Fashion Weeks ñolliding in Moscow

This spring in Moscow is becoming a hard time for fashionistas. Two competing fashion weeks - Volvo Fashion Week in Moscow and Mercedes Benz Fashion Week Russia - are taking place simultaneously, and both offer quite a lot to see.

The main fashion event in the country kicked off on Thursday in the capital. Mercedes Benz Fashion Week Russia is welcoming around 90 domestic and foreign designers to display their latest collections and set trends for the next Autumn-Winter season.

Volvo Fashion Week is already in full swing, having displayed the collections from Russian celebrity designer Valentin Yudashkin, classy and avant-garde Alena Akhmadullina and the collection of fur from Russian actress Renata Litvinova over the past two days, with more to come.

And the first day of Mercedes Benz Fashion Week Russia saw a total of four shows. The main to be mentioned was the catwalk show from Russia`s most acclaimed and classy couturier, Slava Zaitsev. His signature luxurious looks, rich hats, furs and embroidery have been the trademark of the Week`s opening days for the last several years.

Among the brightest names to be represented at this Week are Tatiana Parfionova, Viva Vox, Poustovit, Dasha Gauser, Ludmila Norsoyan, Borodulin`s, and many more. Mercedes Benz Fashion Week will also display collections from the Italian brand Iceberg, which is very popular with Russians. And the show from young Briton Marios Schwab, who dresses such style icons as Kate Moss and Chloe Sevigny, will become the crowning event of the fashion marathon.

This year Russian Fashion Week changed its name, having signed a contract with the German car brand Mercedes Benz. Now it stands alongside the most prestigious fashion weeks in the world, including Mercedes Benz Fashion Week New York, Mercedes Benz Fashion Week Berlin, and Fashion Week in Paris, Milan and London, where the car brand is also a partner.

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