Photo source: unknown Svetlana Bevza sure works in mysterious ways. Look at the runway pictures below, they just scream Japan, right? But in fact the designer was inspired by the even more exotic subject – Italian choreographer Valeria Magli and her performance with life-size dolls, dated back to the 80s. I found zero information about [Continue reading...]

The 3rd day of UFW brought us collections inspired by the East, West and the combination of both. But however different their subjects might have been, there is one distinctive feature about these collections: they explore female sexuality and identity. Isn’t it amazing that women look incredibly sexy in, say, a men’s suit or a [Continue reading...]

Ukrainians know and love their cultural heritage, and not a single fashion week goes without collections inspired by Ukrainian history, traditional costume or folklore. In this post it is two out of three. There was a famous trade route in Ukraine in the 17th – 19th century, used to transport salt from the Black Sea. [Continue reading...]

Fashion weeks usually start at a slow pace and end with a bang. Ukrainian Fashion Week is different in this sense: year after year it gets opened with one of the best shows of the entire Week – Poustovit. When I caught up with the live streaming, a song in English was playing, models strutted [Continue reading...]

Shows of the fourth day of Ukrainian Fashion Week: Litkovskaya, Bobkova, Domanoff Bobkova The more I look at Bobkova collections, the more I’m convinced that she makes clothes for adventurers. Different shades of blue she uses remind me of the ocean, sky, even outer space – everything that’s dear to a true adventurer’s [Continue reading...]