Ukrainian Fashion Week FW25-26 will be held in Kyiv from February 14 to 17, 2025. The new season is a manifesto of Hope for the Future through creative resistance and the determination to live and create in an independent country. More than 40 Ukrainian fashion brands will introduce their collections, including FROLOV, GASANOVA, J’AMEMME, KSENIASCHNAIDER, NADYA DZYAK, the COAT, TG Botanical, VOROZHBYT&ZEMSKOVA. The official schedule for the FW25-26 season will be announced in January.

“Ukrainian Fashion Week is more than a platform for innovation and creativity. Fashion is an integral part of national culture that shapes our common vision of the future, and the Ukrainian fashion community has joined the voices of the nation fighting for its freedom and identity,” says Iryna Danylevska, Founder and CEO of Ukrainian Fashion Week.

For the FW25-26 season, we announce a virtual experience alongside the physical Ukrainian Fashion Week – the Immersive  UFW in collaboration with VLGE.COM. This partnership merges innovation, sustainability and resilience, bringing Ukrainian creativity to a global audience through the fully digitalized Mystetskyi Arsenal platform hosted on VLGE.COM. At a time of unprecedented challenges due to the ongoing war in Ukraine, this initiative transcends borders, allowing global guests to explore the talent of Ukrainian designers, their virtual showrooms and digital storefronts.

“On behalf of the entire VLGE team, we are profoundly honoured to work with Ukrainian Fashion Week, a living testament to resilience, creativity, and hope in the face of unimaginable adversity of the ongoing war. Together, we are building a fully digital layer on VLGE.COM alongside their iconic physical event at Mystetskyi Arsenal, fully digitised, giving designers the freedom to reimagine this historic space and bring it to life for a global audience to attend. This partnership is about more than fashion – it’s about unity, defiance, and the unyielding power of fashion to inspire. Digital technology allows us to break barriers, ensuring that everyone, no matter where they are, can join in this extraordinary celebration of courage and creativity. We stand with Ukraine, demonstrating that even in the most challenging times, remarkable achievements emerge when the creatives and industry come together with a shared purpose,”  says Evelyn Mora, Founder of VLGE.com.

This season at Ukrainian Fashion Week, dedicated to Hope for the Future, brings a renewed focus on nurturing emerging talent through impactful projects and grant initiatives. At the heart of this effort will be the NewGen Lab, a dynamic space designed to cultivate creativity and innovation among young designers. Offering a blend of research opportunities, collaborative environments and access to industry guidance, this program will also feature educational highlights like PR workshops, Q&A sessions and master classes.

“This project not only demonstrates UFW’s commitment to the future of fashion but also helps support the new names that will define the face of the industry tomorrow,” says Iryna Danylevska.

Supporting the future of Ukrainian fashion requires further solutions that Ukrainian Fashion Week delivers also through its trade show format. Launched successfully last season, this initiative has become an essential platform for connecting brands with buyers, fostering growth within the domestic market and unlocking new opportunities for the Ukrainian fashion industry despite challenges of the full-scale war.

Reflecting the deep connection between fashion and society, in the FW25-26 season Ukrainian Fashion Week joins “Doctors for Heroes,” a heartfelt initiative supporting Ukrainian defenders who have sustained severe facial injuries. By collaborating with designers to restore not only physical appearance but also self-confidence, this project highlights the transformative power of fashion. The initiative is part of the Memorandum of Cooperation between Ukrainian Fashion Week and the YANKO Charitable Foundation.

Credits: Sergii Khandusenko for J’AMEMME SS25 at UFW