From the beautiful beaches of Odessa to the music and visual impact of Kiev, Ukraine is quickly solidifying its place as a top destination for travel and culture. But talk to any Ukrainian and they’ll tell you the real artistic heart of the country lies in Lviv, a historic city near the country’s northwest border with Poland.
Lviv stands as a marked contrast to its eastern and central Ukraine counterparts; the city’s old town feels distinctly western European, largely influenced by the area’s time spent under Habsburg rule. In today’s Lviv, the youth rule, and streets are lively with the music and pleasant chaos of a creative urban environment — making it the ideal place for a fashion week all its own.
This past weekend, Lviv Fashion Week celebrated another season of Ukrainian fashion, bringing out some of the best the country has to offer over the course of four days. Here are some standouts from the week.
We highlighted Balossa the last time we covered Lviv Fashion Week, and it’s with good cause that we highlight them again this year. Blending the elegance and richness of last year’s collection with a newfound concurrent simplicity and unpredictability, Balossa showed meaningful, appreciable growth, making their SS20 collection an immediate eye-catcher. Loose fits pair with raw edges and sharp colour contrasts work to, in an odd way, round out even the most disparate pieces. Designer Indra Kaffemanaite pulled from a range of sources for this collection — most appreciably street fashion, which showed its subtle face throughout the show in everything from the roughly tied coats to the frenzied layering of some pieces.
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