World Fashion Awards Announces Winners in Moscow

The World Fashion Week's Channel is still under construction, but you can watch the shows and so much more on their YouTube Channel.

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20 Mar 2009 12:55 Africa/Lagos

World Fashion Awards Announces Winners in Moscow

MOSCOW, March 20 /PRNewswire/ -- On March 18, 2009, the World Fashion Awards ("WFA") named the best of the best in the Russian fashion industry. The ceremony was held in Moscow and was broadcasted worldwide by the World Fashion Channel.


The special World Fashion Award for Professional Achievement went to Alexander Shumsky, President of Russian Fashion Week ("RFW") and head of Artefact Communications Agency -- the prominent Russian PR company specializing in luxury, fashion, travel and lifestyle.


"We honored Alexander Shumsky as a pioneer who did the basic things that developed the Russia fashion industry. His Russian Fashion Week is the only professional event in Russia with a record of fashion discoveries and great influence on the whole market," said Igor Udalov, President of World Fashion Channel on the ceremony.


Russian Fashion Week, which began in 2000 in Moscow, is renowned as the biggest fashion event in Eastern Europe. RFW is famous for discovering new fashion talents and for showcasing the best Russian and ex-Soviet Union designers as well. Russian Fashion Week, which is held every April and October, is supported by the Russian Federation Ministry of Culture and features several international shows each season. Designers such as Vivienne Westwood, Jenny Packham, Jeremy Scott, Julien Macdonald, Matthew Williamson, La Perla, Frankie Morello, Armand Basi and Agatha Ruiz de la Prada have all showcased their collections in Moscow at RFW.


Internationally renowned Russian designer Slava Zaitsev received the Lifetime Achievement Award for his outstanding career spanning nearly 50 years. Slava Zaitsev just turned 71 years old and still holds a top position in Russian fashion. He was nicknamed Red Dior by the international media for creating glamorous collections during the era of the Soviet Union. Slava Zaitsev and his son Egor, who is famous for his avant-garde collections, are participants in Russian Fashion Week. Slava Zaitsev is also the founder of the Lamanova Fashion Contest which every year since 1998 has been awarded to Russia's best young designer.


The World Fashion Awards was founded by the World Fashion Channel in 2008 to recognize the most important people in fashion in Russia. The World Fashion Channel is an international satellite TV channel about fashion and headquartered in Switzerland with representative offices in Milan, Moscow, Tokyo, Hong Kong, London, Istanbul and Los Angeles. Russia is one of the key markets for the World Fashion Channel which reaches over 1 billion viewers in Europe, Asia and the Americas. Launched in 2005, the World Fashion Channel covers the latest fashion events, recent fashion and style news, current fashion trends, the lives of top models, backstage stories, photo session reports and designers' biographies along with celebrity red carpets, retro fashion returns, music videos and the best fashion shows from the most acknowledged designers.


For more information:

Maria Popova, RFW International Affairs Director
popova@artefact.ru
Artefact Communications Agency
Tel: +7 (495) 232-14-75/76/77/78
http://www.rfw.ru/




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Source: Russian Fashion Week

CONTACT: Maria Popova, RFW International Affairs Director,
+7(495)232-14-75-76-77-78, popova@artefact.ru


Web Site: Russian Fashion Week

Red Roses for the Reds As Manchester United Wins the European Champions League Cup!

It was an ecstatic Wednesday night for thousands of the fans of Manchester United at the Luzhniki Stadium by the Moscow River in Russia and for millions of other fans watching in different parts of the world. The Reds won their third European Champions League Cup by defeating Chelsea 6-5 in a penalty shootout following a grueling 1-1 draw after the extra time in this first all-English final in Champions League history.

Photo: BBC Sports

I only sat down to watch the match after Didier Drogba was given the red card for slapping Nemanja Vidic.

I saw Roman Abramovich hanging his head in despair. The Jewish orphan who rose through the rank and file to become one of the richest people in the world was heartbroken to lose in a final that Chelsea had all the chance to make history. Abramovich would have been the happiest man on earth Wednesday night if his soccer team had won the most coveted cup in European football in his native Russia. His Chelsea merchandise would have sold out.

The 2008 UEFA Champions League was the first final played in Russia and the first final played on two surfaces of the Luzhniki Stadium.

QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“We had a cause which was very important.
People with causes are difficult to battle against and I think fate was playing its part today. I feel very very proud.”
~ Sir Alex Ferguson

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