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Rushka Bergman is a Contributing Fashion Editor for Italian L'Uomo Vogue and Vogue Italia. In addition, she was the Personal Stylist of Michael Jackson[1][2] and acted as Creative Consultant/Costume Designer for his This Is It concerts in London.
Bergman was born in Serbia, and received her degree from the University of Belgrade Faculty of Economics. Shortly thereafter she moved to Ghana and continued her education in Fine Art. She is now based in New York.[3]
In 2000, she participated in the creation of the Giorgio Armani exhibit and the accompanying book in collaboration with The Guggenheim Museum and The Royal Academy of Art in London. With photographer Tom Munro, Bergman created the cover in addition to many images inside.
In 2004, Bergman collaborated with Bryan Adams on Calvin Klein's book American Women, in which she styled Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in addition to other iconic American women.
As Fashion Editor for Italian L'Uomo Vogue, Bergman has styled many covers, including Steven Spielberg,[4] Tim Burton, Michael Jackson,[5][6] Beyonce,[7] Robert De Niro, David Cronenberg,[8] Stephen Dorff,[9] Taylor Lautner,[10] Iggy Pop,[11] David Byrne,[12] Usher,[13] Jay-Z, Sean "Diddy" Combs, Snoop Dogg, Sting,[14] Daniel Radcliffe,[15] Casey Affleck, Tim Roth and Brady Corbet, John Malkovich, Quentin Tarantino, Mickey Rourke, Hugh Jackman, Emile Hirsch, Ed Ruscha, Morgan Freeman, Kobe Bryant, Chloe Sevigny, Shepard Fairey, Rem Koolhaas, Frank Gehry, Peter Marino, Marina Abramović, Jeff Koons, Ole Scheeren, Alec Baldwin, Lea Michele, Hugh Dancy, Olivia Wilde, Tyra Banks, Jimmy Wales,[16] Don King,[17] Kenny Ortega, Travis Payne, Michael Stuhlbarg and Christoph Waltz. She has also worked on beauty campaigns for Shisheido and L'Oreal as well as advertising campaigns for Valentino,[18] Pringle of Scotland, Bally, Mango (clothing),[19][20] amongst others. Rushka Bergman has lent her expertise and knowledge to an endless list of fashion designers as their consultant.
Bergman has acted as personal stylist for Michael Jackson[21] and collaborated on Jackson's costumes for his This Is It concerts with Haute Couture designers Christophe Decarnin for Balmain, Kris Van Assche for Christian Dior, John Galliano, Riccardo Tisci for Givenchy and Giuseppe Zanotti.[22]
Rushka Bergman often collaborates with filmmaker/photographer Francesco Carrozzini. Bergman was costume designer for his short film "1937"[23] which was selected at the 2008 Venice Film Festival.[24]