One of the bright points of my Fall fashion week here in New York was the Terexov show. Although Alexander Terekhov hasn’t yet hit 30, there’s a restrained classicism to his work that belies his “young designer” status. He also draws beautifully. For the past few seasons I’ve considered the lanky Russian, who interned with [...]

In the past two decades, as Russia transitioned from a Communist country to a more democratic one, the country’s fashion industry has scrambled to catch up aesthetically with the Western world. Handfuls of fashion magazines (including Vogue, Bazaar, Tatler, and Vanity Fair) appeared and new retail outposts stocking Paris and Milan designers began to thrive. [...]