Biography
He came to Moscow, from Vitebsk, in 1992, bringing with him just one design to show at the Young Designers’ Competition. One of his first triumphs was his participation in 1992, in the Young
Designers Competition, in Paris. He presented his first haute couture collection, To Russia with Love, in 1995, at the Metropol Hotel, Moscow.
From 1996-8, at the personal invitation of Princess Irene Galitzine, he did the designs for the Italian couturier, Galitzine.
The climax in his career came in 1998, with his Chapurin Collection-99 which won the The Gold Manequin, The Russian Association of Haute Couture’s most prestigious prize. He became a member
of the Association. He also won the Harper’s Bazaar Style-98 prize. In the same year, he represented Russian fashion, in Paris, at the European Ball.
In 1999 and 2000, he participated in fashion shows in Switzerland and Germany. He was awarded the Russian Ovation prize.
In 1999, he began designing jewelry, together with the jewelers, Vasily Kovalenko Art.
He made his debut in theatre with his costume designs for Oleg Menshikov’s production of Woe from Wit. In 2001, he designed three theatre productions: Kitchen, The Young Prince, So Long,
Marlene, Hello. He started off 2003, by designing the scenography and costumes for the ballet, Madame Lioneli, which was premiered at London’s Albert Hall. He also did the costumes for
Kyril Serebrennikov’s production of Demon.
His 2003 haute couture collection likewise won The Russian Association of Haute Couture’s Gold Manequin prize. The same year CHAPURIN house has been included in the official schedule of
Paris Fashion Week.
In 2003 he presented a new major furniture design and interior decoration project; in 2005, he will be presenting two new lines – CHAPURIN CHILD and CHAPURINRG (a collection of skiing clothes). With
the Bolshoi he amounted the ballets Les Presages, Jeu de cartes, Class Concert and operetta Die Fledermaus.
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