Lidia Orlova has died – Kommersant

On October 24, at the age of 87, Lydia Orlova, a writer, journalist and fashion historian, died. Orlova is considered one of the founders of fashion journalism in Russia; she began her career in the USSR. She was the editor-in-chief of Fashion Magazine (1986-1991), the most influential Soviet style magazine. Orlova “relaunched” the magazine by assembling a new team. Later she founded her own publication, Moscow Style (1991-1995). At first it was published as a newspaper, and later reformatted into a full-fledged glossy magazine “Collection-M”, where Orlova was the chief editor. Lydia Orlova was married to the writer Vladimir Orlov, author of the novels “Violist Danilov”, “Pharmacist” and others.