Mykhailo L. Voronin ( uk, Михайло Львович Воронін; born July 10, 1938, in
Kyiv
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Ukrainian SSR
The Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic ( uk, Украї́нська Радя́нська Соціалісти́чна Респу́бліка, ; russian: Украи́нская Сове́тская Социалисти́ческая Респ ...
– April 14, 2012, in
Kyiv
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Ukraine
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Ukrainian Fashion Week: Last Respects for Designer Mikhail Voronin
was a soviet Ukrainian
The Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic ( uk, Украї́нська Радя́нська Соціалісти́чна Респу́бліка, ; russian: Украи́нская Сове́тская Социалисти́ческая Респ ...
fashion designer
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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.
Early life
Voronin (variant Mykhailo Voronin)
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".Guinness Book of Records
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References
External links
Official website
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1938 births
2012 deaths
Ukrainian fashion designers
Businesspeople from Kyiv
Menswear designers
Burials at Baikove Cemetery