Johnny Weir

Love

Music

    Artists: Christina Aguilera, Lady Gaga, Elton John, Sergey Lazarev, Justin Timberlake, Amy Winehouse, Dima Bilan, Edith Piaf
    Songs: “Hurt,” Christina Aguilera; “Poker Face,” Lady Gaga; “Halo,” Beyonce; “Back to Black,” Amy Winehouse; “Gorod Kotorogo Nyet,” Igor Kornelyuk; “Poka Gorit Svecha,” Andrei Makarevich

Film

    Actors: Sarah Jessica Parker, Adrien Brody, Cate Blanchett, Blythe Danner, Orlando Bloom, Meryl Streep, Parker Posey
    Movies: Pop Star on Ice, The Pianist, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Moskva Slezam ne Verit, Party Monster, La Vie en Rose, Lord of the Rings, Doctor Zhivago
    TV: Be Good Johnny Weir, Glee, Weeds, The Real Housewives of Atlanta, Sex and the City, Modern Family
    Animation: Cheburashka

Literature

    Books: Welcome to my World, by Johnny Weir; The Charm School, by Nelson Demille; When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit, by Judith Kerr; Child 44, by Tom Rob Smith
    Magazines: Vogue, BlackBook, V Man, Otdoxniy
    Writers: Aleksandr Pushkin, Leo Tolstoy

Nourishment

    Food: Salad, berries, black caviar, filet mignon, pelmeni, baumkuchen, solyanka
    Drinks: Moscato di Asti, Bellini, Starbucks
    Restaurants: Koi (LA), Pushkin (Moscow), Mari Vanna (NYC), Cipriani (NYC), Klub Pisateliy (Moscow), The Ivy (LA)

Fashion

    Designers: Chanel, Balenciaga, Chris Benz, Hermes, Asher Levine, Balmain, Christian Louboutin, Denis Simachev
    Boutiques: Podium (Moscow), Barneys New York (NYC), Shinsegae (Seoul), Jeffrey (NYC), Restir (Tokyo), Tsum (Moscow), DayNight (Saint Petersburg)
    Jewelers: Leviev, Cartier, Chopard, Chanel

Voyage

    Destinations: Moscow, Russia; Seoul, South Korea; Tokyo, Japan; New York City, USA; Saint Petersburg, Russia; Oslo, Norway; Paris, France
    Hotels: Metropol (Moscow), Plaza Atheneé (Paris), Ritz Carlton (Seoul), Pokrovka Suites (Moscow), Moika 22 (Saint Petersburg)
    Airlines: Aeroflot, Delta
    Luggage: Rimowa, Lous Vuitton

Performers

    Artists: Sergey Rimashevskiy, Faberge
    Ballet: Swan Lake
    Show: Billy Elliot, Yunona & Avos
    Dancers: Mikhail Baryshnikov, Rudolf Nureyev, Maya Plisetskaya, Anna Pavlova, Nikolai Tsiskaridze
    Athletes: Evgeny Plushenko, Ksenia Makarova, Irina Slutskaya, Miki Ando, Yu-na Kim, Mao Asada, Aleksandr Uspenskiy, Mattie Larson, Svetlana Khorkina, Nastia Liukin, Yuzuru Hanyu
    Teams: NY Yankees, NY Giants, Aljona Savchenko/Robin Szolkowy, Tatyana Totmyanina/Maksim Marinin, Marina Anissina/Gwendal Peizerat, Nathalie Pechelat/Fabian Bourzat

Quotes

    Upon the brink of a wild stream, he stood and dreamt a mighty dream.
    — Aleksandr Pushkin
    Art is not a handicraft, it is the transmission of feeling the artist has experienced.
    — Leo Tolstoy