Egor Zaitsev:

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- What do you like to wear yourself?

- Since I am a representative of a well-known designer family, naturally, I was not always free in my choice. There was a period when my father wanted me to dress in a classic style. I even had one suit, but I was "suffocating" in it. I never follow any trends, maybe because I know all this very well. I do not like ready-made things, I constantly redo everything, I wear many things for years. The main thing is that the clothes match my inner state.

- How do you develop a creative relationship with your dad - Vyacheslav Zaitsev? Isn't it difficult to work in one creative space?

- Recently, dad said in an interview that I did not follow in his footsteps: he works for a specific person, and I - for the sake of an idea. And I totally agree with that. I work only for myself, and if someone responds, it means that life has not been lived in vain.

- If the process of self-expression is so important for you, why didn't you become, for example, an artist?

- Fashion is more mobile. There is adrenaline here, all the time you need to be on the wave, in the know. If you stop modeling clothes, you can fall behind fashion. It's like in big sports, you need to keep yourself in good shape all the time. And such a race starts.

- Egor, what would you recommend to the readers of "Cleo" as a designer and as a man?

- No matter how banal it is - to love and be loved. And, of course, accept yourself. Love is the most important thing in life; it is she who is the basis of any creativity …