Gosha’s Gang: A Who’s Who of the Designer’s Inner Circle
Cult-favorite Russian designer Gosha Rubchinskiy painted Pitti Uomo red this year when he took over an abandoned tobacco factory in Florence, Italy for his first runway show at the annual trade fair. For the occasion, he recruited his usual crew of models, muses, and collaborators, including stylist Lotta Volkova, Paul Hameline, and 16-year-old Valentin Fufaev. In addition, Rubchinskiy also cast a crew of Soviet-looking teenage boys with bleached buzz cuts and without facial hair as the models. They were a sharp contrast to the usual Pitti peacocks--but hey, that’s what friends are for.
Who: Lotta Volkova, stylist and model
Handle: @lottavolkova
Who: Paul Hameline, model and collaborator
Handle: @paulhameline
Who: Andrei, model
Handle: N/A
Who: Tolia Titaev, model
Handle: @_toliatitaev
Who: Seva Vsevolod Cherepanov, model, muse, and merch king
Handle: @amoureuxpeintre
Who: Liam, model
Handle: @ liamcobbledick
Who: Jonathan, model
Handle: @byjohnworldwide
Who: Kornelius, model
Handle: @korneliusfuglem
Who: Dan Stewart, model
Handle: @dirtydaps
Who: Louison Savignoni and Titouan Savignoni.
Handle: @louisonsavignoni and @titouansavignoni
Who: Avdotja Alexandrova, founder of Lumpen Modeling Agency
Handle: @vidunja
Who: Erik Palm, model
Handle: @smokeweedlol