Cloak clothing alexandre plokhov biography
Alexandre Plokhov (born , Naro-Fominsk, USSR) is a Russian-born American clothing designer....
Alexandre Plokhov was born in Narofominsk in the former Soviet Union.
Alexandre Plokhov
Russian-born American clothing designer (born 1967)
Alexandre Plokhov (born 1967, Naro-Fominsk, USSR) is a Russian-born American clothing designer. He designed for Cloak, Gianni Versace Uomo, Alexandre Plokhov, Helmut Lang and Nomenklatura Studio labels.
Early life and education
Plokhov originally trained as an interpreter at The Maurice Thorez State Pedagogical Institute of Foreign Languages and served in the armed forces of the USSR. In 1990 he made the career switch to clothing design and moved to the United States.[1]
Career in fashion
After studying and apprenticing for a tailor in Chicago,[2] Plokhov moved to New York in 1997 to work as a men's pattern-maker for Marc Jacobs before founding Cloak, the New York-based menswear label, in 1999.[1]
Plokhov is known for his somewhat severe designs that often romanticize a tough masculine ideal inspired by a range of male costumes from military uniforms to safari suits.&