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Russian Fashion Week changes Venue
For this Spring/Summer 2007 season, RFW has moved to a new location in the center of Moscow: Gorky Park. This new location will give the show organizers an opportunity to provide a bigger space and invite more top designers to present their collections to the Russian and international press. |
Russian Fashion Week, it's just a start
On March 30-April 6 fall-winter 2006/2007 Russian Fashion Week took place in RFW Pavilion on Red Square’s Vasilievsky slope. The project supported by the Russian Ministry of Culture and Mass Communications got much acclaim in western media. The Financial Times and Corriere Della Sera hail RFW reputation as impeccable. «In Moscow the format and professional standards are the same as at Milan and London Fashion Weeks», – write influential editions about Russia’s main fashion catwalk. |
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 Russian Fashion Week (RFW)
October 18-25, 2006 |
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American Designers Shine in Moscow
Shows at Russian Fashion Week prove to be a hit
October 26, 2006 – Hailed as a success by both participants and organizers, and boosted by this season’s new and improved venue of Gorky Park, American designers made a splash during the International Day at Russian Fashion Week.
Americans designers Baby Phat, Laundry by Shelli Segal and Rebecca Taylor drew thousands of international press, buyers, and customers. Helping to import the American designers to Russia was TSUM, the largest luxury department store in Moscow, who organized the presentations. |
| In addition to the huge success of the American presentations, this season’s switch of venue also proved to be a hit. The tents at Gorky Park provided more space for the expanding roster of shows, convenient parking, and upgraded production facilities. Baby Phat brand representatives BJ Coleman and James Campbell enjoyed their visit to Russia and were thrilled to have participated in Russian Fashion Week. From the first instant BJ entered Gorky Park, he exclaimed “Your tents are like the one in New York at Olympus Fashion Week! We are so excited and would never have expected it would be so fantastic!” Baby Phat’s show opened International Day and definitely added a New York element to the RFW tents. |
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| James Campbell and BJ Coleman are giving directions to their model |
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Baby Phat models waiting for the show to start |
| The show that followed was Laundry by Shelli Segal – a stunning collection that proved to be one of the most talked about shows of the week. Charles Pegram, Gianna Bonacorsi and Cynthia Erland Joy, who all represented the brand, were all also thrilled to have participated. |
Laundry by Shelli Segal show |
| Rebecca Taylor was the last presentation and rounded out International Day. Ellen Kinney, Rebecca Taylor Sales Director proclaimed “Everything is so well organized. It is much better to be a designer here in Moscow than to be in New York, since lots of things are much more properly done”. |
| Pietro Francesco Gigliotti, Mourizio Modica (Frankie Morello) |
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| General Producer Alexander Shumsky was excited the three brands accepted his invitation to Russia and was thrilled with the results. “American designers brought Bryant Park’s atmosphere to the Russian Fashion Week tent, and added to the great mix,” he said. “It is very important to continue international collaborations between RFW and designers from around the world as we try to expose these designers to the Russia and International fashion community. This season definitely elevates RFW to a global platform.” |
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Natalia Stefanenko, Sergio Pea (IFD group), Angelika (Frankie Morello) and And Alexander Shumsky Natalia IFD representative in Moscow |
Including international representatives, this season Russian Fashion Week hosted over 60 designers from Russia, Byelorussia, Ukraine and Georgia, so-called, former USSR countries. Tatiana Parfionova – one of the greatest representatives of Russian designers showed her collection on October 24. Julia Dalakian successfully presented her Spring/Summer collection at Milan Fashion Week and carried over the buzz to Moscow on the same day with Tatiana.
The closing day of RFW included great talents like Russian Silhouette winners, Tamuna Iingorokva from Georgia, Victoria Krasnova from Ukraine, Yulia Nikolaeva, the public favorites Elena Souproun, Larissa Pogoretskaya and Jenny Packham. Jenny presented her spring/summer 2007 collection on Russian Fashion Week catwalks after Milan Fashion Week. The public’s favorite “James Bond dress” was also loved by Russian publicity. One of the main reasons why Jenny Packham comes back to Russian Fashion Week is presentation of her collection to buyers and journalists from this part of the World. |
Jenny Packham catwalk show |
Russian Fashion Week spring/summer 2007 season broke a record in buyers attendance. Over 100 buyers from around Russia and foreign USSR countries visited RFW this season. The accreditation got over 1000 journalists including UK, Hungary, Sweden, France, Netherlands and US representatives. All these facts make Russian Fashion Week the only fashionable event in Russia and Western Europe, which is now attractive not only to former USSR countries but World Fashion as well.
Russian Fashion Week
www.rfw.ru
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