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LFW: Ukrainian Fashion Week comes to London

On the last day of London Fashion Week, the British Fashion Council hosted a special catwalk showcase with Ukrainian Fashion Week, giving designers Kseniaschnaider, Paskal, and Frolov the opportunity to showcase their autumn/winter 2023 collections. The three Ukrainian guest designers held a joint show in London, as what would have been the 50th...

Feb 22, 2023

Podcast

Podcast: How creativity is breaking through the darkness in Ukraine

Former fashion editor at Vogue Ukraine Julie Pelipas and founder and editor in chief of 1 Granary Olya Kuryshchuk talk to Business of Fashion about how creativity has been a source of resilience during the war in Ukraine. "I have never been so grateful to work in fashion," Kuryshchuk says. "When so much has been taken away, you appreciate what...

Feb 13, 2023

Fashion

Fashion launches into geopolitics to support Ukraine with leopard print outfits

The hundreds of people posting Instagram selfies in leopard-print outfits in recent days launched fashion into geopolitics for Ukraine's successful campaign to get Germany's powerful Leopard battle tanks. Just moments after Germany finally agreed to deliver 14 Leopard tanks on Wednesday, Presidential chief of staff Andriy Yermak joined in...

Jan 25, 2023

RetailFeatured

Agent Provocateur under scrutiny for continuing to sell its lingerie in Russia

British lingerie brand Agent Provocateur has come under scrutiny for selling its collections in Russia. The business is operated indirectly via a franchise agreement, and has locally managed boutiques. Leave Russia, a team of Ukrainian researchers, analysts of KSE Institute and volunteers, launched a website in the early stages of the invasion,...

Dec 14, 2022

Business

Khaki nation: Ukraine dresses for war

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky created the trend by wearing khaki outfits in every setting since the beginning of the Russian invasion in February. In the eight months of war, his people have followed his sartorial lead. Even civilians far from the frontlines have adopted their president's khaki dress code turned weapon of communication....

Nov 10, 2022

Fashion Featured

Against all odds 6 Ukrainian designers present collections during NYFW

Six Ukrainian designers presented their collections this NYFW at an event entitled Kyiv Art & Fashion Days hosted at the Mastercard Tech Hub on Manhattan’s Fifth Avenue. The event’s goal was to help sustain the businesses of these creative entrepreneurs following the devastation of the war in Ukraine which left many of them refugees in foreign...

Sep 16, 2022

Fashion

Ukrainian designer evokes the pain of war at NY fashion show

Fashion shows rarely begin with a moment of silence, but that is what Ukrainian designer Svitlana Bevza did Tuesday night for her country to decry the Russian invasion. She went on to present a collection rich in patriotic symbols. Bevza is an old hand at New York's Fashion Week, where she has appeared since 2017. She is based in Kyiv and has...

Sep 14, 2022

Fashion

With the World as its Context Stockholm Fashion Week SS23 Takes Shape

Cornerstones of Swedens character as a country have historically been humanitarianism, solidarity, and a sense of shared responsibility. Although these may seem a rarity in todays discourse, the Swedish Fashion Association continues to embrace these values in its curation of Stockholm Fashion Week which is set for 31st of August through 2nd of...

Sep 6, 2022

Fashion

A Vogue cover with Ukraine’s First Lady Zelenska garners criticism

Vogue has long been a magazine to feature political first ladies and leaders. American Vogue covers, by example, have featured most of its first families, from Dr Jill Biden and Michelle Obama to the debut of its first photographed political spouse in 1929, Lou Henry Hoover, the wife of then president Henry Hoover. Controversially, Melania Trump...

Aug 1, 2022

Culture

Balenciaga designs charity t-shirt to raise funds to rebuild Ukraine

Balenciaga is supporting the United24 platform for helping refugees. A charity t-shirt is available on its website of which 100 percent of the net profits will be donated to the humanitarian efforts for the Rebuild Ukraine direction. Costing 200 euros, the organic cotton tee features a Ukrainian flag on the front and a QR code on the back....

Jul 29, 2022

Business

UK is set for slowest growth of G7 nations in 2023

Aside from all the political turmoil in the UK, its economy is only chugging along in comparison to other western nations. While the war in Ukraine has seen global growth shrink, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has forecast UK’s growth to be just 0,5 percent in 2023, down from 1,2 percent. This compares to 3,2 percent of growth globally...

Jul 27, 2022

News

Amsterdam Fashion Academy supports Ukraine through t-shirt collection

The Amsterdam Fashion Academy has set up a t-shirt collection in collaboration with fashion brands B-Spoken, Karl Lagerfeld and Tommy Hilfiger to raise money and to show its support for Ukraine following the Russian invasion. Students from the Amsterdam Fashion Academy created a custom t-shirt collection, and all proceeds from the line will be...

Jul 21, 2022