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Amanda Lauren

Designer Profile: IRFE

In 1924, husband and wife team Felix Yussoupov and Princess Irina Romanova founded IRFE in Paris. They were exiled from Russia after Yussoupov supposedly murdered Rasputin. Despite the controversy, IRFE thrived for several years, but closed for financial reasons in 1931. In 2008, Belarusian model Olga Sorokina resurrected the line with the blessing of Irina and Felix’s granddaughter Xenia Sfiris. […]