October 15-19, 2019
Where?
Central Exhibition Hall "Manege" and not only.
What?
5 days
14 participating countries
170 designers
150 foreign journalists
832 influencers
1613 Russian journalists

From October 15 to 19, the Manezh Central Exhibition Hall will host Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Russia presenting 114 Russian and foreign designers.
Top Russian Fashion Designers - Buy Online
Fashion shows, presentations, brand performances:
● YASYA MINOCHKINA
● RED SEPTEMBER
● LA REDOUTE (main collection / collaboration with Christelle Cochet, France)
● Tigran Avetisyan
● PIROSMANI
● KSENIA GERTS
● ARUT MSCW
● RomaUvarovDesign
● KRUZHOK
● BÁKHTIN
● Sergey Soroka x On Course
● Futureisnown
● ZA_ZA
● NASTYA NEKRASOVA
● INNOMINATE and many others
All guests will plunge not only into the world of fashion, but also into the world of music. Cream Soda, EIGHTEEN, ANDY DARLING, LUSYA CHEBOTINA and other DJ’s and bands will perform on a special stage at the Manege Central Exhibition Hall. Schedule of shows, presentations and concerts is available on the website: http://mercedesbenzfashionweek.ru/schedule
Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Russia will host a series of Global Talents shows. 10 young designers from 9 countries:
● CHAIN (Argentina)
● FEMME DE MARS (Belgium)
● LINUS LEONARDSSON (UK)
● LITICHEVSKAYA and SOJI SOLARIN (Germany)
● ALVARO MARS (Spain)
● LEAF XIA (China)
● svoboda ravenstvo bratstvo (France)
● AWS (AFTER WORK STUDIO (Switzerland)
● MLTV CLOTHING (Sweden)
The winners were selected by an international expert council, namely:
• Olga Mikhailovskaya, program manager at the Global Talents National Fashion Chamber, fashion columnist at Vogue Russia, creator of the @frontfashion Telegram channel, founder of Front Fashion School, Russia;
• Sarah Sozzani-Maino, Deputy Editor-in-Chief of the Italian Vogue, Head of Vogue Talents (Italy), Brand Ambassador of the National Fashion Chamber, Italy;
• Lucien Pages, founder of Lucien Pagès Communication. Represents such brands as Sacai, Paco Rabanne, Jacquemus, Lemaire, J.W. Anderson, Ambush, Byredo et al., France;
• Rose Langenbein, style-director of the online store Mytheresa, Germany;
• Jean-Michel Quammy, curator of Fashion, stylist and creative director, collaborated with Highsnobiety, Material Magazine, InStyle Germany, Mytheresa, Net-a-Porter, etc., was born in New York, worked in Shanghai, lives in Germany;
• Eduardo Garcia, founder of F*cking Young magazine, Spain;
• Katsuma Mori, the owner of the BUNKER TOKYO store (among Russian brands it features Sputnik 1985, SVARKA, VOLCHOK, etc.) and the RIVERHEAD showroom (such brands as SoWhat ?, SOVETSKY1917, SSANAYA TRYAPKA) in the Harajuku quarter, Tokyo, Japan;
• Elena Pyatibratova, creative director of Aizel.ru, Russia;
• Gariet Verney, editor of LOVE Magazine, UK.
The title partner of Fashion Week is Mercedes-Benz.
POP-UP SHOP
From October 15 to 19, each visitor will have the opportunity to buy seasonal collections and new capsules directly from designers at POP-UP SHOP - a space for fashionable purchases.
56 clothing brands: DIANA ARNO, NATASHA TIMOFEEVA, MATH, PIROSMANI, SPUNKY, LA TREVI, WHITE CROW, LA REDOUTE, Product of imitation, and others.
An invitation can be obtained at the link: https://popupshop.ru/

Futurum education
From October 15 to October 19 at the Manege Central Exhibition Hall, an open Futurum Education lecture hall will operate, where experts will discuss various relevant topics in the fashion world.
Speakers:
• Dmitry Peskov (Special Representative of the President of the Russian Federation for Digital Development) / “Beyond Creative Thinking: What and How to Learn in the 21st Century”;
• Stephen Trau (Director of Finance and HR Hermes Group, previously an expert consultant for Gucci, Bottega Veneta, Yves Saint Laurent, Sergio Rossi, Boucheron, Stella McCartney, Alexander McQueen) / “Failure vs success: strategies for young brands”;
• Katsuma Mori (owner of the BUNKER TOKYO store (among Russian brands it features Sputnik 1985, SVARKA, VOLCHOK, etc.) and the RIVERHEAD showroom (brands such as SoWhat ?, SOVETSKY1917, SSANAYA TRYAPKA) in the Harajuku quarter, Tokyo, Japan) / "How to stand out in the world of fast fashion and high fashion: consumer trends 2019 in Japan";
• Lapo Chianchi (Director of Communications and Special Events, Pitti Immagine) / “Young brands: the most common mistakes”;
• Isabel Bertz (Head of Research and Education, European Institute of Design) / Las Manuelas: ETHNOCOLLABORATION;
• Aysel Trudel (founder of the AIZEL concept store and marketplace platform, is included in the list of the most influential people in the world of fashion Business of Fashion BoF 500, a member of the expert council of the prestigious LVMH Prize for young designers) / Public talk;
• Lucien Pagès (founder of Lucien Pagès Communication. Represents such brands as Sacai, Paco Rabanne, Jacquemus, Lemaire, J.W. Anderson, Ambush, Byredo et al., France) / Public Talk;
• Jean-Michel Kuammi (curator of the Fashion direction, stylist and creative director, collaborated with Highsnobiety, Material Magazine, InStyle Germany, Mytheresa, Net-a-Porter, etc., was born in New York, worked in Shanghai, lives in Germany) / Street talk with Adam Katz Sinding and Jean-Michel Kuammi, moderator - Sasha Amato;
• Adam Katz Sinding (famous photographer, author of the book “THIS IS NOT A F*CKING STREET STYLE BOOK”) / Street talk with Adam Katz Sinding and Jean-Michel Kuammi, moderator - Sasha Amato;
• Sasha Amato (editor, journalist, junior editor of Dazed Digital, formerly Interview Magazine Russia, Buro24/7, The Blueprint, Business of Fashion, Grailed, 1 Granary), telegram channel admin @goldchihuahua) / Street talk with Adam Katz Sindingom and Jean-Michel Kuammy, moderator - Sasha Amato.
Registration is open on the website: http://russianfashioncouncil.ru/futurum-education
Author: Anna Dorozhkina