Playful, fresh, and bold, this fall’s fashion season will be dominated by Henry Zankov’s knitted pieces.

A native of St. Petersburg, Russia, Zankov moved to New Jersey in the United States with his parents at nine-years-old. He spent most of his childhood going into the city with friends to go shopping and in high school, he began to take sewing classes at the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York, where he eventually received an associates degree in Fashion/Apparel Design in 2001. Soon after, Zankov began to explore his style through jobs and internships with clothing brands DKNY, EDUN, and Diane von Furstenberg, where he became the design director of knitwear.