Claudia Doroshenko

BFA Fashion Design Systems and Society

Updated: August 7th

Claudia Doroshenko’s collection is a story of a Ukrainian fashion designer who is invited in 1954 by Parsons School of Design for a lecture about her work in the Soviet Ukraine. Her request to travel to New York is turned down by the Khrushchev government, but her trunk with garments and lecture materials arrive in New York. The designs are created from the chronicles of Soviet montage film techniques, and are also inspired by philosophical readings surrounding multiple art-related topics.

Claudia Doroshenko is a New York-based designer, recently having completed her fourth and final year of studies at Parsons School of Design, where she focused on social, cultural and historical issues, often taking inspiration from her Ukrainian ancestry. Having travelled extensively in Ukraine for the past four years, Doroshenko has created independent fashion projects focused on the topics of appropriation, cultural archeology, and critical ideologies.

The clothing that Doroshenko produces is a visual expression of her research into social, political, and post-structuralist theories, and is considered a modern and thoughtful interpretation of more traditional or historic styles. Most recently, Doroshenko has been looking into the relationship between film theory and design.