A year into the war with Russia, three Ukrainian fashion designers show new collections put together in Ukraine. ‘I think it’s really important not to stop,’ says Ksenia Schnaider, one of the three.
War-themed fashion is a hit among patriotic Ukrainians, with popular picks being images of anti-tank missiles decorated with flowers, even designs mocking some of Russia’s wilder propaganda claims.
In a showroom in the NoHo section of Manhattan, a laptop sat on a table, tucked behind a rack of knitwear by the Ukrainian label 91 Lab. The computer streamed CNN silently. Ominous footage from the streets of Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine, caught the eye of Alina Bairamova, fashion industry coordinator for Ukrainian Fashion, a showcase for Ukrainian designers.