“SHAVED AND TATTOOED HEAD, SMOKED GLASSES, DRAPED IN BLACK FROM HEAD TO TOE, AND A GRIN. NIKITA VLASSENKO CULTIVATES HIS OWN UNIFORM—AND THOSE OF OTHERS—USING FASHION AS A TOOL TO SHATTER THE NORMS OF REPRESENTATION.”

REUBEN ATTIA, FÉDÉRATION DE LA HAUTE COUTURE ET DE LA MODE
NIKITA VLASSENKO IS A PARIS-BASED STYLIST, CREATIVE DIRECTOR, AND EDITOR. BORN TO UKRAINIAN HERITAGE AND RAISED IN FRANKFURT, GERMANY, HIS EARLY YEARS WERE SHAPED BY A RICH MULTICULTURAL ENVIRONMENT THAT DEEPLY INFORMED HIS VISUAL SENSIBILITY. FROM AN EARLY AGE, HE GRAVITATED TOWARD FASHION AND IMAGE-MAKING, A CURIOSITY THAT NATURALLY EVOLVED INTO A LASTING CREATIVE VOCATION.
OVER TIME, NIKITA HAS DEVELOPED A DIVERSE AND INFLUENTIAL BODY OF WORK. HE REGULARLY COLLABORATES WITH ARTISTS SUCH AS KIM PETRAS, YSEULT, SAM QUEALY, AND PARIS JACKSON, AND HAS CONTRIBUTED TO COVERS AND EDITORIALS FOR PUBLICATIONS INCLUDING PURPLE, L’OFFICIEL, NUMÉRO BERLIN, VOGUE ADRIA, GQ, AND DUST CHINA. HIS CREATIVE DIALOGUE EXTENDS TO PHOTOGRAPHERS SUCH AS MAXIME BALLESTEROS, OLIVIER ZAHM, FILIP KOLUDROVIC, OLA RINDAL, PIERRE-ANGE CARLOTTI, YANN WEBER, RACE IMBODEN, AND AXLE JOSEPH, AMONG OTHERS. HIS PRACTICE MOVES FLUIDLY ACROSS MUSIC, FASHION, FILM, AND ART, WITH COLLABORATORS RANGING FROM CHARLES DE VILMORIN AND ANN DEMEULEMEESTER TO A WIDE SPECTRUM OF BOUNDARY-PUSHING DESIGNERS AND CREATIVES.
IN 2025, NIKITA WAS APPOINTED FASHION EDITOR FOR VOGUE ADRIA AND NUMÉRO BERLIN, MARKING A DEFINING STEP IN HIS CAREER. MORE THAN A STYLIST, HE OPERATES AS A CULTURAL ARCHITECT—BUILDING CONNECTIONS BETWEEN FASHION, COMMERCE, COMMUNITY, AND ART TO CREATE NARRATIVES THAT ARE BOTH VISUALLY COMPELLING AND STRATEGICALLY IMPACTFUL.
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