Vika Gazinskaya

The country’s luxury market has recovered after two difficult years, helped mainly by domestic demand and rising sales to tourists, which will get a boost from a ‘tax-free’ scheme scheduled to come into force around February next year.

To celebrate the Russian retailer’s new experiential 2,500-square metre space, KM20 is partnering with 14 brands on exclusive capsule collections.

Armed with a growing digital media empire, Miroslava Duma is on a mission to ensure her country earns a place at the forefront of fashion, media and technology.

With international sanctions and rising nationalism creating a perfect storm, the Russian government has launched an optimistic strategy to bolster local fashion through subsidies, synergies and support.

H&M is looking into new store concepts and may launch an all-new brand that’s nothing like its flagship label.

There is no kind way to obtain fur and more people should be aware of the horrors that animals endure for fashion, argues Elisa Allen of PETA.

Twelve talented young designers have been shortlisted for the inaugural LVMH Prize.

In recent seasons, Moscow-based designer Vika Gazinskaya has attracted attention, and orders, from some of the world's most influential stores, including Colette, Net-a-Porter and Fivestory. How did she do it?

Mira Duma, the daughter of former Russian lawmaker Vasily Duma, is emblematic of a new generation of Russians for whom the meaning of high fashion has shifted from flashy and expensive to understated and even more expensive.

"Not long ago, a woman in Florida contacted Vika Gazinskaya, a designer in Moscow, and bought $12,000 worth of clothes. Ms. Gazinskaya's designs can