Best Fashion Awards
Best Fashion Awards – the First Ukrainian Awards in the field of fashion – was founded by Ukrainian Fashion Week and Restaurant Family “Kozyrna Karta”.
BFA Awards are determined every year and evaluate collections of two seasons. The destiny of official awards is decided by a specially assigned group of experts consisting of fashion journalists, fashion critics, byers and leaders of public thought.
Best Fashion Awards is awarded in five official nominations:
- Best Women’s Clothing Designer
- Best Men’s Clothing Designer
- Best Accessories Designer
- “Breakthrough of the Year”
- “For an Outstanding Contribution to the Development of Ukrainian Fashion”
BFA also founded two encouraging prizes in nominations:
- “Inspiration”
- “Best fashion-production”
Experts of Best Fashion Awards
Fashion-journalists:
- Grygoryeva Evgeniya – “OK!” magazine
- Guzenko Natalya – “Harper's Bazaar Ukraine” magazine
- Druzhinina Olena – “Marie Claire” magazine
- Klymenko Valentyna - newspaper “Ukraina Moloda”
- Myasoedov Sergey – “Hair Styles Ukraina” magazine
- Osadcha Katya - TV project “ Svitske Zhyttia”
- Osadcha Natalya – “ELLE Ukraine” magazine
- Silina Dina - Jetsetter.ua
- Solovey Tetiana - magazine "Saisons de la mode"
- Tomak Maria - newspaper “Day”
- Tomashevych Anna – “Story” magazine
- Fedorina Victoria - "Forbes life style group"
- Filatova Natalya – “Luxury Life” magazine
- Khalizeva Masha - PH “Kommersant-Ukraine”
- Khmelivska Tetyana – “Sezony Mody” magazine
Fashion-critics:
- Maurizio Aschero - Сhief of UFW international development department and the Head of Maas Market Ltd
- Danylevska Iryna - founder and head of the Ukrainian Fashion Week organizing committee
- Zabouga Sonya - chief editor of “ELLE-Ukraine” magazine
- Zubenko Victoriya - fashion-director
- Yankelevskiy Stas - the owner of model agency "L-Models Ukraine"
Buyers:
- Golovko Antonina
- Isupova Nataliya
- Kulyk Kateryna
- Lytvyn Olena
- Orekhova Kateryna
- Chepelyuk Olena
Celebrities:
- Alonova Olga
- Efrosinina Masha
- Manyuk Masha
- Nawrocka Olga
- Turbayevska Iryna
The well-known company USP Events took an active role in organizing of the Best Fashion Awards ceremony.
In 2010 the first Ceremony Award Winners were awarded with exclusive “Best Fashion Awards” statuettes created by famous Lviv artists Marta Suhan and Roman Dmytryk. Their works are part of many private collections in Ukraine and Europe, and their names are included in the “200 Names in Applied and Decorative Art of Ukraine” list.
Best Fashion Awards Ceremony takes place every year in April and has become a spectacular event in fashion, culture and public life of the country.
