Crazy Empress: How the Style of 68-Year-Old Irina Allegrova Changed
'20.01.2020'
Source: lady.mail.ru
January 20 marks the 68th anniversary of Irina Allegrova. lady.mail.ru tells how the singer’s style has changed over time, which has gone from a rocker to an empress of Russian pop music.
80s: rock and roll, fleece, leather
In the mid-80s, Irina Allegrova performed in the rock group "Electroclub". For some time, Igor Talkov, who later left the team, soloed with her. All this time Allegrova carefully cultivated the image of a rock singer. She did incredible fleeces on her head, used bright makeup with black arrows on her eyes, flaunted in jeans and short leather skirts.
In perestroika Russia, this was probably the most popular female style. Along with Allegrova, Alla Pugacheva adhered to him. And already from pop stars this hooligan image went to the people.
90s: the birth of the empress ... and curls
Allegrova left the Electroclub in the very beginning of the 90s to make a solo career. At the same time, the singer parted ways with her third husband, musician Vladimir Dubovitsky, the actual director of the Electroclub (it is interesting that before that Allegrova was married to the artistic director of VIA Fakel Vladimir Bleher, where she performed earlier).
If in the early 90s Allegrova still dressed like a rock diva, then by the middle of the decade she changed her style. The reason for this was the collaboration with composer Igor Krutoy and the new, more lyrical repertoire of the singer. In 1997, the main hit Allegrova "Empress" was released.
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Jumping on stage in leather jackets, performing a song about the Empress (albeit crazy), would be a bad man. Instead, Allegrova tried on theatrical camisoles "antique" and luxurious concert dresses on the floor.
Then her famous hairstyle appeared: a pile of blond, curled curls. In the domestic media of that time, the opinion was firmly established that Pugacheva was a prima donna of pop music, and Allegrova was the empress of pop music. Please do not confuse.
2000s: glamorous experiments
In the zero years, the Russian beau monde dreamed of outdoing others with the brilliance and high cost of his outfit. Allegrova did not lag behind her colleagues. So, the singer continued to experiment with her hairstyle. Often, she twisted small curls on her head, which is why the singer’s luxurious hair was reminiscent of lamb hair. Or, on the contrary, she straightened her hair: in the "zero" Allegrova liked to do her hair with cascading bouffants of different lengths. It always looked very bright.
The outfits of the singer at this time are complex combinations of leather and rhinestone. Allegrova was not shy about tucking bloomers into her boots, she also coquettishly exposed the bra straps from a concert dress that looked like a wedding. The bra, of course, was also made of black leather and was all strewn with sparkles.
When Allegrova preferred more calm images, it turned out that they suit her the most. Floral wreaths, loose curls, white shades - Allegrova at this moment became a real beauty, and not a woman who was the first to enter a burning hut and stop her horse on a gallop.
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Now: a lot of black, more bourgeois
Age has made changes in the style of the singer. In the latest photographs, Allegrova appears in black, more restrained outfits. This choice can be understood. Firstly, black is a classic that is always appropriate. Secondly, black best conceals age-related changes in the figure.
Allegrova now loves to appear in a camisole embroidered with silver thread. But it will be as closed as possible: hints of frankness and pop-up bra straps are in the past.
Today Allegrova is a respectable lady, people's artist of Russia, which means she needs to look accordingly. The attitude to shoes has also changed: instead of heels and boots Allegrova can easily wear comfortable sneakers.
But perhaps the main change in style is a hairstyle. The Empress of the national stage no longer wears curls. Allegrova broke up with them forever. She straightened her hair, refused to comb, too bright makeup and suddenly began to look very aristocratic.
