On May 17-18th graduate students of fashion design faculty at Yerevan State Academy of Fine Arts demonstrated their graduation collections.
Among them were young member designers of Armenian Fashion Council Margarita Sargsyan, Ani Melikbekyan, Anoushik Mayilyan, Janna Katunyan, Anna Cherkezyan. All of them got excellency marks for their collections.
From retro inspired themes of  20’s and 60’s fashion to urban styles inspired by disco ballerina, rock and gothic culture,  ethnic styles and  tribal motives enspired by egyptian mummies and Armenian folk -  the new collections had a strong sense of fashion trends and artistic approach. 
All designers are young ladies making their first steps into fashion industry, with some of whom contracts are already signed for developing commercial lines.

This first on RFW podium Armenian collection was presented on a stage covered with national handmade carpets and under the sound of folk drum music. In contrary to the national style interior, the collection had the sense of European sophistication and elegance.

In this very feminine collection Arevik presents the ideal image of her heroine – unpredictable, mysterious, powerful, but at the same time very delicate and feminine. Day and evening dresses in silky satins and draped fine jerseys of saturated colours, pale pearly floating skirts and pleated blouses, violets, pinks and olive shades on taffeta and jersey combinations.

The bright metallic accents and glassy beads on belts, shoes and clutch bags en-reached the Armenian nature like colour pallet with modern smart sharpness.

The Collection: images courtesy of RFW[[Show as slideshow]][nggallery id="7"]

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Dresses in the new collection are both ingenuously romatic and glamourous, flirty and dramatic, saturated with handbeading, lace embelisshment, 3D florals and sophisticated draping. Full skirts with sheer lace corsetry have some retro sense, elegant body cons with extra long trains remind of a mermaid. From snow white to creamy, pearly and peachy colours the fabrics are enreached with decorative ornamentation. Bridals are layered and sculptures in imaginary shapes while evening gowns, in silver, black, turquoise, are curvilinear, accentuating eternal femininity peculiar Lilit’s designs.

Photo session took place at Golden Palace Hotel’s Presidential Suite, and we want to thank the management of the hotel for their support and patience.

www.GoldenPalaceHotel.am

The Wedding Collection: images © of Armenian Fashion Council

Armenian Fashion Council (AFC) & InFashion 3rd time run Pret-a-Porter Yerevan seasonal fashion event demonstrating best Armenian fashion designers new collections.

With own new tent hall built for runway shows and a large showroom in Marriott Armenia Hotel, the event hosted about 5000 guests.

From November 24-26, 2006 celebrities, media people, embassies, buyers and many others came to see the new fall-winter 06-07 collections of

Zatik Studio >>
Gevorg Shadoyan (Syria) >>
Gayane Soghomonyan >>
Raffi Petrosyan (Rudy Raff, Paris),
Arevik Simonyan (Kivera Naynomis) >>
Lilit Margaryan >>

at their individual runway shows and also buy their and other designers’ collections at showroom.

Pret-a-Porter Yerevan fall-winter 06-07 event made local and foreign audience to communicate with modern Armenia through contemporary fashion works of AFC member designers, to feel the fashion drive through cocktail meetings and extravagantly dresses guests in the corridors.