Why do we love minimalism? For its cleanness, simplicity, unique color balance and the idea that “less is more”. Bevza S/S 2013 collection features all these elements, adding a trendy androgyny to the picture. Svetlana Bevza chooses her color palette very carefully – no eye-hurting psychedelic prints or neon here. Each color [Continue reading...]

One of Vladymyr Podolyan‘s favorite things is Rubik’s Cube – childhood’s inheritance, as the designer himself likes to say. It seems like the world’s most addictive puzzle had indeed a deep impact on his way of thinking, as the collections he shows in his hometown Kiev twice a year have a similar concept. Clear lines, [Continue reading...]

Jean-Pierre Braganza has just showed one of the best collections of the whole S/S 2013 season, highly praised, among other things, for the spectacular prints and clever asymmetric cut. One very special and surprising thing about this collection is that it was made in collaboration with Ukrainian artist and designer Zinaida Lihacheva. In his own [Continue reading...]

Do they produce resort collections in Russia and Ukraine? Yes, they do! Here is one made by Ukrainian designer Kostya Omelya for his eponymous label. His inspiration was water as an element of nature, and indeed these designs seem to have the ability to transform any woman to a mermaid. OMELYA atelier is a young [Continue reading...]

An Ukrainian label with a hard-to-pronounce name used collage technique to present its F/W 2012 collection. Isn’t it just an awesome idea? If I were a buyer , this lookbook would be the one to keep. [Continue reading...]