Miami - June 23, 2009

From Russia with Love

Yana K's Summer Collection

Your apartment is stocked with Russian imports: Stoli, Imperial, Smirnoff.

Now to add Soviet style to your closet as well: Yana K’s first summer collection.

Russian-born designer Yana Khromova learned the art of the cloth from her seamstress mom. Now she’s putting it to use with her vintage-looking pieces (from flapper to ’50s). The collection mixes fabrics and eye-catching patterns — all with intricate details.

The bodice of the Barcelona dress has small vertical pleats and a boat neckline, the back dips into a vee, and the bottom has a slight bubble hem. The zipper-front cami is equally stylized: pink and purple halves separated by a gold zipper.

There’s also a high-waisted skirt in a colorful floral print, a blue-and-yellow ruffled dress, and a very modern romper.

Russian over to see them.

Available at Scoop, 1901 Collins Avenue, South Beach (305-532-5929 or scoopnyc.com); Rebel, 6669 Biscayne Boulevard, Upper East Side (305-758-2369). To see past collections, go to yanak.com.