My guests today are Ksenia Schnaider, co-founder of KSENIASCHNAIDER, a Kyiv-based fashion brand specializing in upcycled denim and creator of the demi-denim design, which has become a favorite of the fashion glitterati at home and abroad; and Ivan Frolov, also a Kyiv-based fashion designer who has dressed the First Lady of Ukraine and other celebrities, and whose brand, FROLOV, now produces uniforms for the Ukrainian military. I’m humbled to welcome Ksenia and Ivan as guests this week, as we approach three months since Russia invaded Ukraine.

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• More about Dana Thomas
• More about Ksenia Schnaider, and her brand
• More about Ivan Frolov, and his brand
• Read more about Russia’s invasion of Ukraine
• Music by Eric Brace of Red Beet Records
• Cover art by Studio Number One
• Sponsored by Another Tomorrow