII с. ил. —

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