Bulgarian designers on the catwalk in Paris

Bulgarian fashion designers presented their collection at the Couture Paris fashion week shows.

On the catwalk met humor, fantasy, feathers, lace and crystals. Together with the Portuguese designer Andre de Pessoa, the Bulgarian designers Livia Stoyanova and Yasen Samuilov showed their unusual ideas.

Mercedes-Benz greets first VIPs at Bebelplatz

For four days, fashion is once again high on the agenda in the German capital. As title sponsor of the Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Berlin, Mercedes-Benz is particularly delighted with the successful start.

Trade visitors and fashionistas flooded the event marquee at Bebelplatz to see the presentations of the designers.An exciting programme, rich in contrasts, which captivated and enthused guests right from the start.

Bridal Couture Week 2010 was held in the cultural capital of Pakistan

Pakistan’s very first Bridal Couture Week being held in the thriving, 9 million city of Lahore from November 26 to 28.

Lahore, the second largest Pakistani city, which lies on the border with India, is considered the cultural capital of the conservative Pakistan. The three-day event showcased designers, including Muzaffar Ali, Nilofer Shahid, Amina Ajmal, Mehdi, Hoorain.

Victoria's Secret hot fashion show in New York

Feathers, diamantes and over-the-top, sexy lingerie was clearly the order of the day at the annual Victoria's Secret fashion show held yesterday.

Katy Perry opened the show in spectacular style changing two sexy outfits from designer Todd Thomas. On the catwalk walked charming models Karolina Kurkova, Candice Swanepoel, Isabel Goulart, Chanel Iman, Alessandra Ambrosio and Adriana Lima.

Jakarta Fashion Week 2010/2011

The JFW 2010/11 opened with а show entitled A Tribute to Kebaya, featuring Kebaya, the national dress of Indonesian women as interpreted by more than 20 renowned designers. On Sunday JFW presented a special collection created by one of Indonesia’s brightest talents Oscar Lawalata and British textile designer Laura Miles. Their collection is called Weaving the Future, in which the two designers worked together with traditional textile craftsmen and weavers, including from areas in Eastern Nusa Tenggara as well as other parts in Indonesia such as Garut, West Java.

Lviv fashion week Spring/Summer 2011

From October 28 to 31, 2010, Lviv Fashion Week took place in Lviv. Kenzo Takada was the guest of honour of the sixth season. It was the first visit of Mr.Kenzo to Ukraine at the invitation of the Lviv Fashion Week organizers.

Major couturiers along with young budding designers from Ukraine, Belarus, Georgia and Armenia presented their new spring/summer 2011 collections for 4 days.

Attracive creactions at Belarus Fashion Week

Eccentric and unconventional models triumphed on the catwalk in Minsk during the fashion week in Belarus.

Over 70 representatives of major stores and boutiques of Belarus, Russia, Ukraine, Lithuania, and Poland have come to attend the Belarusian Fashion Week. Director of the project Yanina Goncharova told the press conference that was held to highlight the opening of the first Belarusian Fashion Week.

Roberto Cavalli's Jungle Collection conquer Milan

Roberto Cavalli models strutted down the catwalk in a jungle-themed collection of snakeskin and tight trousers on the final day of Milan Fashion Week

The Italian style stalwart welcomed guests including Heidi Klum, Leona Lewis and Taylor Swift to the front row of the show, which was held in a glass tent.

Dolce & Gabbana in Milan: all innocence and lace

Dolce & Gabbana were all innocence and lace on Sunday as Byblos explored the jungle and Missoni went multi-colour ethnic for next spring/summer at Milan Fashion Week.

Sensuality was implicit in Dolce & Gabbana's Mediterranean-themed collection, nearly entirely in white worn by porcelain-faced models looking frightfully in need of escorts. Footage of design duo Stefano Gabbana and Domenico Dolce fussing backstage over the performance was shown on video screens above the catwalk during the show.

Beyoncé modeled in Tom Ford’s secret fashion show

Tom Ford showcased his first womenswear collection in six years with celebrity cast including Beyonce, Lauren Hutton, Daphne Guinness, Julianne Moore and Stella Tennant with very small, but glamorous show.

The extraordinary show was held in the designer’s store on Madison Avenue before an audience of perhaps 100 editors. Each of the beautiful celebrities looked sensational and as individual as she could be. The collection includes sharp pantsuits in black silk or leopard pattern, gorgeous black evening clothes with sheer blouses, corsets with details like hammered gold, jewelry, stilettos with ankle ties and seamed black stockings.

Dubrovnik Fashion Week International 2010

On 27th and 28th 2010 of August Dubrovnik Fashion Week International presented a series of fashion shows that took place on the open air catwalk set against a backdrop of perfectly preserved Renaissance and Baroque buildings, churches and palaces, within the historic walls of the Dubrovnik Old Town.

Major Croatian designers and fashion houses presented their collections including Hippy Garden, Juraj Zigman, Art Go'den, Mara Miloglav, Zjena Glamocanin, SMart and Marina Design.

Underwater fashion show in Seoul

Seoul hosted the world’s first underwater fashion show on Sunday, showcasing traditional Korean dresses.

During the show, mermaid-like models presented vibrantly colored traditional “hanbok” dresses, created by fashion designer Park Sul-Nyeo. The models posed in a water tank for the shoot without any snorkels or oxygen masks.

Mercedes-Benz fashion week Swim makes a splash as it announces record number of designers to showcase collections

MG Fashion is pleased to announce its line-up with a record number of designers to showcase their collections for 2011. The Raleigh once again became the epicenter of the fashion industry from July 15-19, 2010 as supermodels, celebrities, press and buyers came together to celebrate fashion and beauty with the sexiest swimwear designs in the world.

Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Swim is the leading platform globally for designers and swimwear brands to showcase their collections to the world, and we are excited to celebrate our talented roster of designers.”

Barcelona Fashion Week 2010

Creativity and innovation are the concepts that inspire 080 Barcelona Fashion, without forgetting the importance of the market and the need to give fashion a commercial outlet.

080 Barcelona Fashion is committed to the "culture of fashion" in the widest sense of the term and aims to be much more than just a fashion show. For this sixth edition, a series of parallel activities and round-table debates have been organised.

Fashion Evenings 2010 – second evening

The second evening of the fashion show Fashion evenings in Grand Hotel Varna, started with the collection of Roma Fashion, authentic and modern outfits from different parts of the world in Roma style. We saw the summer collection of chain stores 2MORROW, inspired by the energy of the big city.

Fashion evenings 2010 began with elegance and refinement

On 11 June 2010 was held the first evening of the fashion show Fashion evenings 2010 in Grand Hotel Varna, St. Konstantin and Elena. The spectacular event is held for 9th year. Elegant, boutique, formal dresses were presented by famous Bulgarian brands Coralia, with designer Veneta Vassileva, whose collection is dedicated to 20 years of creative work, Azalia boutique, whose collection is dedicated to their 10 year anniversary and Romantika Fashion, with designer Sofia Borisova, with collection for 17 years of its activity.

Jasmina Toshkova is the new face of Fashion evenings 2010

After a few days on 11 and 12 June 2010 at Grand hotel Varna in “St. Konstantin and Elena” will be held Fashion evenings 2010 with the participation of Bulgarian designers and fashion houses. This year face of the fashion show is the top model Jasmina Toshkova.

On June 12, Saturday, will be presented collections of Roma fashion – modern and authentic costumes from the Balkan countries, Efradin Atelier, Fortuna style 95, 2Morrow, Delfina swimwear, Sharin underwear, accessories 4ARK, Tiffi, Richmart, etc.

Short dresses hit the catwalks at Rio summer fashion week

Catwalks at Rio de Janeiro summer fashion week were full with very short dresses in elegant patterns and colorful shades.

Brazilian designers showed that next summer in fashion will be sleek, satin fabrics in traditional colors.

In style will be short, tight dresses in bright colors, decorated with countless buttons.

Fashion evenings 2010

On 11 and 12 June 2010 in Grand hotel Varna, St. Konstantin and Elena will be held the ninth edition of one of the biggest fashion events in Bulgaria – "Fashion evenings", which is presenting collections of famous Bulgarian designers and fashion houses.

Wide variety of elegant outfits, jewelry and accessories will be presented during the fashion shows – ladies formal and wedding dresses, casual wear, underwear and swimwear, hosiery, accessories and children’s clothing.

Lviv Fashion Week 2010

Lviv Fashion Week is one of the leading international designer showcases in Eastern Europe. It offers a high-quality ground for fashionable defiles and runway shows. Format of Lviv Fashion Week is based on prêt-à-porter and prêt-à-porter de luxe collections. Designers present seasonable collections in multiple daily runway shows and exhibition showrooms. Fashion shows are accompanied by art, photo and jewellery exhibitions. More than 3500 people visit Lviv Fashion Week during each day.

Jean Paul Gaultier with a fashion show in Moscow's Kazansky train station

French fashion designer Jean Paul Gaultier presented his first haute couture collection in Russia at a Moscow's Kazansky train station.

At the show attended many Russian celebrities – actors, pop stars, as well as fashion designers. Gaultier opened his first boutique in the centre of Moscow in 2005. He was surprised by the pace of change the city had seen since then.

Sports garments were shown in Ruse

During the exhibition "Weekend Tourism", which takes place from 13 to 15 May in the City Theatre of Ruse, was held a fashion show of clothes and shoes for tourism and leisure.

In the fashion show participated models from Elit-D, model agency of Diana Poptoneva, who presented garments of Kappa, Puma, Hi-TEC and other fashion brands.

Roma fashion presented The World is Colorful

Roma fashion organized for the second time a unique dance performance and fashion-show named "The World is Colorful".

At the fashion show were presented two collections – traditional gypsy garments and a modern interpretation of the Gypsy style.

The Dominican Republic Fashion Week

From 28 April until 2 May 2010 in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic takes place the Dominican Republic Fashion Week.

The opening fashion show was of the Spanish brand Custo Barcelona with designer Custo Dalmau.

Fashion Portal Ruse 2010 fascinated hundreds of people

During the International Fashion Forum - Ruse 2010 took place the second fashion edition of "Fashion Portal - Ruse 2010". The scene was built among the fountains in front of Ruse Municipality, which created an unique atmosphere.

Their collections presented Arda-Ruse, Markam Fashion, Rollman, Deni Deor, Vayana, Bordo, Lenars-Maria Fashion salon and Radina-Maria. Their models also presented pupils from Vocational High School of Clothing and Design - Ruse.

Fashion Portal - Ruse 2010

On April 24th, 2010 at 8 p.m. on a stage, built on the fountains in front of Ruse Municipality will be held a fashion show of Bulgarian fashion brands "FASHION PORTAL - RUSE 2010". For the guests will be provided more than 600 seats.

After the fashion shows a cocktail will be held at the the city theater building.

In the fashion show their collections will present the brands Arda, Bordo, Deni Deor, Radina Maria, BTB and others.

Spring fashion show in Varna

Under the motto "For some, fashion is a religion", on March 26 VIP Fashion Group Agency and Mall Varna hosted a spectacular spring fashion show in the chic atmosphere of the most modern entertainment center in Varna – Playground in Mall Varna. The host of the show was the actor Simeon Lyutakov.

More than 25 fashion brands presented for the first time in Bulgaria part of their latest Spring-Summer 2010 collections.

Castilla and Leon Fashion Week began

On 9 March 2010 began the twelfth edition of the Fashion Week in Castilla and Leon, which is held in the city of Burgos, Spain. Traditionally it will last three days (from 9th to March 11th) and more than 30 designers and fashion houses will present their collections for autumn-winter 2010/2011.

The first day began with presentations of Ladybug collection (Spanish lable for women's fashion), Estilo By Imelda (bags and accessories), Pamela (children's clothes), the young designer Marta Valdespino and others.

The best of Spanish Fashion at Cibeles Madrid Fashion Week

Fashion and creation are, once again, the main themes of a new edition of CIBELES MADRID FASHION, the great platform for the promotion and dissemination of design in Spain, organised by IFEMA, which is celebrating its fifty-first edition from 18 to 23 February at Feria de Madrid.

On this occasion, the main showcase for Spanish creation involves 51 designers who, with their diverse stylistic proposals, will evidence the creative heterogeneousness of fashion in our country. They will be joined by almost 30 young designers who will be showing their collections in the EL EGO showroom, a space with direct retail sales for the whole time that CIBELES MADRID FASHION WEEK is on.

Lacoste - mood and color in New York

Most recognized by the "green crocodile" fashion brand, Lacoste once again charmed the audience at Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week in New York with its colorful and bright collection.

The famous brand reinforced its prestige of the master of fashion fabrics and patterns during the expected with great interest show.

The colorful accessories of the fashion guru drew the attention of the audience behind the scenes of the show before its inception. Their radiant mood spread quickly to the podium and the models.

Temperatures Rise at Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week in New York

Despite snowy conditions for the start of Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week this February 11-18, 2010, the Bryant Park tents are red hot with the New York debut of the new Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG and E-Class Cabriolet.

Until now their collections presented Zac Posen, Max Azria, Gwen Stefani, Charlotte Ronson, David LaChapelle, Christian Siriano, Michael Angel, La Perla etc.

At Mercedes-Benz fashion week in New York was also presented a collection show called Fashion For Relief Haiti NYC 2010. Among the models on the catwalk were Kelly Osbourne, daughter of singer Ozzy Osbourne, Agyness Deyn and the super model Noami Campbell.

Brides and rebellions at the fashion podium in Rome

A mixture of frivolously dressed girls like rebellions and elegant brides were seen by the audience during the AltaRoma fashion week in Rome, Italy.

The designer Abed Mahfouz from Lebanon presented romantic models for brides in white and formal dresses in turquoise nuances.

The Italian couturier Fausto Sarli also presented bridal gowns. He amazed the audience with the clean line and unusual accents in the dresses for the most special day in the life of every young woman.

United Nations EcoChic Geneva Fashion Show

On January 21 in Geneva, Switzerland was held the EcoChic Geneva fashion show at the European headquarters of the United Nations. Julia Jurevich showcased the creation from the Bulgarian designer Evgeni Petkov.

Key fashion and government figures met in Geneva for a two day seminar during this international year of biodiversity to support the world's biodiversity and sustainable fashion.

Revealing clothes at Rio Fashion Week

Several famous designers showed their newest collections during the Rio Fashion Week Fall-Winter 2010 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

After the classic models in black and white of the designer Walter Rodrígues, the audience was shocked by the provocative revealing clothes of the designer Cantao.

Fashion agency VIP Fashion Group sent 2009 with impressive fashion show

With original and stylish fashion show the leading Varna agency VIP Fashion Group sent they year 2009. The event was held in Grand hotel Varna and was named "Festival of fashion and beauty Varna". Their newest collections presented Puma, Sport mania, Mustang Jeans, Catwalk, Truimph, fur coats from Kazan Furs, women's fashion Grama, men's fashion from Pier Lucci, designer clothes from Aggata, branded shoes from Hush Puppies and bridal dresses from La sposa.

Bulgaria native Marina Nikolaeva Popska presented her Spring 2010 Collection at Mercedes-Benz New York Fashion Week

Marina was born and raised in Sofia, Bulgaria. Her love of art and design began at an early age and was encouraged by her mother who was a professor of textile and fashion design.

Before entering the Master Degree program at Academy of Art University, Marina studied textile design at the School of Applied Arts and received a BFA and MFA degree from the National Academy of Arts in Sofia, Bulgaria.

For this collection, she was inspired by nature, humanity and the ‘chaos’ of color and texture. Marina’s knitwear is a combination of various knitting techniques and yarn arrangements resulting in rich textures and the illusion of depth in her garments.

Impressive fashion show of Venice costumes and masks in the Archaeological museum

Venice ... The city of love, romance and carnival. With a lot of imagination and after several months' work on Friday the Venice spirit was brought in the Archaeological museum in Sofia by the show "The secret of masks", in which 20 Bulgarian stars passed in couples dressed in Venice costumes and extravagant masks.

The main organizer of the show was Katalina Jeliazkova, manager of the company "Party house".

Oi Fashion Rocks arrived in Brazil

Full of originality, Oi Fashion Rocks arrived in Brazil and brought international and national fashion and music shows in an unheard of arena in Jockey Club of Rio de Janeiro.

The Brazilian edition was the first one held in Latin America and the only one promoted in 2009. Oi sponsored the event, which besides gathering the best in music and fashion is ruled by its social concern.

In Brazil, Oi Fashion Rocks counted on famous brands dictating trends such as Marc Jacobs, Versace, Givenchy and Calvin Klein and several attractions of the national and international music scene, among them Mariah Carey and Puff Daddy.

Castilla y Leon Fashion Week began

In Spain started Castilya y Leon Fashion Week.

Various collections of ladies', teen's and kid's fashion, shoes and accessories, wedding dresses for season spring-summer 2010 were shown by Trasluz, Rojatex, Nalia, Rosalita MacGee, Rosalita Senoritas, Andrea Milan shoes, Rocio Mozo, by Imelda, Pamela, Marta Valdespino, Ladybug, Di De Sant, Raquel Tomillo, Charo Peres, Concha Ceballos, Javier Vicente.

ROMANTIKA FASHION center was opened officially

op designer Sofia Borisova opened officially ROMANTIKA FASHION center.

It includes two parts. First of them is the VIP showroom. There you can find luxury clothes of the world famous designer Eddy K and boutique toilets of Romantika fashion house.
The second part of new fashion center will offer bridal collections of Alyce Design and Madeline Gardner.

Giorgio Armani looked to the future

Giorgio Armani looked to the future and explored the world of ‘plastic fantastic’ in his younger, Emporio Armani collection at Milan Fashion Week.

Swimsuits and bikinis were bedecked with Plexiglass brooches and necklaces as bright as molten lava. Sandals featured crimson Perspex heels and ankle-straps. Short, party dresses in Vesuvian shades of bright orange and fuschia, were cinched with shiny, shocking-pink, patent-leather belts.

The colours exploded like fireworks on the graphic PVC catwalk, sending a clear signal that Armani is once again working at full creative power after battling with hepatitis over the summer.

Bright colours dominated in the first day of Milan fashion week

The collections shown during the first day of Milan fashion week used colorful pink, yellow, blue and green probably in an effort to fight the current grim economic mood. The same trend was noticed also at Madrid and London fashion weeks.

Minimalistic silhouettes by Prada, Mediterranean chic from Armani, original jeans by Dolce & Gabbana, urban rock by Just Cavalli - they all were in bright colours.

An extravagant winter by Jeni style

Jeni style fashion house with designer Evgenia Jivkova will present its newest collection autumn-winter 2009/2010 called Extravagant winter on September 16, 2009 at Hall 3 of the National Palace of Culture. The 14 years old daughter of Mrs. Jivkova – Andrea Stefanova will take part in the fashion show.

Evgenia Jivkova says: The name of my newest collection is Extravagant winter. Through my clothes women will be confident and sexy without showing off these qualities. At the same time women wearing Jeni style will demonstrate their new and different appearance and will look braver and independent.
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New success for Jullia Kontogruni

The Bulgarian brand Jullia Kontogruni was invited to participate for a second year in Bucharest fashion week with main media partner Fashion TV. During the fashion show miss Romania walked in a wedding outfit of the fashion house. Jullia Kontogruni presented their boutique and wedding dresses, with embroideries and hand sewn stones and exquisite stays. The fabrics are from the most luxurious and limited selections of world famous brands, mainly silk, French and Italian laces, tulle, organza and satin.

Giorgio Armani and Dolce&Gabbana open Milan menswear

Milan menswear for the Spring-Summer 2010 got off to a classy start Saturday, with glitzy glamour at Dolce and Gabbana, and super refinement at Giorgio Armani.

The designing duo kicked off the four days of preview showings with a collection that matched sequined tuxedo jackets with distressed pants, adding a new chapter to the "drunge" (part dandy, part grunge) look they invented a decade ago.

Fashion evenings 2009 - elegance, refinement and beauty

On 13 and 14 June 2009 in Grand hotel Varna, St. Konstantin and Elena thiumphed fashion and beauty. The eight edition of one of the biggest fashion events in Bulgaria - "Fashion evenings" gathered those who appreciate beauty on a fashion show, which presented collections of famous Bulgarian designers and fashion houses, as well as importers of quality garments and accessories.

The fashion show was held with the kind stewardship of Grand hotel Varna and with the support of its general director Mr. Ivan Portnih. Official sponsor were the cigarettes Merilyn Slims. Producer of the event is Ekaterina Toneva, Mrs. Bulgaria World Beauty 2007, the organization and performance is made by Amalia Tincheva. The major media partner was the Bulgarian fashion directory Fashion.bg, which celebrated 10 years since its creation.

The 8-th edition of "Fashion Evenings" and 10 years Bulgarian fashion directory

As we wrote before, on 13 and 14 June 2009 at Grand Hotel Varna in “Saint Konstantin and Helena”, will take place The 8-th edition of "Fashion Evenings". There will be presented fashion collections of Bulgarian designers.

Delfina, Orchestra - French clothes for children, Monro, Azalia boutique, Magi Lux, Holiday Sona boutique with the newest collection named "Butterfly" and designers Gergana Simeonova and Julia Jivkova with their official dresses will present their collections at the famous Bulgarian event.

An Eco fashion show was presented by children

Dresses made by nylon bags were presented from children on an Eco fashion show.

The ladies were escorted by Pom-Bear.

More than 300 children from 7 schools took a part in the Traditional Child Party yesterday. The master of the house was the 85-th Primary school "Otets Paisii".

Miuccia Prada refuses to take a full walk down the runway after her fashion shows

The Italian designer doesn't want to be like other designers and bask in glory after debuting her collections.

She said: "I hate the cliche of fashion designers since the beginning. And so because I came from another background - and actually being a feminist at those times, not that I've changed so much - I didn't want to do anything that fashion designers were doing. And the first thing I didn't want to do was that."

Miuccia - whose celebrity fans include Tilda Swinton, Victoria Beckham and Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen - also revealed she likes her designs to be ironic.

Fashion evenings 2009

On 13 and 14 June 2009 in complex "St. Constantine and Elena" will take place the most bigger fashion event in Bulgaria "Fashion evenings", which is held for 8th year with the exclusive assistance and kind household of Grand Hotel Varna.

This year a partner of the event is the Bulgarian fashion portal Fashion.bg, which celebrates 10 years from its creation, during which it actively promoted Bulgarian fashion in Bulgaria and abroad.