Irina Grechko

Global Fashion Director

Irina oversees all fashion coverage at Refinery29, where she has been since 2020. Previously, she covered fashion and lifestyle at publications like Nylon, The Knot, Washingtonian, and People StyleWatch. When Irina is not covering trends or trying on the latest fashion arrivals for Refinery29, she teaches as an adjunct professor at Pace University’s publishing graduate program. She graduated from Emerson College in Boston with a BS and BA in Journalism and Writing, Literature & Publishing. She currently lives in Brooklyn, New York.

Fashion

Aligne’s New Arrivals Feature New Versions Of The Viral Waistcoat

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16 Apr 2025

Fashion

These Were The Most Standout Trends From London Fashion Week

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25 Feb 2025

Fashion

7 Paris Fashion Week Trends That’ll Get You Excited For Spring 2025

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8 Oct 2024

Designer Collaborations

& Other Stories x Brianna Lance Collab Is A Work Of Art — How R29...

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Fashion

How To Style Capri Pants, The Most Divisive Trend Of The Summer

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Fashion

From Chanel To Loewe: The Fashion In Challengers Goes Beyo...

Mild spoilers for Challengers ahead. The logos in the opening scenes of Challengers come flying as fast as the serves between the protagonists of Luca Gua

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Fashion

2024 Paris Fashion Week Trends That Will Be Everywhere This Autumn

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Designers

How Scandi Brand Gestuz Remains A Copenhagen Fashion Week Highlight

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Fashion

Copenhagen Fashion Week Trends That Will Get You Excited For Autu...

Before fashion month officially kicks off in New York this week, every minimalist-loving cool girl’s favourite lineup, Copenhagen Fashion Week autumn/win

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Gift Guides

Luxe Gifts For The Favourite People On Your List

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Fashion

Wide-Leg Jeans Are Everywhere — How To Style The Baggy Denim Tren...

Skinny jeans are dead. Long live wide-leg jeans. While it’s been a few years since TikTok labeled millennials’ favourite denim trend “unc

by Irina Grechko

Fashion

7 Milan Fashion Week Trends To Wear Now

From New York to London, one of the biggest Fashion Week trends so far has been wearability and tailoring, with wardrobe staples like oversized blazers, bo

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Fashion

8 Biggest London Fashion Week Trends To Shop Now

Unless you’re a capital-F Fashion fan, fashion week trends can be more than a little daunting — not to mention unrealistic — for everyday wear. (See:

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Fashion

Autumn’s Biggest Fashion Trends Include Business-Core Basics & Bu...

While there’s still time to indulge in the Barbie-coloured, mermaid-inspired, poolside-lounging looks of summer, come autumn we’ll quite literally be g

by Irina Grechko

Fashion

The Deeper Meaning Behind The Colour-Filled Barbie Costumes

You don’t need to watch more than the first few minutes of Greta Gerwig’s Barbie movie to realise the impact of fashion in the film. As soon as Barbie

by Irina Grechko

Fashion

Metallic Trousers Are Unexpectedly Versatile: How To Style The Tr...

While 2023’s fashion season has seen its fair share of bold colour trends, no look has permeated the style kaleidoscope more this year than silver. F

by Irina Grechko

Fashion

Mango x Simon Miller Is The Beach-Ready Collab You’ll Wear All Su...

If you’re not sure whether you want to spend your summer exploring the coast of California or making your way through the Mediterranean, the new Mango x

by Irina Grechko

Fashion

6 Fashion Trends That Will Take Over 2023 — Shop Them Now

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Fashion

15 Must-Have Winter Essentials, According To Fashion Insiders

Every season, a new selection of soon-to-be bestsellers hits our favourite fashion retailers. With so many winter 2024 trends and products to kee

by Irina Grechko

Fashion

How To Style Cowboy Boots For Autumn – According To R29 Editors

Following the year-long reign of platform heels, there’s a new shoe trend that’s set to steal the spotlight this autumn and winter: cowboy boot

by Irina Grechko

Fashion

These Looks Are Proof That The Best Street Style Lives Outside Of...

Forget New York City and Paris. Instead find outfit inspiration in Athens, Beacon, Dallas, and Detroit.

by Irina Grechko

Designers

The Christopher John Rogers Fashion Show Was Worth The Two-Year Wait

Even before the Christopher John Rogers show began, the unabashedly optimistic styles by the Louisiana-born, New York-based designer were on full display.

by Irina Grechko

Beauty

29 Big Style Ideas 2022

What’s inspiring you right now? It’s certainly not the same things that were pre-pandemic. Two years later, and nothing is the same when it comes t

by Irina Grechko

Designers

Alexander McQueen’s Latest Show Was Inspired By The Power O...

There was a lot of talk about mushrooms ahead of the Alexander McQueen Autumn/Winter ‘22 fashion show. As soon as teasers began to quite literally sprout

by Irina Grechko

Designers

Virgil Abloh Is A Reminder That Fashion’s Most Prolific Designers...

Barrier-breaking designer. Genre-bending artist. Visionary. These are some of the ways people have described Virgil Abloh after it was announced that the 4

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Style

Gucci Writes A Love Letter To Hollywood With A Little Help From S...

When it was revealed that Gucci would be closing down L.A.’s Hollywood Boulevard for its Spring 2022 show — the brand’s first in-person show in almos

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Fashion

29 Big (Fashion) Ideas

After a year of digital fashion shows, this month’s New York Fashion Week marks the official return to in-person designer showcases. But if the past 18 m

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Fashion

Halston’s Costumes Are The Ultimate Ode To Studio 54 Glamour

It’s no small job to try and capture the legacy of a figure like the fashion designer Halston in the span of a five-episode series. An Iowa-born milliner

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Climate

Here’s What It Takes For Fashion Brands To Be Sustainable. Can Th...

This story was originally published on September 25, 2020. By now, the fashion industry’s harmful effects on the environment are well-known. With natural

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Fashion

The Curious Case Of Fashion’s Obsession With Cut-Outs

There’s a scene in the 2004 comedy Mean Girls in which Lizzy Caplan’s character cuts two holes out of the tank top of the mean girl-in-charge, Regi

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