DORJE BATUU FOR VOGUE UKRAINE

We had the chance to style multi-hyphenate Dorje Batuu for Vogue UA at Maison Bodega just before war broke out in Ukraine. A writer, journalist, scientist and historian, Batuu currently resides in Minneapolis, works for NASA and is finishing his next book.

According to the Book Arsenal website, “Batuu is a Ukrainian writer of Buryat-Mongolian origin. He is the author of books “Francesca. The Queen of Trajectories” and “Francesca. The Officer’s Token’s Winner”. He was born and raised in Buryatia (Siberia), he graduated from Buryat State University. Education is a historian-Orientalist, specialist in the history of China. In 2002, he moved to live in Ukraine. Worked as a television journalist on national channels 1+1 and Inter. Moving to the United States, he worked as a correspondent for TSN and Voice of America, a member of the UN Media Corps. Currently, he corrects the trajectory and controls the flights of spacecraft and satellites in the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Batuu writes his blog on his Facebook page where he shares stories from NASA.”

Dorje’s background informed much about the styling of this shoot with Taylor Hall O’Brien. You will see traditional Mongolian jewelry + Tang jacket, NASA uniforms (and earpiece!), family Kilt tartan paired with modern pairings from JW Anderson, Moncler (in Ukrainian flag colors!), Jacquemus, Loewe, Suit by ISAIA, Dries Van Noten, and Studio Nicholson. You can read the story in print in the July 2022 issue and online here.