Rushka Bergman is a Contributing Fashion Editor for Italian L'Uomo Vogue and Vogue Italia

Vogue Italia

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. In addition, she was the Personal Stylist of Michael Jackson

Michael Jackson

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 and acted as Creative Consultant/Costume Designer for his This Is It

This Is It (Michael Jackson concerts)

This Is It was a planned series of fifty concerts by Michael Jackson to be held at The O2 Arena in London. They were scheduled to begin in July 2009 and continue through to March 2010. However, with all concerts sold out, Jackson died less than three weeks before the first concert date...

 concerts in London.

Bergman was born in Serbia

Serbia

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, and received her degree from the University of Belgrade

University of Belgrade

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 Faculty of Economics

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. Shortly thereafter she moved to Ghana and continued her education in Fine Art. She is now based in New York.

In 2000, she participated in the creation of the Giorgio Armani

Giorgio Armani

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 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

Bryan Adams

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 on Calvin Klein

Calvin Klein

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'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

Steven Spielberg

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, Tim Burton

Tim Burton

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, Michael Jackson

Michael Jackson

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, Beyonce, Robert De Niro

Robert De Niro

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, Stephen Dorff

Stephen Dorff

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, David Byrne

David Byrne

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, Usher

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, Jay-Z

Jay-Z

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, Sean "Diddy" Combs, Snoop Dogg

Snoop Dogg

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, Sting, Daniel Radcliffe

Daniel Radcliffe

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, Casey Affleck

Casey Affleck

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, Tim Roth

Tim Roth

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 and Brady Corbet

Brady Corbet

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, John Malkovich

John Malkovich

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, Quentin Tarantino

Quentin Tarantino

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, Mickey Rourke

Mickey Rourke

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, Hugh Jackman

Hugh Jackman

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, Emile Hirsch

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, Ed Ruscha, Morgan Freeman

Morgan Freeman

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, Kobe Bryant

Kobe Bryant

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, Chloe Sevigny

Chloë Sevigny

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, Shepard Fairey

Shepard Fairey

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, Rem Koolhaas

Rem Koolhaas

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, Frank Gehry

Frank Gehry

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, Peter Marino, Marina Abramović

Marina Abramovic

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, Jeff Koons

Jeff Koons

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, Ole Scheeren

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, Alec Baldwin

Alec Baldwin

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, Lea Michele

Lea Michele

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, Hugh Dancy

Hugh Dancy

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, Olivia Wilde

Olivia Wilde

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, Tyra Banks

Tyra Banks

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, Jimmy Wales

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, Don King

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, Kenny Ortega

Kenny Ortega

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, Travis Payne

Travis Payne

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, Michael Stuhlbarg

Michael Stuhlbarg

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 and Christoph Waltz

Christoph Waltz

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. She has also worked on beauty campaigns for Shisheido and L'Oreal

L'Oréal

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 as well as advertising campaigns for Valentino

Valentino SpA

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, Pringle of Scotland

Pringle of Scotland

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, Bally

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, and Mango (clothing)

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.

Bergman has acted as personal stylist for Michael Jackson

Michael Jackson

Michael Joseph Jackson was an American recording artist, entertainer, and businessman. Referred to as the King of Pop, or by his initials MJ, Jackson is recognized as the most successful entertainer of all time by Guinness World Records...

 and collaborated on Jackson's costumes for his This Is It

This Is It (Michael Jackson concerts)

This Is It was a planned series of fifty concerts by Michael Jackson to be held at The O2 Arena in London. They were scheduled to begin in July 2009 and continue through to March 2010. However, with all concerts sold out, Jackson died less than three weeks before the first concert date...

 concerts with Haute Couture designers Christophe Decarnin

Christophe Decarnin

Christophe Decarnin, , is a French fashion designer.Decarnin studied fashion design at ESMOD in Paris before being recruited by Paco Rabanne, where he remained seven years as Artistic Director.From 2005, Decarnin was creative directive at Balmain....

 for Balmain

Balmain

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, Kris Van Assche

Kris Van Assche

Kris Van Assche is a Belgian fashion designer. He studied at the Antwerp Royal Academy of Fine Arts, in Antwerp from 1994 to 1998. After graduating he moved to Paris in 1998. He was immediately appointed at Yves Saint Laurent as Hedi Slimane’s first assistant for the Rive Gauche Homme line. The...

 for Christian Dior

Christian Dior

Christian Dior , was a French fashion designer, best known as the founder of one of the world's top fashion houses, also called Christian Dior.-Life:...

, John Galliano

John Galliano

John Charles Galliano CBE, RDI is a Gibraltan-born British fashion designer who was best known as head designer of French haute couture houses Givenchy and Christian Dior , and his own self titled fashion house.-Family:He was born in Gibraltar to a Gibraltarian father, Juan Galliano, and a...

, Riccardo Tisci

Riccardo Tisci

Riccardo Tisci is an Italian fashion designer. He graduated from London's Central Saint Martins Academy in 1999, and in 2005 was named Creative Director for Givenchy womenswear and haute couture...

 for Givenchy

Givenchy

Givenchy is a French brand of clothing, accessories, perfumes and cosmetics with Parfums Givenchy.The house of Givenchy was founded in 1952 by designer Hubert de Givenchy and is a member of Chambre Syndicale de la Haute Couture et du Pret-a-Porter...

 and Giuseppe Zanotti.

Rushka Bergman often collaborates with filmmaker/photographer Francesco Carrozzini

Francesco Carrozzini

Francesco Carrozzini is an Italian photographer and director.He lives and works in New York City.-Early life:Francesco grew up in Milan, Italy. He began taking pictures and making films with his friends as a youth, which led him to pursue an education in the arts...

. Bergman was costume designer for his short film "1937" which was selected at the 2008 Venice Film Festival.

External links

• Rushka Bergman – website
• Rushka Bergman – IMDB