Vika Gazinskaya once said in an interview that she loved making clothes ever since she was a child. Well, a child’s imagination isn’t yet restricted by notions of right and wrong. When a little girl sees a piece of wallpaper with a beautiful pattern on it, she may as well use it to make a [Continue reading...]

After a tragic accident happened to her cat, designer Svetlana Bevza dedicated her F/W collection to these graceful little creatures. Prints, natural make-up, fringed scarves, leather accessories and contrasting details on clothing – everything was designed with cats in mind. Despite the tenderness and softness of the cat’s image, [Continue reading...]

ARTEMKLIMCHUK F/W 2012-13 at Ukrainian Fashion Week (picture courtesy of fashionweek.ua) I keep discovering great new blogs and sharing the knowledge with you! In my opinion, Ukrainian bloggers are more organized that Russians in terms of fashion week coverage. I think the main reason is that PR people and designers really embraced the blogosphere [Continue reading...]

I’m playing tough girl here, which I am not in the least bit (you can tell how hard I tried by my funny face expressions). But I love pretending I’m somebody else and dressing up, down and sideways, so I can promise you there will be more. This look is built around a Konsanszky dress [Continue reading...]

RUSSIAN FILM POSTERS: 1900-1930 By Maria-Christina Boerner Vivays Publishing, 192 pages, 196 illustrations In the early 20th century a staggering 60 percent of Russian population was illiterate. Yet they were exactly the crowd that went to the cinema as it was regarded as lowly kind of entertainment that the upper classes despised. No wonder both [Continue reading...]