A fashionable collection of embroidered dresses by Oksana Karavanska is presented in Lviv

Ukrainian designer Oksana Karavanska presented a new collection of embroidery, which she created in collaboration with the Lviv National Opera.

Fashion, music and ballet became the inspiration for the new collection of embroidery by Lviv designer Oksana Karavanska Vyshyvanka-Couture of the Third Millennium. The performance took place in the Mirror Hall of the Lviv National Opera. Ballerinas showed the collection. And the director and artistic director of the theater Vasyl Vovkun became the director of the action.

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Unlike the previous collections of embroidery, in which the designer recreated ancient embroideries and integrated them into a modern cut, in the new collection she created the latest embroidery options inspired by ornaments from different parts of Ukraine. Karavanska also involved textile designer Ksenia Umanska in the creation of the new collection.

Photo: @Olexandr Shamov

“I continue to create the history of Ukrainian embroidery, supporting the Made in Ukraine global trend. Muses should not be silent even in times of war! All these more than 10 months of the full-scale war of Russia against Ukraine, I did not stop, I worked creatively, not knowing when, where and how I would be able to show my new works.

I recently realized that all of us now really need the warmth of personal meetings. And even the fact that the parade coincided with the missile attack of Ukraine is very symbolic. The enemy wants to destroy our identity, our originality, our traditions. Therefore, we must also maintain the cultural front, not interrupt the creation of the code of the Ukrainian nation,” said Oksana Karavanska.