Moscow Fashion Week opens in a whirl of runways, regional talent and new voices

Summary

• Their presence set an important tone for the opening day: alongside established labels, Moscow Fashion Week was giving considerable space to students, debut designers and emerging voices.
• The opening day also brought the Moscow Fashion Week Lecture Series into the programme.
• Moscow Fashion Week had begun not with a single statement, but with a crowded, rapidly changing runway, and a distinctly broad cast of voices.

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By Waqas Habib Rana 

MOSCOW — By the time Moscow Fashion Week opened its doors at the Manege on September 26, there was little sense of a gentle beginning. Three runway halls were already gearing up for a day of near-continuous activity, with models, designers and guests moving between presentations at a pace that left little room for pause.

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The opening day ran for almost ten hours, turning the Manege into a tightly choreographed fashion circuit. Shows began in the afternoon and followed one another at intervals of roughly 30 minutes, with the final bows in one hall often coinciding with guests making their way into another.

The first names on the runway came from the next generation of designers. A joint presentation by Universal University and the British Higher School of Art and Design opened the programme, followed by the Academy of Branding and Design “Metrics”.

Their presence set an important tone for the opening day: alongside established labels, Moscow Fashion Week was giving considerable space to students, debut designers and emerging voices.