Ukrainian brand LITKOVSKA presented its Spring Summer 2023 Womenswear Collection, that tells a story about youth and a new beginning, on Thursday, September 29th, during the ongoing Paris Fashion Week. The collection titled Vesnianka pays tribute to traditional Ukrainian Spring-greeting songs – traditional Ukrainian culture celebrates every phase of nature’s cycle, associating Spring, and its «Vesnianka» hymns with rebirth. The brand stays true to its refined, arts-inspired chic style, with pieces that fuse sophisticated tailoring and daily comfort with traditional Ukrainian costume. The neutral colour palette ranges from innocent raw linen to strict and bold black pieces, highlighting diversity of choices that youth brings. The collection brings dualities such as ceremonial and down-to-earth, androgynous and feminine, bountied with pitch-perfect lines and charmingly chaotic silhouettes. For the season designer Lilia Litkovska celebrates a fearless step towards the new dawn, the new Spring, and a new world, and captures youthful energy in an intimate way.
SPRING SUMMER 2023 COLLECTIONS
“Ukraine is facing a fundamental change – and while initiation is often dreadful and gruesome, it always leads to a hopeful tomorrow. The brand’s founder Lilia Litkovska sees Ukraine as an unquenchable source of inspiration: a young nation going through its adolescence and fighting for its freedom, the designer’s homeland is still in its «Spring» years, which became a core of the collection’s concept. Since the beginning of the full-scale invasion, Lilia Litkovska has been committed to helping her country financially and artistically, raising awareness about the struggles of the war, creating charitable projects and championing the work of her fellow Ukrainian designers. For the SS’23 collection, the designer also aimed to combine couture with a bold statement. Several pieces are decorated with an embroidery of a heartbreaking poem called «A Prayer of a Ukrainian Patriot», which was initially written by a political dissident in his blood on the walls of his cell in 1930-s.” – from Litkovska
