Spring fashion on the starting line
39 fashion shows, 51 designers, 17,000 visitors, 200 accredited media, the official opening party, and five themed after-parties…
This is the busy program for March 6-10 promised by the organizers of the main event of Ukraine’s fashion world – Ukrainian Fashion Week.
The participants of the 32nd UFW, which is traditionally held in the Museum Complex “Mystetsky Arsenal,” include Lilia Pustovit, Viktoria Hres, Tetiana Zemskova and Olena Vorozhbyt, Oleksii Zalevsky, Olena Dats, Viktor Anisimov, and others. Fifteen young Ukrainian designers will also present their collections within the framework of the projects Fresh Fashion and New Names.
BESIDE THE PODIUM
The official program of the Ukrainian Fashion Week will also include fashion shows in other locations, like the fashion show of Anastasia Ivanova, which will take place on the ice arena in the SEC Dream Town, and major events beside the shows in Mystetsky Arsenal.
The 32nd Ukrainian Fashion Week will start with a presentation of joint project of the UFW and ELLE Ukraine – “Retrospective of Ukrainian Designers’ Accessories.” The retrospective of unique designer works planned by the organizers will be the first attempt to focus the attention of specialists on presence and prospects of the accessory lines that are created by Ukrainian designers. The names of the designers have been kept in secret by the organizers for now. However, as it was noted by the founder and the chairperson of the UFW organizing committee Iryna DANYLEVSKA, the exhibition will feature art work of both famous “masters” of Ukrainian fashion world and “newcomers.” Danylevska specifically named Lilia Pustovit, Svitlana Bevza, Tetiana Mitus, and Snizhanna Nekh.
On March 8 Ukrainian Fashion Week will present the project “Fashion Move On.” Last year this project was initiated by young designer Yulia Polishchuk. In this season the audience will see fashion videos, shot at different time over the past year: INTERACTION by LITKOVSKAYA&ELLE Ukraine, POUSTOVIT brand video SS 2013, kameskakononova collections teasers, OMELYA atelier teaser, sasha.kanevski mood video, ARTEMKLIMCHUK BattleRoyale. As a part of the project there will be held a presentation of a film about the world’s top model Iryna Kravchenko (Ukraine) directed by Yulia Romanovska and exclusive video from the magazine Viva! about designer’s work on creating a collection.
The Day will traditionally cover the events of the Ukrainian Fashion Week. You will find blitz interviews with the most interesting participants and guests of the 32nd UFW, photo reports from the brightest (in terms of designer skill) fashion shows, and many other interesting and useful things here.
WHAT UKRAINIAN DESIGNERS HAVE TO OFFER FOR SPRING-SUMMER 2013?
All of this will be available after March 6. Meanwhile let’s remember what designers of the 31st UFW suggested to wear this spring.
COLOR: Viktoria Hres suggest Ukrainian women of fashion to choose clothes in pastel colors: light beige, yellow, pale pink, and white and blue. Lilia Pustovit advised to mix red and orange shades with cool blue, green, and white. Tetiana Zemskova and Olena Vorozhbyt advised to boldly mix black and white with shades of lemon, mint, and apple. But according to the designer Anna Bublyk, dominating colors of this season will be gold, white, beige range of colors in clothing. One third of her SS-2013 collection was presented by items in red, which is always in fashion, according to the designer.
FABRIC: collections presented at the 31st UFW were made of silk, chiffon, organza, fine jersey, satin… Designers often used lace and even embroidery in their models.
SILHOUETTE: calm, reasonably highlighted figure. The dominating items of clothing at the 31st UFW were dresses (of different length and cut) and ankle length skirts. There were collections where there were no pants at all.
IMAGE: soft, dreamy, romantic Woman.
