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...]

Unleash your inner wild thing! Everything we know and love about Vika Gazinskaya – “jewelry” appliques, fake fur and architectural frills – comes together in this beautiful Fall 2013 collection. Vika was inspired in part by grand couturiers of the past, and one can definitely see some Balenciaga in voluminous coats and [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...]

Traditional Russian fashion is hardly imaginable without famed colourful scarves that instantly evoke associations with “babushka”, rural countryside and practically everything that is historically deemed to be Russian. These vivid and characterful scarves were once a necessity for innumerous villagers and city dwellers of then Old Russia and [Continue reading...]