When the Ukrainian designer Viktor Anisimov showed Volodymyr a green new black suit last Friday, it included a small detail. The rear ventilation opening on his back approached him to a civilian suit compared to military clothing that the president preferred during the war in Ukraine.
“These are our hopes for peace,” Anisimov told Reuters to improve. “We think that if we add something fine to this picture, something from civilian clothes to his uniform, it will be like a happy charm.”
On Monday, Lucky Charm worked to set a warm tone to meet the White House with US President Donald Trump. The moments after he arrived green, Trump praised him for his suit.
The Green Dark Military Clothing was one of the things Trump protested during the disastrous meeting of the oval office in February, when the Ukrainian leader received public swearing.
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Anisimov, 61, from the northern region of Chernihiv, said he was watching the videos of this interaction and feeling blows. He perceived them as focused on Ukrainian citizens, not only in Zelena.
“There was a slight feeling of despair because they do not understand how we breathe, how we live,” he said.
A reporter in the White House, who asked Zelena in February, why he wasn’t wearing a suit, and on Monday also appreciated Ukrainian clothing and said, “You look wonderful in that suit”.
Anisimov said he did not follow criticism or compliments this time, but wanted to ensure that the Ukrainian president looked dignified.
“They praise, scold.
He wore military -type clothes, often with shirts without collar and heavy shoes, to show solidarity with Ukrainian troops from the Russian invasion in February 2022.
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“At this point, internally, we all changed, everything has changed, life has changed. It was a point without a return,” he told Zelena in an interview with the Ukrainian media ascent a year later.
Urgent
The black suit worn on Monday was originally introduced along with the same variant of the Navy as the idea of an outfit for Ukrainian Independence Day 24 August.
While the team went back and forth to the rear ventilation opening, Anisimov took him back to the changes on Friday. Before he even got to make adjustments on his sleeves, he rang a phone with an urgent application for administration on Saturday – the president needed a lawsuit for his American trip.
It was not the first time Anisimov was accused of changing the President’s style.
At the beginning of 2000, Komedian Zlengy and his team “Quartal 95” tried to create their identity on the Ukrainian screens after reaching the initial break in comedy competitions.
The process was gradual: the black T -shirts retreated to white shirts with ties and then turned into suits that the team worn.
Anisimov said he hadn’t heard from Zelsky for more than five years, when he was contacted by mutual known from the previous transport in January. They flipped the idea of creating a collection of capsules for the President.
Anisimov said he used a military uniform as an inspiration point to ensure versatility for all items in the capsules.
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“I cannot say that we are sewing (suit) specifically for NATO Summit or for an important conversation with Trump and European leaders. The suit is just a suit,” said Anisimov, adding that he has about five similar -looking jackets with small improvements.
Since then, the Ukrainian President Anisimov’s proposals for the funeral of the Pope Francis in April and June at the NATO Summit, which helped closer to the US and Ukraine after the dissolution.
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