A Russian fashion designer, in collaboration with the country’s defense ministry, presented a collection at Moscow Fashion Week last month that winked at Russia’s annexation of Crimea.
“I do not sew army uniforms, but I can help make the army attractive to people,” designer Leonid Alexeev, now art director for the Russian Army’s design bureau, told Russia’s Time Out of his collection. “This is my personal form of patriotism.”
The collection, Army of Russia, debuted at Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week in Moscow and featured stars, balaclavas and subtle references to Russia’s controversial annexation of Crimea from Ukraine. One of the shirts, …read more
Source: The Huffington Post
