Top 5 picks for SS 2012 by Ukrainian designers

At the two SS2012 fashion weeks that I attended in Kiev I have picked a few peices that, I hope, will make it to my spring wardrobe. Here we go: the wishlist.

The sweet transparent L.P. By Poustovit maxi dress 

The leather waistcoat-power-shoulder thing by Kanevski

The polka dot top by Anna October

Knitwear from ARTEMKLIMCHUK

The sexy sheer shirt by Julia Aysina

Photos: fashionweek.com.ua, kievfashiondays.com

UFW - Day 3 shows

I went to see three shows. The first one - ARTEM KLIMCHUK - disappointed me. He used to be my favourite Ukrainian designer, and this time he came up with something looking slightly cheap. Although there were some great knited pieces.

Artem Klimchuk interviewed after the show

Luvi - a duet of two designers, Luda Siedliar and vika Zagrafova - really impressed me. Simplicity, monochrome colour scheme and sexy transparent fabric on modest silhouettes never goes wrong.

The show by two lovely designers kamanskayakononova had some colour. At last! Both shows before them were pretty much black, white and beige. The suit in fresh green looked amazing.

What one cannot but notice here is that next spring is going to repeat the previous one in terms of maxi skirts. Transparent maxis were everywhere and still are. There's no escaping them, we've had microshorts and minis for too long.

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Daydreams

I have been daydreaming about one particular cardigan for several weeks now. It’s designed by ARTEM KLIMCHUK (a Ukrainian designer who deserves a separate looong post), it’s grey, it has huge sequins and it looks absolutely damn gorgeous. 

BUT it’s beyond my budget right now. Which is very, very unfortunate. Maybe Santa will bring it for Christmas. =)