Background
Victoriya Ivanovna was born on the 8 of July 1960 in Kiev.
Victoriya Ivanovna was born on the 8 of July 1960 in Kiev.
Victoriya Ivanovna finished the School-Studio named after Nemirovich-Danchenko at the Moscow Art Theatre named after Gorky (1978-1983), specializing in the artist-technologist of the stage.
After graduating from the School-studio Victoriya Ivanovna worked as an art director at the Children's Music Theatre in Kiev (1983-1985). From 1985 to 1987 she undertook internships in the Theatre named after Moscow City Council at the Ministry of Culture of the USSR.
Currently Victoriya Ivanovna works at the Moscow Art Theatre named after Gorky: since 1987 as Costume Designer, and since 1990 - Chief Costume Designer.
Her main hobby is one of the most complete collections of underwear of the XIX-XX centuries. There are more than 1,000 items, as well as a collection of bathing suits, accessories and hats in Russia. In her leisure time Victoriya Ivanovna studies the history of underwear, consults theatres and film studios. She has organized shows of old underwear with the participation of actresses of Moscow theatres in the House of the Actor (1996) and the Yusupov Palace in St. Petersburg (1997). The exhibits of particular interest belonged to real people - Lidina’s underwear (wife Stanislavsky), underwear from the families of merchants Shchukin and Mamontov, underwear of actresses MKhAT Koreneva and Tarasova, as well as modern underwear from the families of Tukhachevsky and Beria.