Entertainment News Roundup: Soviet and Russian fashion icon Zaitsev dies -agencies; Louis Vuitton dazzles luxury-seeking Seoul with first pre-fall show

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Soviet and Russian fashion icon Zaitsev dies -agencies

Vyacheslav "Slava" Zaitsev, the couturier behind world-famous Soviet fashion that was often adorned with colourful Russian folkloric motifs, died on Sunday at age 85, Russian news agencies reported. Born into a working-class family in 1938, Zaitsev's first international recognition came in 1963 when the French Paris Match magazine wrote about his collection of overalls for female workers, according to a note posted on the website of his fashion house.

Louis Vuitton dazzles luxury-seeking Seoul with first pre-fall show

LVMH's top fashion brand Louis Vuitton held its first-ever pre-fall fashion show on Saturday on a bridge in Seoul, the capital of a leading luxury market. In one of the highest profile events since chairman and CEO Pietro Beccari started at Louis Vuitton earlier this year, the runway on the lower level of the double-decker Jamsu bridge that spans the Han River was bathed in blue shadows.