The Ceremony of BEST FASHION AWARDS 2016
On September 19, 2016 the 7th ceremony of BEST FASHION AWARDS, Ukrainian awards in fashion was held.
Organizers of the Awards: Ukrainian Fashion Week and on-line magazine Zefir.ua.
BEST FASHION AWARDS is the only professional ceremony of awards, which identifies the leaders of Ukrainian fashion and praises their achievements in the development of fashion industry, as well as in contributing to Ukraine's positive image abroad.
The ceremony was presented by Inha Vyshnevska and Oleksiy Tarasov
BEST FASHION AWARDS ceremony is held annually and evaluates the collections of two previous seasons. The destiny of official awards is decided by a specially assigned group of 30 experts: fashion journalists, fashion critics, byers and leaders of public opinion.
Mass media repeatedly underlined the uniqueness of BEST FASHION AWARDS, the degree of objectivity and transparency of the event. This year the sacrament of calculation of votes has been entrusted to a law firm Arzinger who kept its results in secret until the public announcement during the Ceremony.
Kateryna Oliynyk, Senior Associate and Head of Intellectual Property Practice at Arzinger Law Office, Patent Attorney of Ukraine
BEST FASHION AWARDS is accorded in 6 official nominations: “Best Women’s Clothing Designer”, “Best Men’s Clothing Designer”, “Best Accessories Designer”, “Best Fashion Show Performance”, “Discovery of the Year” and “Breakthrough of the Year”. Apart from the mentioned nominations determined by the experts there is also nomination “Inspiration” the destiny of which is determined by designers-participants of Ukrainian Fashion Week.
For the second time British Council in Ukraine has become a partner of “Discovery of the Year” award. The winner of this nomination has got an all-expense-paid trip to London and a chance to take part in International Fashion Showcase which will be held in February 2017 during London Fashion Week.
The partners of Best Fashion Awards became: the general automobile partner was Lexus, popular designer company LoraShen, DHL Express Ukraine, wine boutiques Prowine and unique black water WISE.
The names of the winners in each nomination have been announced on September 19, 2016 during the official ceremony, which was held at Parkovy convention and exhibition centre.
Best Women’s Clothing Designer
ARTEMKLIMCHUK – Artem Klimchuk
BEVZA – Svitlana Bevza
ELENAREVA – Olena Reva
FROLOV – Ivan Frolov
LAKE studio – Olesya Kononova / Anastasiya Ryabokon
LITKOVSKAYA – Lilya Litkovska
POUSTOVIT – Liliya Pustovit
Winner: LAKE studio – Olesya Kononova / Anastasiya Ryabokon
The Award was handed by the Ukrainian singer Jamala.
Best Men’s Clothing Designer
IDоL. – Serge Smolin
JeanGRITSFELDT – Jean Gritsfeldt
PODOLYAN – Volodymyr Podolyan
sasha.kanevski – Oleksandr Kanevskyy
VIKTORANISIMOV – Viktor Anisimov
Winner: sasha.kanevski – Oleksandr Kanevskyy
The Award was handed by the TV host Kateryna Osadcha.
Best Accessories Designer
Ali SAULIDI – Ali Saulidi
BEVZA – Svitlana Bevza
COVER # 1 – Tetyana Nemchenko
Jean GRITSFELDT – Jean Gritsfeldt
KOFTA – Kostyantyn Kofta
LAKE studio – Olesya Kononova / Anastasiya Ryabokon
RUSLAN BAGINSKIY – Ruslan Bahinskyy
Winner: LAKE studio – Olesya Kononova / Anastasiya Ryabokon
The Award was handed by the president of Odessa International Film Festival Viktoriya Tihipko.
“Discovery of the Year”
DZHUS – Iryna Dzhus
FLOW the Label – Viktoriya Balanyuk
GUDU – Lasha Mdinaradze
LABEL One – Oksana Berh
Marianna SENCHINA – Marianna Senchina
NAVRO – Olha Navrotska
the COAT by Katya Silchenko – Katya Silchenko
Winner: FLOW the Label – Viktoriya Balanyuk
Stas Soulkeeper, Simon Williams
The Award was handed by the director of British Council in Ukraine Simon Williams and the editor-on-chief of ”ELLE Ukraine” Sonya Zabuha. Stas Soulkeeper, brand’s stylist, has received the award.
«Breakthrough of the Year»
ANNA OCTOBER – Anna October
FROLOV – Ivan Frolov
NAVRO – Olha Navrotska
PASKAL – Yuliya Paskal
the COAT by Katya Silchenko – Катя Сільченко
VYSHYVANKA BY VITA KIN – Vita Kin
Yana CHERVINSKA – Yana Chervinska
Winner: FROLOV – Ivan Frolov
The Award was handed by the TV host and the founder of “Charity weekend” project Masha Yefrosinina.
Best Fashion Show Performance
ARTEMKLIMCHUK – Artem Klimchuk
BEVZA – Svitlana Bevza
FROLOV – Ivan Frolov
Jean GRITSFELDT – Jean Gritsfeldt
LAKE studio – Olesya Kononova / Anastasiya Ryabokon
LITKOVSKAYA – Lilya Litkovska
sasha.kanevski – Oleksandr Kanevskyy
Winner: FROLOV – Ivan Frolov
The Award was handed by the president of International Music Festival Odessa Classics Oleksiy Botvinov.
“Inspiration”
Winner: Asya Mkhitaryan
Yevhen Bereznytskyy, Dmytro Ievenko
The Award was handed by the founder of International Festival KYIV ART WEEK, the curator of “GogolFest” visual program Yevhen Bereznytskyy. Dmytro Ievenko, managing partner of Asthik holding has received the award.
We have a pleasure to remind you that, in previous years Best Women’s Clothing Designer nomination won POUSTOVIT (2010), LITKOVSKAYA (2011, 2014, 2015), LAKE studio (2012), BEVZA (2013).
Best Men’s Clothing Designer nomination won VIKTORANISIMOV (2010-2012), ARTEMKLIMCHUK (2013) and sasha.kanevski (2014-2015).
Best Accessories Designer nomination won brands Iryna Karavay (2010, 2011) and LAKE studio (2012-2015).
«Discovery of the Year»nomination won brands sasha.kanevski (2010), ARTEMKLIMCHUK (2011), BEKh (2012), Ksenia KIREEVA (2013), FROLOV (2014) and Yana CHERVINSKA (2015).
Best Fashion Show Performance nomination won designers LITKOVSKAYA (2010), ZALEVSKIY (2011), PODOLYAN (2012-2014) and FROLOV (2015).
«Breakthrough of the Year»nomination in 2015 won brand VYSHYVANKA BY VITA KIN.
Olesya Kononova, Olexiy Tarasov, Anastasiya Ryabokon
Anastasiya Ryabokon, Olesya Kononova
Dmytro Ievenko, Olesya Kononova, Anastasiya Ryabokon, Ivan Frolov, Oleksandr Kanevskyy