From March 12 to 15, 2026, the 58th season of Ukrainian Fashion Week FW26–27 took place in Kyiv.

“This season will be remembered not for its rescheduled dates. Not for the cold in designers’ workshops and studios. Not for the hours spent in shelters. Not for the endless hum of generators.
This season will be remembered for an uncompromising belief in what we do. At a time when circumstances could have justified any mistake or imperfection, respect for the profession, for Ukrainian fashion industry, and for the Ukrainians alongside whom we lived through such a difficult winter, left no room for weakness.
We are deeply grateful to all designers and their teams who created and presented their collections on the Ukrainian Fashion Week runway. I also want to thank the models, journalists, photographers, stylists, hair and makeup artists, show producers, lighting and sound directors, decorators, and set designers.
And we thank our defenders, whose courage and resilience continue to inspire us.”— Iryna Danylevska, Founder and CEO of Ukrainian Fashion Week.

The season’s central exhibition, ART OF FASHION: Sustainable Innovations, brought together nine looks by Ukrainian brands — BEVZA, J’AMEMME, KSENIASCHNAIDER, LITKOVSKA, NADYA DZYAK, PLNGNS, TG Botanical, UPSLOWUSE, and the fashion school UFEG. The exhibition highlighted contemporary approaches to sustainability, from upcycling and recycling to zero-waste practices, responsible material sourcing, and innovative technologies.

Debuts and Support for Emerging Talent:

This season, Ukrainian brands KRIS MARÁN, SEROTONINN, YAROSLAV FILIP, and leCRI, winner of the 2025 Look Into the Future competition, presented their collections at Ukrainian Fashion Week for the first time.

The Culture of Design 2.0 — a joint initiative by fashion retailer INTERTOP Ukraine and Ukrainian Fashion Week, aimed at supporting the next generation of Ukrainian designers — announced its winner. Designer Nika Kuznetsova received the award of 150,000 UAH, along with a commission to develop and produce a collection that will be presented in INTERTOP stores.

Art performance formats:
Several designers chose the format of an art performance for their presentations. NADYA DZYAK staged ROOTS OF LIGHT, a performance in which the FW26–27 collection, inspired by the works of artist Kateryna Lysovenko, evolved into a spatial installation.

Ukrainian artist Anastasiia Podervianska presented the exhibition UNLOST PARADISE, where fabric became a living artistic surface layered with multiple cultural and symbolic meanings.

OMELIA created the theatrical performance Frozen Flowers in collaboration with director and performance artist Veronika Yemelianova, combining stage action with the design object to explore themes of rebirth, choice, and transformation.

Presentations of the season:

POUSTOVIT presented a new collection about transformation, recovery, and gentle strength that emerged “after the winter we went through: cold and very difficult.” An important symbol of the collection was Kolodiya and the sun wheel — the movement of the sun that always returns to its orbit.

The interactive installation by PLNGNS, Sustainability by Hand: From Viewer to Co-Creator, encouraged guests to join the upcycling process and experience the principles of sustainable production as a practical experience.

GRAINS DE VERRE presented the new jewelry collection Sugar S Magic, which explores jewelry as a symbol of memory, promises, and personal stories.

Among the key shows of Ukrainian Fashion Week FW26–27:

J’AMEMME opened the season with an intimate salon-format presentation of its collection Présence, exploring the relationship between body, form, and space.

UPSLOWUSE dedicated its performative show to reinterpreting Ukrainian demonology as a cultural code that shapes identity in the complex conditions of the present.

VOROZHBYT&ZEMSKOVA presented a collection devoted to the city in anticipation of change and the hope born between the cold stone of facades and the first warm light.

The collection Live by KHRYSTYNA RACHYTSKA became an embodiment of the power of culture. “Created in a time of air raid alerts, freezing days, and constant tension, the collection grows out of the daily decision not to give up.”

At the core of the collection by JULIYA KROS were looks with transformative solutions and adaptive designs as a response to the modern person’s need for mobility without losing integrity.

CHUPRINA presented a collection built around tweed — a fabric with history, given a new reading through the play of color, texture, and silhouette.

Young brand SOLOMIIAHRYNKIV, presenting at Ukrainian Fashion Week for the second time, explored questions of honesty, vulnerability, and the masks that gradually grow into the skin.

DARJA DONEZZ drew inspiration from the philosophical fairy tale The Little Prince, exploring inner light, individuality, and femininity.

KATERINA RUTMAN presented a collection that built a dialogue between 20th-century Ukrainian art and the present day.

Blending theatricality and stage performance with the live vocals of Mariana Holovko, PRZHONSKA recreated in its collection the dramaturgy of a transition from darkness to light. The central figure of the show was the voice — a fundamental form of presence that cannot be taken away.

The new collection by TONiA, inspired by the aesthetics of 16th-century Mannerism, explored the historical European costume through complex silhouettes, layering, and clothing as a marker of social status in that era. Despite the abundance of historical references, the collection remained unmistakably true to the brand’s signature style.

This season, several brands marked significant milestones:

The show by RITO GROUP was dedicated to the brand’s 35th anniversary. A resident of Ukrainian Fashion Week since its first season, the brand used the retrospective show to explore themes of cyclicality and continuity through its archives, culminating in the 91LAB FW26–27 collection.

Marking its 10th anniversary, GURANDA presented The Suite No. X, a collection that returned to the foundations of the brand’s identity. The show became a reflection on the codes that made GURANDA instantly recognizable.

The season closed with SIDLETSKIY, whose show summed up the brand’s five-year journey. The collection Personality, conceived as a quintessence of SIDLETSKIY’s key ideas, stages, and aesthetic codes, combined archival motifs with new design solutions and featured inclusive designs created in collaboration with prosthetics center U+SYSTEM.

Education and Industry Dialogue:

An important part of the official program of Ukrainian Fashion Week FW26–27 was, traditionally, the educational block. Its concept was to spotlight four leading Ukrainian fashion schools that continue to operate during the full-scale war: KAMA, MODETON, School of Art x Craft, and UFEG.

The lecture program underscored Ukrainian Fashion Week’s systemic role in developing the professional ecosystem and shaping a new generation of competent, creative leaders in the fashion industry.

For three days at Mystetskyi Arsenal, the trade show served as a platform for interaction between designers, buyers, and industry professionals. Now in its fourth consecutive season, the format continues to create a space for professional dialogue, while the new Re-See initiative gave media and buyers the opportunity to engage more closely with collections immediately after the shows, examining materials, details, and design solutions beyond the pace of the runway.

The charitable component became an integral part of Ukrainian Fashion Week — this season, within the framework of the Faces of Heroes Initiative funds are raised for reconstructive surgeries for veterans with mine-blast facial injuries.

This season, Akvarel joined the charitable initiative — guests and supporters were able to receive original sketches by Ukrainian Fashion Week resident designers, as well as sketches from the shows by invited illustrators.