Upcoming Moscow Fashion Week to Showcase Talented Designers from Across the Country

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The Central Exhibition Hall ‘Manege’ will host Moscow Fashion Week from March 13 to 18. Visitors can attend shows by Russian and International designers, Lecture Hall, Market, Business Showroom, and the World Fashion Shorts film festival.

“Moscow Fashion Week will take place in the capital from March 13 to 18. This year, the event will feature over 90 shows, showcasing more than 180 brands from 27 regions of Russia at the ‘Manege’. Additionally, collective fashion shows featuring over 100 university students will be held. Attendees will have the opportunity to participate in lectures and masterclasses led by industry professionals,” said Alexei Fursin, Minister of the Moscow Government, Head of the Moscow Department of Culture.

More than 180 brands (including over 100 Moscow brands) from 27 regions of Russia, such as Moscow, Ivanovo, Leningrad, Nizhny Novgorod, Tambov, Tyumen, Krasnodar and Primorsky Krai, Republics of Buryatia, Dagestan, Komi, Sakha (Yakutia), and Tatarstan, will partake in the event.

Market will work daily at the Central Exhibition Hall ‘Manege’, where visitors can purchase clothes, shoes, and accessories from Russian designers. It will be open from 1:00 PM to 9:00 PM.
For the first time, a collective stand called “Made in Moscow”, organized by the Department of Entrepreneurship and Innovative Development will be showcased at the Market. Eleven Moscow designers will showcase their collections. In total, 100 designer brands from Moscow and other Russian cities will have their clothes and accessories available for purchase at Moscow Fashion Week Market.

Free registration will be available on the official website.

On the first floor, the Moscow bar will welcome the Fashion Shows visitors, offering a selection of treats and drinks from brands participating in the Made in Moscow project.

From 1:00 PM to 8:00 PM, the Central Exhibition Hall 'Manege' will feature a Lecture Hall that hosts daily lectures. Residents and visitors to the capital are welcome to attend free masterclasses upon registration and listen to leading experts discuss the Russian influence on global fashion, current trends, legendary collections from fashion houses, and the use of AI in the industry. Among the speakers are Angelina Kushtina, editor-in-chief of digital platforms for Grazia; Jurate Gurauskaite, editor-in-chief of the glossy publication U Magazine; Olga Sysoeva, a trend analyst, art strategist, a member of the Union of Russian Designers; Ekaterina Svirina, a brand development consultant and lecturer on fashion industry topics at top Moscow universities; and more. The program will be of interest to designers, students, entrepreneurs, marketers, and the general public. Free registration will be available on the official website.

Broadcasts of the lectures will be available in the official Moscow Fashion Week community on the social network “VKontakte.”

Moscow Fashion Week brings together talented designers from across the country. Over a thousand applications were received from 111 Russian cities. For the first time, submissions came from Anapa, Bataysk, Beloretsk, Bratsk, Voskresensk, Gelendzhik, Dzerzhinsk, Dubna, Kamensk-Uralsky, Kolomna, Kurgan, Lytkarin, Ramensky, Severodvinsk, Taganrog, Ussuriysk, and more. Each year, designers from other countries show growing interest in the event. This year, collections will be presented by designers from China, Indonesia, South Africa, Turkey, India, and Ethiopia, along with first-time participants from Armenia and Tajikistan.

Over 100 students from Moscow and regional universities will host collective shows. Among them are the Kosygin State University of Russia, Moscow Art Industrial Institute, Institute of Business and Design B&D, Academy of Branding and Design METRICS, and Ivanovo State Polytechnic University. Young designers will present over 200 looks.

For the first time at Moscow Fashion Week, the Moscow 24 TV channel's mobile studio will be open every day with live coverage, reports, and interviews. The studio will feature leading fashion experts, Russian and international designers, bloggers, and various other industry representatives as guests.

The event will be covered by Russian media, bloggers, influencers, as well as international journalists from prominent glossy and news publications in Argentina, Brazil, Turkey, India, Indonesia, and other countries.