Dasha Zhukova
Dasha Zhukova
Darya "Dasha" Alexandrovna Zhukovais a Russian-born businesswoman, art collector, magazine editor, and founder of the Garage Museum of Contemporary Art and Garage Magazine. She is married to Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich...
NationalityRussian
ProfessionJournalist
Date of Birth8 June 1981
CityMoscow, Russia
CountryRussian Federation
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My time at Pop has been a transformative experience that I am extremely proud of. It has afforded me the chance to collaborate with some of the greatest creative minds in the world, and I'm thankful to Ashley Heath and Bauer Media for the opportunity.
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Russia was culturally isolated for so long that some sort of transformation needs to happen and will happen.
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The Internet can give young people a fantastic platform to become financially independent and have global businesses without leaving Russia.
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England has a long history of supporting alternative medicine - maybe it's because they don't have such a strong pharmaceutical industry in England, and homeopathy has been taught and promoted there for hundreds of years.
money
I'm young, Russian, I come from money, and I date a very well-known person.
highest
My involvement in fashion is not at the highest artistic level.
business interested
I'm not interested in business for business's sake.
operate
It's important to know how to operate within the system you are existing in.
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If you're a devoted collector of design, you seek out objects you can love to live with but also live in.
people
I think one of my strengths is that I can always take advice, and I can delegate. I know a lot of people feel the need to do everything themselves, but I am not one of them.
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'Garage Magazine' has a strong track record of promoting diversity and racial and gender equality in the worlds of art and fashion and will continue in our mission to stir positive debate on these and other issues.
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I think it's fascinating that clothes can drastically transform someone's mood or the way they feel about their appearance.
insulting
If a stranger is writing something completely fictitious, or insulting me on a blog or a tabloid, I don't take it personally.
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I guess artists are living inspiration. There's something very pure about a person that fantasizes. I like hearing their stories, watching them work. Their take on the world interests me. It's not unified.