For the latest installment of SHOWstudio’s “In Fashion” interviews, “The Home of Fashion Film” sits down with Russian designer Gosha Rubchinskiy. Here, Rubchinskiy opens up about his childhood, influences, and ambitions, shedding light on “his multidisciplinary, multi-media approach” and the influences on his work — chiefly the “romance of youth, Russian religious roots and the clash between the Russian post-soviet mentality and growing up in a country undergoing huge political, economical and cultural change after dissolution of the USSR in 1991.”
Check it out above and stay tuned for more from both Rubchinskiy and SHOWstudio.
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MR PORTER Takes Us Behind Some of the Most Ubiquitous Logos
A good logo sends a powerful message, embodies the brand and gets ingrained in minds. The best ones are everywhere, and are instantly recognizable in a glance. But each logo has a story behind it, and MR PORTER takes us behind some of the most well known ones. Why is Lacoste symbolized by a crocodile, and Maison Kitsuné a fox? Is the bite in the apple for Apple’s omnipresent logo a cheeky nod to “byte?” While some are blunt, some are mysterious. Probably one of the most enigmatic logos belong to Maison Margiela, a list of ambiguous numbers that reveal little until you realize it’s a catalog to identify different lines. Click through to MR PORTER here and learn more behind the face of some of these brands.
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