IGOR CHAPURIN was born in Velikie Luki, Russia, in 1968. His family was involved in revitalizing the Russian textile industry after the collapse of the Soviet Union and he was introduced to the world of fashion at an early age.

Mr. Chapurin graduated from the Vitebsk Institute of Technology in 1991 with a degree in Fashion Design. In 1992, he won the Nina Ricci Young Designer Competition. His first solo collection To Russia with Love was shown in Moscow in 1995. For the next two years he worked for the Galitzine House in Milan.  The Chapurin Fashion House  was launched in 1998, opening it's first boutique in Moscow. Since then, the Chapurin brand has expanded to include a prêt-à-porter, a ski wear, a home furnishing, and a jewelry line.  

Mr. Chapurin's love for the theater led him to costume and production design early in his career. His credits include Griboedov's The Woes of Witfor Theater Fellowship 814, directed by Oleg Menshikov (1998); Maksim Kurochkin's The Kitchen (2001), again directed by Menshikov; Lermontov's Demon, directed by Kirill Serebrennikov (2003), and many others. He has created costumes and sets for several Bolshoi Ballet productions, such as Leonide Massine's Les Presages (2005), Alexei Ratmansky's Jeux de cartes (2006), Asaf Messerer's Class-Concert (2007), Angelin Preljocaj's Creation-2010 (2010); and Mauro Bigonzetti's Cinque for Reflections/Bolshoi Ballet (2011). He also designed the costumes for the Bolshoi production of Strauss' Die Fledermaus (2010).

Mr. Chapurin is the recipient of Harper's Bazaar Russia Style Prize (1998), the Russian Haute Couture Association's Golden Mannequin (1999 and 2003), the Russian National Award Ovation (2000), and the GQ Russia Designer of the Year Award (2005).