As the well-known proverb says, prepare the sleigh in the summer and the cart in the winter. And the fashion world fully follows this principle. The collections of the fall-winter 2017-2018 season from Belarusian designers could be seen in Minsk last week - May 11-14. These days, Belarus Fashion Week shows were held in the Belarusian capital.



mystylex.techinfus.com/en/ magazine will tell you about the most interesting looks in the collections of Belarusian designers. At the same time, it is worth noting that the collections presented in Minsk were quite diverse and clothes can be chosen for both work and leisure. And given the weather conditions in our latitudes, clothes from the collections of the autumn-winter season can be worn even during spring and summer that do not pamper us with warmth.



So, in general, all collections presented within Belarus Fashion Week can be divided into six groups. The first five groups of collections are collections of women's clothing, the sixth group is collections for men.


The first group of collections of women's clothing for the fall-winter 2017/2018 season from Belarusian designers can be conditionally called "Lovely Images". Such clothes are more suitable for young girls. She looks cute and sometimes funny and even funny.



So, this group includes a collection of clothes called "Karma" from the ANNA MARIA EGLIT brand. In this collection, following the annotation to it, the designer decided to reflect on the theme of fate, which is a series of black and white stripes, but at the same time each person can add a little color to his fate. For the designer himself, the color is creativity and self-expression.



And, indeed, the main colors of the collection are black, white and gray. However, serious, if the designer, of course, tried to give her reflections on the topic of karma a certain amount of seriousness, the collection did not come out. The images of the models were very reminiscent of teenage girls - short dresses, pale pink shades, transparent fabrics.



Condra brand (Brest) has almost twenty years of history. On the podium of Belarus Fashion Week, the brand presented the collection "Music of Time". The annotation to the collection stated that this collection is a collection for a young woman and her diverse life. On the catwalk one could see classic closed dresses made of dense fabric for office work, and velvet things in a casual style, and bright elegant dresses with floral prints.



EMSE brand - spring-summer dresses of the 2017 season.
EMSE brand designers unexpectedly presented a collection of the season at the Fall-Winter Fashion Week spring-summer 2017.



The brand itself specializes in wedding and evening dresses, so it is not surprising that a wide variety of dresses could be seen on the catwalk - casual, evening, Plus Size cocktail dresses. Dresses are romantic, light colors, from light flowing fabrics. From this collection and breathed spring and youth.



The second group of women's clothing for the fall-winter 2017/2018 season from Belarusian designers will be called “Life in pink”. And we will include only one designer in this group - Tatyana Efremova.



T.EFREMOVA (Vitebsk) presented in the framework of Belarus Fashion Week a collection in which fuchsia was the dominant color. Clothes on the catwalk were shown not only by models, but also by women of different professions and ages, as well as with different types of figures. This collection is clothes for active, confident women who are not afraid to be bright in the gray winter and autumn everyday life. The designer Tatyana Efremova has remained faithful to her love for materials such as leather and fur, which are present in almost every designer's collection.



The third group "Ethnic Motives" and it also has one brand - the Honar brand, which means pride in Belarusian. The founders of the brand are Pavel Dovnar and Katerina Odesenko.The brand has been known for several years in the Belarusian market and is famous for its interpretations of Belarusian traditions in modern clothes. Basically, this is, of course, the Belarusian ornament.

Within the framework of Belarus Fashion Week, the Honar brand presented a collection called "Persiyana", in the images of which the motifs of the patterns of the Slutsk belts were interpreted. Slutsk belts were worn by representatives of the Belarusian aristocracy. These were wide double-sided belts with embroidery. The idea of ​​making these belts was borrowed in Persia, however, along with Persian patterns in the 18th century in Belarus, patterns with local motives were also embroidered on Slutsk belts - for example, a cornflower flower.



The fourth group is "Work". Such clothes can be easily worn every working day, they fully correspond to the office style. However, it can add some brightness to everyday looks.



ALENA GORETSKAYA brand (Brest) - one of the most successful Belarusian brands within the fall-winter 2017/2018 season, Belarus Fashion Week presented a collection inspired by 1970s fashion.



On the catwalk one could see suits and coats with velvet trim, knitted blouses on lurex threads, dresses with stylized plant prints.



NELVA, also another brand from Brest, presented the collection "The passage of time" within the framework of Belarus Fashion Week. The entire collection can be divided into several thematic blocks.



The first of them, "Prince of Wales", as reported in the annotation to the brand's collection, was developed in a "business" style. Such clothes can be easily worn in the office. When creating this part of the collection, the designer of the NELVA brand drew inspiration from the classic style of aristocratic England at the turn of the 19th - early 20th centuries.

The second block of the Self-Expression collection is designed in the smart casual style. The inspiration for these looks was the fashion of the 1970s.



The third block of the "Stream Line" collection. Such clothes are unlikely to be allowed to wear a strict office dress code. However, it is suitable for people in creative professions. In the decoration of clothes from this thematic block, drawings were used, executed in the spirit of cubism, futurism and constructivism.

The fourth block of the "Deep Renaissance" collection is outfits for an evening out. The inspiration was the Renaissance, the time of artists such as Leonardo da Vinci and Raphael. The images of this collection are distinguished by the complexity of the cut, the richness of colors and the richness of the fabrics.



The NELVA brand calls its main characteristics style and quality, and this is really so. The show of the brand's collection was held to live music, which also became a pleasant addition to the brand's magnificent autumn-winter collection.

The fifth group of women's clothing for the fall-winter 2017/2018 season from Belarusian designers is the most extensive. This group can be called "Casual style". Clothes from this group are universal, they can be worn both to work and in everyday life, and even to social events - for example, visiting an exhibition or going to the theater.



Perhaps the large number of brands represented in this group is due to the fact that in the life of a modern woman there is absolutely no time to change outfits. And often in what we wear to work, we go to the theater in the evening. One thing is for sure, such universal images will always be in demand today.



TON-IN-TON brand, designer Olga Novik, presented at Belarus Fashion Week a collection of fashionable clothes dedicated to a modern woman - bold and self-confident. Clothing style - casual (Casual). Fabrics - wool, cashmere, silk and viscose. In such clothes it will be not only comfortable, but also warm in the cold winters of our latitudes.



By brand FUR GARDEN, designer Julia Gilevich, the collection "Everything is ghostly" was demonstrated. If you believe the annotations for this collection, then the image of a woman presented on the catwalk is almost perfect.When sewing the collection, they used fabrics such as viscose, silk, cotton. The color scheme is light with glimpses of bright colors, again, quoting the annotation to the collection “colors of ghostly summer with glimpses of the sun”.



BOITSIK brand, designer Irina Boitk, like designers Olka Novik, Yulia Gilevich and Tatyana Efremova, is a regular participant in Belarus Fashion Week, participating in Fashion Week from season to season for several years. This season Irina Boitk presented the Emotion collection. The designer of the collection interprets the word emotion as the movement of energy. Thus, the collection was dedicated to emotions and feelings. Fabrics - wool, cashmere, mohair, polyviscose. The colors are black, gray, white, red and orange.



Brand NATALIA KORZH... Shanghai Express collection. Images from this collection will definitely suit creative natures. These clothes can be worn at exhibitions and theaters. The designer of the collection drew inspiration from the fashion of the 1930s. Fabrics - velvet, silk, cashmere, lace.



Brand CANDY LADY... The founder of the brand is the Belarusian singer Olga Barabanshchikova. The collection of the brand for the fall-winter 2017/2018 season was called "Pure Harmony". The designers of the CANDY LADY brand remained true to themselves and on the catwalk, as in previous years, images in the spirit of family-looks were presented - family looks. Clothes that can be worn by both mothers and daughters. Only natural fabrics were used for sewing clothes.



The sixth group - collections of men's clothing. Unfortunately, within the framework of Belarus Fashion Week, men's fashion is practically absent. The only designer who presents men's collections from season to season is a designer from Vitebsk Lyudmila Tarakanova, brand TARAKANOVA. This season she was presented with the CODA collection. In this collection, the designer used a monochrome color scheme.



The source of inspiration for the designer was photographs of the First World War, black and white graphic works, fashion of the 1920s, the work of Marc Chagall and constructivism. Fabrics - wool, cotton, linen, viscose.

This year, the UND brand made up Lyudmila Tarakanova's company, also presenting a number of male looks during the show of its collection at Belarus Fashion Week.



The collection was made in an urban style. The name of the collection is “City Code”. The inspiration was the architecture of the city of Minsk. So, even on the clothes themselves, there were tags that could be scanned with a special mobile application and thus find out information about any architectural object of the city of Minsk. The musical accompaniment for the show of the collection “City Code” was Belarusian-speaking. The music was written by one of the founders of the UND brand, Vlad Gromogradsky.

It was possible during the passage Belarus Fashion Week visit and show children's fashion - Kids' Fashion Days BFW. Within the framework of Kids' Fashion Days, collections of 30 designers of children's clothing from both Belarus and Russia were presented. The Kids' Fashion Days BFW project has been held as part of Belarus Fashion Week for many years and is traditionally charitable in nature. Thus, all the money raised from ticket sales for Kids' Fashion Days goes to help orphans and children who need treatment.

Post Scriptum

For the first time in the history of Belarus Fashion Week, all the clothes that were presented by designers on the Fashion Week catwalk can be purchased in the Belarus Fashion Week showroom. The showroom will be open in the Galleria Minsk shopping center until May 21. So if you are currently visiting the Belarusian capital, it's time to take the opportunity and buy some souvenir item from Belarusian clothing designers.