88% matchAlexandre Vauthier
Couture-level sharp shoulders, corsetry and sexy red carpet
What changes: Paris haute couture pricing and atelier prestige
Brand profile
Zhivago
Australian label from Perth making architectural, body-conscious tailoring and provocative red-carpet gowns, worn by Lady Gaga and Katy Perry.
PerthOrigin
WomenswearFocus
Minimalist / ContemporaryStyle
$$$$Price
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What to know about Zhivago
Womenswear only, tailoring first
House of Zhivago is an Australian womenswear label built on tailored ready-to-wear and red-carpet gowns — there is no menswear line to browse.
Sharp cuts, corsetry, visible hardware
The house works in architectural proportions with cutouts, corsetry and hardware detailing, so the tailoring reads body-conscious and provocative rather than restrained.
Perth roots, Los Angeles atelier
Founded in Perth in 2012 by friends Lara Kovacevich and Lydia Tsvetnenko, it now runs an LA atelier alongside Australia and has dressed Lady Gaga and Katy Perry.
If you like Zhivago
88% match
78% matchAltuzarra
Sensual body-skimming tailoring with hardware detail
What changes: Softer, more bohemian-luxe than architectural cutouts
72% matchChristopher John Rogers
Statement gowns built for cameras, louder in colour
What changes: Volume and saturated colour over body-conscious cut
68% matchHaider Ackermann
Lean sharp tailoring with fluid, sensual drape
What changes: Draped romanticism rather than corsetry and hardware
Brand facts
House of Zhivago is an Australian womenswear label founded in Perth in 2012 by friends Lara Kovacevich and Lydia Tsvetnenko, who launched it at Perth Fashion Festival. The name comes from the Russian word for "daring." The house builds tailored ready-to-wear and red-carpet gowns around architectural proportions, sharp cutouts, corsetry and hardware detailing, with a body-conscious, provocative point of view. It works from an atelier presence in Los Angeles alongside Australia, and has dressed Lady Gaga, Katy Perry, Nicole Scherzinger and Kendall and Kylie Jenner.
- Founded
- 2012
- Origin
- Perth, Australia
- Made in
- Australia
- Price
- $$$$
- Focus
- Womenswear
- Facts checked
- August 2026
- Styles
- Minimalist / Contemporary, Quiet luxury, Avant-garde