In Budapest, models took to the catwalk for the 10th Central European Fashion Week.
This year’s festival was a nod to war-torn Ukraine’s art and culture as its fashion week cannot take place.
Designers are using the platform to showcase the horrors of the nearly seven-month-old attack.
The dresses bear the names of the cities where the residents died. The flowers emerging from the armor represented soldiers killed in the conflict.
Fashion from Hungarian and Polish designers was also on display. Their designs reflect traditional Ukrainian culture as a sign of solidarity.
“This season, Budapest Fashion Week communicated with Ukrainian Fashion Week that Ukrainian brands can present their new collections here to the international audience. This is very important because Ukrainian Fashion Week was supposed to celebrate its 25th anniversary this September , but the war was interrupted. these plans,” says Violetta Fedorova, editor-in-chief of the Vogue Ukraine website.
Experts say Ukraine’s fashion industry came to a halt for two whole months when Russia invaded, and only resumed in April.
Despite the constant threat, many feel that war has become a part of their every day and helping creation.
