The first designer in the USSR to be allowed to put his label on clothing
1988 – the 1st Soviet designer to show his collection at the Haute Couture Week in Paris
His
main principles - a mix of traditional patterns and styles with modern
elegance and practicality - harmony between form and content: a person
can be not only an observer of the world’s beauty, but a firm part of it
Other achievements:
- furniture designer
- new Russian police uniforms (1991)
- beauty products
- a painter
- the author of several poetry collections
- the host of a popular TV programme “The Fashionable Verdict”
