New York Fashion Week kicks in

This year's NYFW delivers a new palette of fresh colors for the spring. Designers are playful with colors and soft materials as they create a new wonderland for the spring.

Prague: fashion capital of the world

The Prague Fashion Week kicked in full throttle this week. In comparison to countries that have a long lasting tradition in fashion, Prague is a new comer. But, that doesn’t make it insignificant.

Generally, the organizers of the twice a year event rely on their regulars, the designers that are renowned for having quality and successful items in their collections but every once in the while they break the circle by promoting the work of new designers as well.

The small fashion week emerged in 2002 and since then has gradually started to gain importance. Year after year, they have improved their collections and pr in order to put the small Prague on the big map of fashion.

Valencia Fashion Week Trends: Women and Men

Spanish culture is sassy, sexy and saultry and this is the same way in which the Spanish portray their fashion. At the Valencia Fashion Week we have been able to see designers that celebrate femininity through light materials and a dash of color. When it comes to men, they definetly have a latino air to them and a metrosexual touch.

Oslo Fashion Week

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Norway is now causing a stir in the fashion world with its fashion week that has started on the 17th of August 2010.

As you can see designers stay true to their origins, promoting a very Nordic look. The look is casual, yet very minimalistic. Check it out !

Photos: Xinhua/Fan Jin

Russian Fashion: My ethnicity

I believe that everyone should embrace their culture and incorporate it in their style. I am of Russian ethnicity, I have lived in Saint Petersburg and I would like to share my culture with you.

When it comes to fashion I think that the main word is OPULENCE, Russians love rich colors that are combined with stones and expensive materials. They are all about exageration and about showing of. Russian women are so beautiful not because they are born that way, but because they are very careful about what they put on themselves and they dedicate a lot of time in taking care of themselves.

In modeling, the Eastern European look is very appreciated right now and an example of that is the supermodel Natalia Vodianova. She has found in fashion not only a hobby, but an escape from poverty. After having to sell fruit on the street she started her modeling career at 15 and her wish to succeed was so big that she learned English in only 3 months

On the designer scene I have noticed Yulia Sarkisova as an emerging designer that stays true to the Russian traditions. Here are a few images from her Spring/Summer 2010 Collection presented at the Moscow Fashion Week.

On a international level, the Russian fashion style has been celebrated in 2009 by Channel in a collection that exuberated the Russion spirit and traditions. It was the Russian life being updated.