RUSSIAN FASHION WEEK INAUGURATED FIRST FASHION MUSEUM IN MOSCOW

The most renowned Moscow's event, Russian Fashion Week (RFW) yet closed this weekend with a fully packed famous RFW after-party in The Most club, leaving behind 7 days with 58 collections by the best designers from Russia and ex-USSR countries along with fashion designers from the USA, Spain, Italy and Malaysia. DJ Alexandra Richards, daughter of Keith Richards from the Rolling Stones, spinned the discs in the club on RFW closing night.

RFW SS/10, which took place in the Congress Hall of the World Trade Center, was officially opened last week by Alexander Avdeev, the Minister of Culture of Russia with the inauguration of Russian Fashion Museum, an unprecedented nation-wide project backed up with Ministry of Culture of Russia. Russian Fashion Museum is the first of its kind in Russia and it is going to be launched in 2010. The basic collection of the just created Russian Fashion Museum counts more that 30,000 pieces including costumes of XV-XX centuries, unique fabrics, fashion sketches, fashion photos, etc. Most famous Russian designer Slava Zaitsev donated a few classic haute couture dresses of 1980s to the Russian Fashion Museum.

From October 17 to 23 RFW showcased the most famous and edgy Russian and former USSR designers who are currently defining Russian fashion: Anastasia Z, Anna Direchina, BIRYUKOV, GS by Sabina Gorelik, Daina by Chistova & Endourova, Dasha Gauser, EVELYN, Hayam Hanukaev, LENA KARNAUHOVA, M.Rimer, Masha Kravtsova, Narciss, KO by Sultanna Frantsuzova, O.K.M., POUSTOVIT, St. Bessarion, SV2, TEGIN, Vassa, Viva Vox, Egor Zaitsev, Elena Souproun, Lyudmila Norsoyan, Fashion House Bouton, PARFIONOVA, Masha Sharoeva, Olga Brovkina, Yulia Nikolaeva, Yulia Sarkisova and many others.

The RFW show schedule included 11 foreign participants this season. On the first day RFW guests witnessed the collection Erin Wasson x RVCA created by Erin Wasson (USA), designer, top model and the face of Maybelline New York.

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