The Exhibition hall of federal archives hosts the historical and artistic documentary exhibition «Empresses of Russia: Fashion and style. End of the XVIII – beginning of the XX centuries». On the occasion of the four-hundredth anniversary of the Romanovs House the organizers of the exhibition have prepared an unusual exposition that discloses a fascinating theme: fashion and style of the Russian Empresses.

The exhibition of Tatiana Parfionova’s works is the demonstration of St. Petersburg designers school in the sphere of high fashion. More than 450 exhibits (suits, articles of furniture, designer textiles, footwear and accessories, porcelain, painting, books, drawings) are placed in 11 halls of the Bread house of culture preserve «Tsaritsino».

Famous Russian modeller Vyacheslav Zaitsev has created a New School Uniform. The set includes five units. Zaitsev's collection is based on the principles of interchangeability and multifunctionality, scientifically-grounded models’ color choice, and safety.

NextArt Fashion Week is an innovative show, bright, saturated and elated by the creative energy of young designers, the most exciting combination of the unrestrained creativity and experiment with its professional implementation. International Week of Creative Fashion will gather a lot of people in the "Sokolniki" Congress and Exhibition Centre: the designers of fashion industry - professionals, students, and lovers of fashion, the media, the sincere fans of fashion trends and styles, the fashion public having talent to find suitable designs on the podium.

Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Russia will be held in Moscow from March, 29 till April, 2. The most influential fashion week in Eastern Europe will occupy Central Exhibition Hall “Manege” (1, Manezhnaya square).

The winner of the "Miss Russia-2013" contest is the 18-year-old student from the town of Mezhdurechensk Elmira Abdrazakova. Elmira received 100 thousand dollars, a car and also the opportunity to represent Russia at the "Miss Universe" and "Miss World" contests.

After the debut show by Ulyana Sergeenko in Paris in July 2012 there has been no doubt that the global success of the designer is here to stay. Ulyana is known in the West due to her inimitable bright style with a touch of Russian folklore and the talent of the designer.

Chapurin Fashion House presented its new pret-a-porter collection spring-summer 2013. Igor Chapurin was inspired by the hippie philosophy and Woodstock festival as a symbol of the hippie movement.

After the series of the world fashion weeks in New York, London, Milan, and Paris, two Russian fashion weeks, Mercedes-Benz FW and Volvo FW, were held in Moscow a month ago. This proves that Moscow has become one of the fashion capitals. The current fashion season will be closed on the 30th of November by a unique social event, Moscow Fashion Day in Metropol, Moscow, where the most famous designers, various world brands representatives, and fashion celebrities are invited.

If you've always liked Russian style, but thought it might be too much for your space, don't worry! Your home doesn't have to be as decadent as the Kremlin in order for you to decorate it using elements borrowed from bold Russian style.

November 13 – 17, 2012 Yakutsk hosts the second Yakutia Fashion week. The first Yakutia Fashion week was launched a year ago, and it was a great success. The main purpose of this event is to promote and develop the local fashion. This time, several promising designers will come from Moscow to present their new collections and share their experience with the Yakut colleagues.

Following on from Tokyo, New York, Taipei, Hong Kong, and London Chanel's photographic exhibition dedicated to Karl Lagerfeld's latest book, 'The Little Black Jacket: Chanel's classic revisited by Karl Lagerfeld and Carine Roitfeld', has opened at the “Artplay” Design Centre, Moscow. This special event underlines the brand's values of creativity, modernity and excellence.

Dasha Gauser is a young Russian designer; however, she is already on the list of the headliners of the Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Russia. And she is the only one who has managed to present two different Spring-Summer 2013 collections this time. One of them was inspired by the legendary Barbie doll.

Dima Loginoff is considered to be one of the few Russian designers who have managed to achieve fame in the Western world, according to a reputable magazine Architectural Digest. His new Arsenicum Spring-Summer 2013 collection presented at Volvo Fashion Week Moscow can become an ideal femme fatale look.

The season of Fashion Weeks in Moscow goes on. October 24 – 29, 2012 Moscow Gostiny Dvor hosts Volvo Fashion Week, where more than 50 Russian designers present their Spring-Summer’13 collections.

The famous brand Pal Zileri that is essentially synonymous with the high quality and true Italian elegance has also been presented to the guests of the largest Fashion week in Eastern Europe, the 25th Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Russia. The concept of the brand-new Spring-Summer’13 collection is comfort and ease with Mediterranean accent.

“If he had had a chance to show his collections abroad he would have been most possibly a world-famed brand”, - that is what Alexandre Vassiliev, a Russian-born, Paris-based fashion historian and designer, stated about Slava Zaitsev, who has opened his fashion exhibition in Manezh with the support of Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Russia. “The Glory of Russian Fashion” is devoted to the 30-year anniversary of Slava Zaitsev's Fashion House and takes place from 17 to 28 October, 2012.

Another big name in the line-up of the 25 Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Russia is Giles Deacon. His Spring-Summer’13 collection is based on the idea of the broken glass, and is far from romanticism.

One of the key events of the 25th season of Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Russia is the show by the British designer Ozwald Boateng. He came to Moscow to present his capsule women's collection for the first time and a collection of men's suits with a Cuban inspiration. At the end of the show Ozwald Boateng revealed us some secrets of his “Afropean” success.