Old mate Gosha Rubchinskiy is doing some pretty big tings. Aside from the whole ‘taking the fashion world by storm’ thing and revolutionising men’s streetwear with his runway shows, in his downtime he chills out with the dude from Vetements. Yep, the 31-year-old Russian designer, who sat down with Financial Times recently to talk about all things Gosha, is definitely not doing too badly for himself.
With his brand out in 92 stores, even though there are more begging to get their hands on his threads, his focus remains on making clothes that don’t get caught up is luxury-chasing. As he insists on t-shirts and trackpants that are affordable, ($86 and $180 respectively), his line reflects a demographic that was previously untapped.
We pulled out some of the best quotes from the interview below, and you can check out the full deal here. Also, be sure to take a gander at the English translation of his lookbook so as to get a grip on what the desinger is really about.