15 November in Kyiv will take place the awarding ceremony of the professional award in the field of fashion Best Fashion Awards. For the ninth year in a row in the capital of Ukraine to meet the best representatives of the fashion industry, to compete for the title of the first professionals in the fashion market.
The awarding ceremony of Best Fashion Awards 2018 will be held in the FAIRMONT Grand Hotel Kyiv. Its mission professional award carries since 2010 and awards the best representatives of the fashion industry. The prestigious award was started by the representatives of the Ukrainian Fashion Week and “Zefir”magazine.
The organizers of the event emphasize that the award Best Fashion Awards “gives you the opportunity to pay tribute to the influential figures of Ukrainian fashion, whose contribution to the development of the national fashion industry is difficult to overestimate”.
To determine the nominees to the expert group included 30 people of different professions: a well-known fashion journalists, influencer (opinion leaders), critics and buyers. On the eve of the award, the experts voted, by analyzing the designers ‘ collections are two seasons – SS18 and FW18-19, and determined the main contenders for victory. The counting of votes was conducted by law offices “Alekseev, Boyarchukov and partners”, which keeps secret the results of the vote before the announcement from the stage during the ceremony.
The ceremony of Best Fashion Awards 2017 / BFA
Thus was formed the list of nominees of Best Fashion Awards 2018, ranked in 5 categories. Interestingly, this year, the ceremony also awarded the prize “Inspiration”, the fate of which is decided by the designers themselves. Additionally, the organizing Committee of Best Fashion Awards the 2018 founded a special prize which will celebrate the Ukrainian fashion brands working in the direction of Sustainable Fashion – that is, those which do not harm the environment and, in consequence, able to exist for a long time.
The nominees of Best Fashion Awards 2018:
Best womenswear designer:
ARTEMKLIMCHUK – Artem Klimchuk
BEVZA Svetlana Bevza
ELENAREVA, Elena Reva
FLOW the Label – Victoria Balanyuk
Lake Studio – Anastasia Ryabokon, Olesya Kononova
Litkovskaya – Lilia Litkovskaya
the COAT by Silchenko Katya – Katya Silchenko
Best accessories designer:
COVER Number ONE – Tatyana Nemchenko
Guzema Fine Jewelry – Valeria Gutema
RUSLAN BAGINSKIY – Ruslan Baginsky
the COAT by Silchenko Katya – Katya Silchenko
“Discovery of the year”:
CHAKSHYN – Dima Chayun, Anton Yakshin
GASANOVA Elvira Gasanova
GUDU – Lasha, Mdinaradze
JARDIN EXOTIQUE – Lida harfouch
SIX. Julia Bogdan
The ceremony of Best Fashion Awards 2015 / BFA
“Breakthrough of the year”:
BEVZA Svetlana Bevza
Ienki Ienki – founder of the brand Dmitry Yevenko
KSENIA SCHNAIDER Ksenia Schnaider
Litkovskaya – Lilia Litkovskaya
PASKAL – Julia Pascal
RUSLAN BAGINSKIY – Ruslan Baginsky
the COAT by Silchenko Katya – Katya Silchenko
Best fashion show:
ARTEMKLIMCHUK – Artem Klimchuk
FROLOV Ivan Frolov
JARDIN EXOTIQUE – Lida harfouch
JEAN GRITSFELDT Jean Gritsfeldt
Lake Studio – Anastasia Ryabokon, Olesya Kononova