Single
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Single
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Single

Q: What inspires you to design?
A: Fashion icons that exemplify that sense of insouciant allure

Q: What one word best describes your designs?
A: Luxe contemporary

Q: If you were to dress one person, who would that be?
A: Gwenyth Paltrow

Q: Who is your favorite new designer, besides your own collection?
A: Phillip Lim 3.1, and Stella McCartney

Q: What bag do you lust for this season?
A: One ultimate seasonless Birkin bag by Hermes

Q: What charitable cause is most important to you?
A: Divine Design

Q: What did you do before you became a designer?
A: Studied to be a designer

Q: What is your secret indulgence (fashion or otherwise)?
A: Floral arrangements, love exotic flowers

Galina Sobolev - Designer Bio
Single is an unapologetic stand for the individuality of style and confidence. Co-founded by GALINA and MICHAEL SOBOLEV, Single was conceived to reaffirm every woman's zest for life, romance and luxury.

Fashion and style run deep in Galina's blood. As a child in her native Russia, Galina learned how to sew and crochet from her grandmother, a well respected dressmaker who had her own atelier, just steps away from the Opera House, in a glitzy neighborhood in Odessa. Even today, Galina cites this as a profound influence in her life, recalling the supple garments and colorful fabrics she used to play with.

In 1977 her family moved to New York. A few years later Galina enrolled at the Fashion Institute of Technology. She participated in the school's exchange program which enabled her to spend a year and a half in England to study knitwear. Upon her return to the U.S. she earned two awards from FIT for her graduating collection. During this time, she also got into modeling, walking the New York runways alongside Pat Cleveland and Iman for such designers as Michael Kors and Michael Vollbracht. This phase in her life was equally inspirational as she experienced the glamour of club life at New York¹s hotspots such as Studio 54, Xenon, Limelight and Danceteria. Following her modeling stint Galina returned to design and worked for a manufacturer who produced exclusive knitwear for Marc Jacobs and others.

Galina moved to Los Angeles in 1987 where she continued to work in fashion, designing for several well known fashion lines. But it was her meeting with her future husband Michael Sobolev, in what she describes as a fairytale-like situation on Christmas Eve of 1992 that truly changed her life. The couple proved to be such a great match that they extended their personal relationship to include a professional one. Michael's entrepreneurial skills and MBA degree together with Galina's talent made a perfect formula for starting a company of their own. They started in 1994, with Michael
SINGLE SPRING 2007 COLLECTION SHOWS HOW "TO LIVE IN STYLE IN LA" AT LOS ANGELES MERCEDES BENZ FASHION WEEK
(Los Angeles, CA) - SINGLE, the luxe contemporary line, unveils an all-out glamorous Spring 2007 Collection dubbed "To Live In Style In LA" for the Los Angeles Mercedes Benz Fashion Week on Oct 16 1PM at the Main Tent of Smashbox Studios in Culver City, CA. Having always set the pace of the quintessential California style of easygoing luxury, Single once again gives a fresh take on living well and being dressed for it. Inspired in part by fashion icons that exemplify that sense of insouciant allure such as Katharine Ross in "The Graduate", Gwyneth Paltrow and Kate Moss, the latest collection is a mesmerizing collage of tops and dresses that would feel at home from the West Coast to the East Coast, from across the Pond all the way to Asia and back. For Spring 2007, Single evokes the relaxed vibe of beach culture with sandwashed linens, silks, chiffons and silk voiles punctuated by cut glass details suggesting sparkling sand, sunny gold touches, creamy neutrals, and ocean shades with hints of seafoam whites. The all-original silk prints set against fluid silhouettes present a graphic Art Nouveau sensibility that recalls the gilt-edged glamour of Gustav Klimt's "The Kiss" and the ravishing poster art of Alfons Maria Mucha with lush, golden florals and tapestry design. Designer Galina Sobolev says, "Klimt and Mucha had such a reverential, almost idealized, way of rendering women in their art and we've captured that spirit in how much the pieces of the collection are dedicated to feminine sophistication." Since the inception of Single, the brand has captured the imagination of the fashionable set with its exuberant sense of fashion and no-holds-barred dedication to glamour. Meticulously manufactured with lavish fabrics and designed for maximum style, Single is unavoidably recognized for the radiant luxury of its pieces particularly the kimono top and kimono dress as well as party-ready pieces that translate well through any fashion capital in the world. Single has also gained a much deserved
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