Sputnik 1985

Country

Russia

Price

Contemporary

Founded

2011

Founder

Sergey Pakhotin

sputnik1985.com @sputnik1985

Started in 2011 as a punk merch outfit before mutating into Moscow's most quotable streetwear label, Sputnik 1985 (named for Sergey Pakhotin's birth year, in a region devastated by Chernobyl) trades in Cyrillic graphics, prison-tattoo iconography, Soviet-boxer nostalgia and slogans like 'I will always be against'. Two collections a year, a single Moscow store and stockists from Tokyo to Saint Petersburg made it the post-Gosha standard-bearer for Russian street-cultural irony.

Timeline3

2011—2020·9 yrs

2011
Sputnik 1985 founded in Russia
Sergey Pakhotin founded Sputnik 1985 as a Russian streetwear label drawing on post-Soviet aesthetics.
2018
International recognition grows
The label gained recognition outside Russia during a wave of interest in post-Soviet fashion.
2020
Continued cultural commentary
Sputnik 1985 continued releasing collections rooted in Russian cultural references and graphic identity.

2011
Sputnik 1985 founded in Russia
Sergey Pakhotin founded Sputnik 1985 as a Russian streetwear label drawing on post-Soviet aesthetics.
2018
International recognition grows
The label gained recognition outside Russia during a wave of interest in post-Soviet fashion.
2020
Continued cultural commentary
Sputnik 1985 continued releasing collections rooted in Russian cultural references and graphic identity.