Ivan, photographed by by Serge Bazilic.
This editorial is about escape — from monotony, sameness, and the invisible grey that surrounds our everyday. It is a journey towards what makes us unique, what expresses our taste, and what turns our living space into something bright, bold, and inspiring. At the center stands a ballet dancer — a figure of elegance and dif erence, whose body itself resists conformity.
Through his movement, he embodies the courage to step out of the ordinary, to refuse uniformity, to embrace beauty in contrast. The story celebrates individuality: the right not to hide, not to adjust, not to dissolve in the background — but to stand out, to show your colors, to make a statement. Breaking the Grey is about not being afraid to be dif erent — and about finding freedom and inspiration in that dif erence.







Photos by Serge Bazilic @sergebazilic
MUA: Maxim Artemenko @artemenko_kiev
Style by Oxana Mankevich @be_mankevich
Model: Ivan Zaets @i.zaets

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