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  “Why shouldn’t I be the exception?” From a Kherson barbershop to owning a salon in Manhattan: the story of hairdresser Leo Hrabko

  Today, Leo Hrabko is a trendy hairdresser in Manhattan. But the road to success was anything but easy. Born in Kherson, a small city in southern Ukraine, Leo grew up knowing...

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  Ukrainian Ciepło in Poland: How Olena Mykhailovska opened a home-style Ukrainian restaurant in Krakow — an interview

  If you turn off the Vistula River promenade near Krakow’s Grunwald Bridge , you’ll find yourself on Józefa Dietla Street, named after a prominent physician and former...

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  Indposhiv suits are worn by Zelenskyy, Zaluzhnyi, and hundreds of others. Brand founder Kateryna Vozianova shares how she got there — in an interview at her Kingsman-style atelier

  In 2009, 25-year-old Ukrainian entrepreneur Kateryna Vozianova founded Indposhiv, a brand of classic men’s clothing. The three-person team started out in a small apartment...

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  “This is art”: How Stas Voytenko went from a car repair shop to building pedalboards for New York jazz stars — an interview

  Stas Voytenko is from Donetsk. He fell in love with music back in the eighth grade. He learned to play guitar, upgraded old Soviet speakers, and built his first rehearsal...

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  “I make it like I’d make it for myself.” Ukrainian chef Silvia Bronetska opened SiFood restaurant in Cyprus. Here’s her story — and what inspires her work

  Silvia Bronetska is a 43-year-old mother of three, food blogger , and chef from Odesa . After Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, she and her...

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  "A woman has the right to wear what she likes." How Ukrainian fashion found a home in Valencia — the story of Lucir

  In 2019, Iryna Nosova, a former English teacher, and her husband Volodymyr launched Gum, a high-end fashion boutique in downtown Kharkiv. What started as a single store soon...

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  Valeriia Samoilenko has lived through the loss of her father, emigration, and personal crisis. Now, she runs her own event agency on the island of Bali and has found balance and inner peace

  Valeriia Samoilenko, now 25, was born into a family of successful furniture entrepreneurs in Kremenchuk. She was raised with a deep appreciation for the arts instilled...

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  Ruslan Chyhryn from Mariupol opens Buzok Flowers in New York with clients like Netflix and Selena Gomez. Interview

  35-year-old Ruslan Chyhryn is originally from Mariupol . He holds a degree in international logistics and worked for two years in the maritime security service at the...