THE RFB

I was delighted to see that my other feature about Russian bloggers turned out to be insanely popular. The blog of yours truly is often found by keywords “Russian fashion blogger”, so, as I may not be exactly what you are looking for because I’m FROM but not IN Russia,  I will regularly post about [Continue reading...]

Nadja Auermann.  Anastasia Shershen. [Continue reading...]

Congratulations to Evelina Mambetova! There are three styles of Mulberry handbags named after her: a satchel, a hobo and a large satchel. Ukrainian model Evelina Mambetova has walked many shows including 3.1 phillip lim, Marc Jacobs, Vera Wang, Sonia Rykiel, and Yohji Yamamoto. Not to forget Mulberry, of course! Picture from Playing Fashion [Continue reading...]

An interview with Chapurin under a curious title ‘No More Gzhel and Fur Hats!’ http://www.russia-ic.com/ppl_articles/interviews/1450/ Well, I can tell that he is older than me because I remember none of those. I don’t remember “Soviet uniformity” mentioned in the article either… At the time I went to school and [Continue reading...]

Alisa and Julia Ruban, the designer duo behind the eponymous fashion label, talk about their past experience as stylists for major Russian and Ukrainian magazines, challenges of working as a team and the inspiration behind their debut collection. The first part of this two-part series is here: RUBAN Part 1 Lookbook And Video How did [Continue reading...]