FROM THE RUNWAYS OF RUSSIA.

The Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Russia, the biggest fashion event in Eastern Europe, will once again present the collections of leading Russian designers, talented debutantes, and foreign fashion houses.

From Wednesday to Sunday, the leading designers of post-Soviet fashion will present their new collections on the Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Russia Fall 2012 runways.

Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Russia will be featuring the collections of: Tatiana Parfenova, Viva Vox, Bessarion, Dasha Gauser, Yulia Nikolaeva, Sultanna Frantsuzova, Khaka Ma, Tegin, Borodulin’s, Leonid Alexeev, Poustovit, Basharatyan V, along with new and young designers, Sh.O (Shikhova Olga), Ruban, Yanina Vekhteva, Maria Golubeva, and many more. Foreign participation will be also be present; including designers hailing from the United Kingdom, Poland, Turkey, Portugal, and Peru.

For Russian fashion this season will be really symbolic and major, because this spring Slava Zaitsev celebrates the 50th anniversary of his creative work. The designer became not only a legend of Russian fashion, but also the first Russian designer of the second half of last century. Today, the designer is still energetic and full of revolutionary ideas. At the event he will show his new collection which will mark the beginning of Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Russia Autumn-Winter/2012-2013. The entire first day of Fashion Week will be devoted to Slava Zaitsev.

Here are some designs from Slava Zaitsev.