Soviet fashionista - a podcast by BBC World Service

Slava Zaitsev was the first designer to create high fashion collections in the Soviet Union.

He tells Dina Newman about the challenges he faced working under communism.

This programme was first broadcast in 2018.

(Photo: A sketch of a dress designed by Slava Zaitsev. Credit: Slava Zaitsev)

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