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Ukrainian fashion week announces SS27 dates

The 59th season of Ukrainian Fashion Week will take place in Kyiv from September 2 to 6, 2026. This season places a spotlight on craft and its contemporary reinterpretation by Ukrainian designers. Handwork and artisanal techniques emerge not as a tribute to tradition, but as a source of innovation and means of expressing identity, shaping a...

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Ukrainian Fashion Week AW26/27 as an act of cultural continuity

Since its return to Kyiv in September 2024, Ukrainian Fashion Week has been held under conditions that repeatedly disrupt the regular rhythm of a fashion week. The autumn/winter 2026/27 edition was no exception. Between a postponed date and ongoing attacks on Ukraine's energy infrastructure, with noticeable consequences for power and heat...

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Ukrainian Fashion Week Reveals SS26 Official Schedule

From 4 to 8 September, 2025, Ukrainian Fashion Week returns to Kyiv, bringing together over 50 Ukrainian fashion brands across the broadest range of formats in its SS26 official schedule. This edition is dedicated to the intersection of fashion and culture, exploring fashion’s power as a cultural code and as a means of preserving national...

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Ukrainian fashion week announces SS26 brand line up

Ukrainian Fashion Week returns to Kyiv from September 4 to 8, 2025, for its SS26 season. Over five days, 57 Ukrainian fashion brands will present their new collections through runway shows, presentations, and a trade show. Among the designers are FROLOV, GUNIA Project, GASANOVA, NADYA DZYAK, TG Botanical, the COAT by Katya Silchenko, J’AMEMME,...

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Fashion as cultural diplomacy: Ukrainian Fashion Week FW 25/26

How does one find beauty – and focus on it – amidst suffering? This is the question Ukrainian Fashion Week once again sought to answer. For the second time since Russia's invasion of Ukraine and the onset of the war in 2022, the event returned to Kyiv after it made its first comeback as a fashionable beacon of hope in September. Hope remains a...

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Away from the Big 4: 7 Alternative European fashion weeks to have on the radar

The fashion week season in Milan, Paris, London and New York has been ushered in, however, away from the ‘Big 4’, other cities across Europe have been championing their own events, hoping to get a slice of the international stage. There have already been some European cities in which fashion weeks that had first been pitted as “up-and-coming”...

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Creativity as a beacon of hope: Ukrainian Fashion Week returns to Kyiv

What significance does fashion hold amidst the throes of war? From September 1 to September 4, Ukrainian Fashion Week (UFW) sought to answer this question against a backdrop of ongoing conflict. Marking its first return to Kyiv since the Russian invasion and the outbreak of war in 2022, the event saw over 50 local designers, many of whom had...

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Ukrainian war-themed jewellery exhibition makes fashion week debut

In a poignant reflection of Ukraine's ongoing struggle, a groundbreaking exhibition of political jewellery is set to open in Kyiv next week. 'Brave to Live', featuring works from 17 Ukrainian artists, will make its domestic debut from September 1-4, 2024, as part of Ukrainian Fashion Week's 55th season. The exhibition, curated by the LANKA...

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London Fashion Week to host third joint show of Ukrainian fashion brands

Ukrainian fashion takes center stage at London Fashion Week on February 17, featuring the joint showcase of Tamar Keburia, J’Amemme and Gasanova. Supported by the British Fashion Council and London Fashion Week, this marks the third collaborative presentation, symbolizing solidarity during Ukraine's challenging times. The "Support Ukrainian...

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Ukrainian designers showcase SS24 collections as “resistance” to war

Kseniaschnaider, Elenareva, and Nadya Dzyak, three fashion designers from Ukraine came together for a special Ukrainian Fashion Week showcase during London Fashion Week, despite the ongoing war in their country with Russia. At the joint spring/summer 2024 catwalk show, supported by the USAID Competitive Economy Program in Ukraine, an audio...

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Making fashion week work: London brings wearable style to the forefront

We often speak of the value that fashion weeks bring to a city – their economic impact, the buzz, the cultural exchange and community engagement. However, the cost for independent brands can sometimes be overwhelmingly high, rendering these events less worthy of investment. London Fashion Week witnessed undeniable gaps this season, from the...

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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...