Alik SINGER was a Russian-born fashion designer whose legacy is deeply rooted in Russian Couture traditions. He made New York-based ready-to-wear and custom tailoring lines. His designs often draw from his roots in Russia, where he was born after his father, who designed clothes in Paris before World War II, emigrated to USSR. His father, Rubin SINGER, was one of the most celebrated designers in the Soviet Union, dressing Russian royalty and then Soviet political figures, and the social elite. Alik SINGER started to work in fashion in the late 1950s, later he was head of the most famous men suit factory in Russia overseeing 10.000 employees, and created costumers for the prestigious Bolshoi Ballet and Stanislavski Theater. He moved to Paris in 1976 to work with high fashion designers such as Milanka. It's known, that Alik opened his own shop on Madison Avenue in New York City in the early 1980s and operated it for 12 years, before moved to 163 Orchard Street in New York. He also had a shop at Bergdorf Goodman for over 10 years. He studied in Austria, traveled, worked and lived all over the world and settled in New York to mentor his son Rubin, who launched his own line within Alik's store before becoming a major name in haute couture.