Mon 10 Dec 2007
Less than two decades since the fall of the Soviet Union, the Tsar seems to have returned to Mother Russia.
While Kremlin opponents say the political atmosphere under President Vladimir Putin may feel a bit like the old Soviet era, style gurus say Tsarist-like opulence rules the fashion and consumer world.
Luxury companies are flocking to Russia — one of the world’s largest buyers of luxury goods — to sell silks and sumptuous clothes fit for Russian royalty.
