Five days before the official premiere at Cycles and Seasons by Mastercard in Moscow Vika Gazinskaya S/S 2012 collection is in each and every blog. “Isn’t it an unthinkable breach of etiquette?” you might ask. No. Vika has already shown her collection. To the press and buyers. During Paris Fashion Week. It just wasn’t a [Continue reading...]

As we are now in the middle of the Russian-Ukrainian fashion month, I would like to post an overview of what is happening right now in both countries. In the picture: a design from TOSHA S/S 2012 collection Saint Petersburg, Russia Defile Na Neve fashion week has just ended and, in my humble opinion, it [Continue reading...]

24th season of Defile Na Neve fashion week in St Petersburg has just ended and as I’m browsing through the runway pictures at their website I can’t help gritting my teeth with disappointment. Evidently, in a city with a population of only 4.5 million people there is no place for two fashion weeks. Defile is [Continue reading...]

One of the world’s leading travel magazines launched in Russia featuring Natalia Vodianova on the cover of its very first, October 2011 issue. The launch of Traveller follows the successful launches of Vogue, GQ, Glamour and AD in Russia. It will be positioned as the most respected source on luxury travel experiences catering to the [Continue reading...]

Vogue Russia published a special edition fully dedicated to ballet. The love story between fashion and ballet started a long while ago. Fashion designers sought inspiration in famous ballet shows and/or designed costumes for the stage (take Coco Chanel, for example), prima ballerinas set fashion trends… One cannot imagine the 20th century [Continue reading...]