Mikhail Voronin (fashion designer)

Mykhailo L. Voronin (Ukrainian: Михайло Львович Воронін; born July 10, 1938, in Kyiv, Ukrainian SSR – April 14, 2012, in Kyiv, Ukraine)[1] was a soviet Ukrainian fashion designer and manufacturer of clothing and was a multiple winner of international competitions of tailoring skills. He was the founder of the brand "Michael Voronin". Voronin (in Cyrillic letters Воронін) stylized as VORONIN Concern, a network of franchised companies specializing in tailoring and marketing of men's clothing. The brand name "Michael Voronin" clothing is sold internationally and the fashion house has taken part in fashion shows worldwide.[2][3]

Voronin in Baikove cemetery

Early life

Voronin (variant Mykhailo Voronin)[4] started tailoring when he was just 14 and designed since 1964. In 1972, he graduated from Kiev Technological Institute of Light Industry.

Career

During Soviet times, Voronin worked at a Kyiv knitting factory. Voronin was a successful businessman, academician and innovator and entrepreneur of a unique method of tailoring menswear without fittings, called the zhyletno-maketnoho method, for which he received a patent in 1970. The 1980s led him to establish his own business. In 1985, he established the company "Мода і час" (Fashion Hour). In 1991, he launched "Михайло Воронін" or "Michael Voronin" in Vienna and Paris. Since 1994, the brand is owner of the chain "Zhelan".[5][6]

Many celebrities have worn the brand. In 2002, a giant tuxedo the height of a three-story building was designed and created by Voronin and was listed in the Guinness Book of Records.[7]

References
  1. Ukrainian Fashion Week: Last Respects for Designer Mikhail Voronin Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine
  2. "История бренда Voronin | Brand history of Mikhail L. Voronin". Voronin.ua. Retrieved 2023-06-06.
  3. "На 74-м году жизни скончался модельер Михаил Воронин – новости на УНН | 15 апреля 2012, 03:27". unn.com.ua. Retrieved 2023-06-06.
  4. "Interview of Mykhailo Voronin, a fashion designer". wumag.kiev.ua. Retrieved 2023-06-06.
  5. "VORONIN Conсern | Enterprise Catalogue "Ukraine Today"". Rada / Ukraine Today. Retrieved 2023-06-06.
  6. "Четверть века с "Человеком года". Летопись современного успеха. История № 13: Михаил Воронин. Politeka". politeka.net. Retrieved 2023-06-06.
  7. "New Europe: Mikhail Voronin to make gigantic tuxedo". neurope.eu. Retrieved 2023-06-06.
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