Russia had many difficult moments during the past two centuries: wars, economic and social issues, but there was never shortage of creative people trying to express themselves through clothes they make and wear. “Fashion as the Mirror of History: 200 Years of Russian Fashion“, on view from May 17 to October 8, aims to explore [Continue reading...]

Anna October, shown at Ukraine’s Kiev Fashion Days, paints an upcoming Fall season that while cold, will be ever present with elegance. Anna’s luxe getups gracing the Kiev runway are visibly supple, speaking to the high quality of the silk fabrication in use. The aesthetic is pulled-together, modern, and rich, with a dark and sophisticated [Continue reading...]

Award season continues! 8th annual ELLE Style Awards took place in Kiev this Wednesday. Editors, designers and fashionable crowd showed up at a museum located in a 18th century fortress dressed in the latest designer collections and entertained themselves with the music by the hottest artists, including Jamala who is dubbed “Ukrainian Amy [Continue reading...]

Shopping and fashion in Moscow have long been synonymous with grand department stores GUM and TSUM, infamous for their über-luxury and crowds of prying tourists. In reality, though, the capital is an intricate map of hidden shopping treasures, many of those being unique in their kind. [Continue reading...]

Gorgeous Natasha Poly graces the cover of Vogue Russia for the 10th time (and who even keeps count how many other magazines she covered). The ‘Carmen And Torero’ cover story is very graphic, done mostly in shades of black an red and features versatile Natasha in both feminine and masculine roles. [Continue reading...]