Season 13 of Tbilisi Fashion Week begins

The 13th season of Tbilisi Fashion Week (TFW) is underway in Georgia’s capital, showing glamourous creations, colourful ensembles and latest trends to fashionistas.

TFW launched yesterday and will feature a mix of well-known Georgian designers as well as newcomers before the season ends on April 3.

The latest TFW will present designers’ Autumn/Winter 2016-2017 collections. More than 20 shows will be held during the fashion week.

The main venue for this years’ TFW is Rooms Hotel Tbilisi, where a long catwalk, backstage and press room have been arranged. The shows will also be held at the state Opera and Ballet Theatre and the Marjanishvili Theatre.

At yesterday’s opening show models sashayed down the catwalk wearing velvet clothing in bold colours, mainly grey, green, red and blue. The collection was created by Lako Bukia, who used leather in her collection to portray strength and confidence in the wearer of her clothes.

Lako Bukia Autumn/Winter 2016-2017 collection. Photo by TFW.

After this models presented contemporary costumes and creative fashion pieces by Georgian artist Nino Chubinishvili, known in her industry as Chubika.

The last show of the first day of TFW was held at the state Opera and Ballet Theatre in central Tbilisi, where designer Dalood showed its sparkling collection.

In the coming days the front row bench of other shows will be shared by the Georgian fashion industry’s elite and honourable guests from several countries. Among them are fashion blogger Daria Shapovalova, famous Street Style photographer Adam Katz Sinding and stylist of Madonna and Beyonce, Justo Artigas.

About 20 international fashion magazines including VOGUE (UK, Italia, Russia), GLAMOUR UK, Twenty6 magazine, Style du Monde, W Magazine, FW-DAILY.COM, INTERVIEW, Glass Magazine, Oyster Magazine, Allure.ru, Nargis.az, Dazed & Confused, Le21eme.com, frou frou, Dash Magazine, NAYLON Mag will cover the fashion news from Tbilisi.

A group of fashion bloggers and buyers in Tbilisi. Photo by TFW.

TFW organisers invited them on a walking tour of Tbilisi so they could learn more about the historic city.

Furthermore, a group of international fashion buyers are in town to view the new collections, including H Lorenzo, Not Just a Label, Glass Pineapple, SMETS, Anatomie and AIZEL.

TFW is supported by Georgia’s Ministry of Economy, MAC cosmetics and M2 real estate.

TFW was established in 2009 during the annual Tbilisoba festival. The event is held twice a year, in spring and fall, and attended by local and international industry professionals.

TFW is considered a fashion hub in the Caucasus, which supports the development of the local fashion industry, introduces new faces to the business and promotes the export of Georgian fashion pieces abroad.