The runway is undoubtedly the main stage of fashion week, yet the real work happens behind the scenes. Ukrainian Fashion Week SS26 has already come to a close, but we invite you to take a look backstage — into the fittings, beauty stations, and final preparations of the models. Backstage is the driving force of fashion week: rehearsals, last adjustments, and the coordinated teamwork that brings a collection to life before it ever appears on the runway. It is where the energy and intensity of the process are most palpable, and where fashion reveals its human side — open, genuine, and filled with fleeting moments that usually remain unseen by the audience. Photographer Serhii Khandusenko captured this invisible yet essential part of the story.