There’s not much difference between designing dresses and bulletproof vests, says Ivan Fotesko, a fashion designer turned army outfitter from Odesa. Fotesko and his friends still can’t believe the turn their lives have taken.
Fotesko and his two friends, Arthur Petrosjan and Michael Mirkovich, are preparing to drive to Mykoliav the next day. They are bringing donations of bottled water — the city is cut off from the piped water supply — and their latest batch of military fatigues, which includes flak jackets, boots and other tactical accessories to soldiers who are fighting on the front lines of that city.
