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Has Soviet fashion hype eaten Eastern Europe?
by Ieva Zu Yesterday I finally dedicated the time and read an exhaustingly...
Top 3 Fashion Designers to watch at MBFW Tbilisi
by Viktorija Martinenaite MBFW Tbilisi poster featuring Situationist Since the...
Best of the Week: British Vogue, Model for Green Living and Inside the Fashion Industry
This week in the fashion news I’ve discovered some really interesting and...
FarfetchOS Conference in London: The Future of Retail
Farfetch.com – one of the Multi-channel retail leaders in the world has...
Top Picks at International Fashion Showcase LFW 2017
London is home to international designers; this is obvious with the ever growing...
International fashion business course by Fashion Bloc will help designers learn from the industry leaders
On the 22-24 February 2017, an international selection of emerging fashion...
TOP 10 Looks at Ukrainian Fashion Week FW 17-18
The 20th anniversary of Ukrainian Fashion Week FW 17-18 in Kiev just marked a...
Kim is wearing it, Kendal is wearing it - everyone is wearing Eastern Europe
2017 started with at least three major fashion (and not) celebrities wearing...
Greenery on Fashion Bloc: Pantone Colour of the Year
Say Goodbye to the Rose Quartz people, that pale rose full of romance, the...
NEW YEAR WISHES: May you have peace and stop bullshitting for once
Hooray – it’s 2017! Time for a change, new hopes, new goals… or is it? It...
5 facts about Demna Gvasalia that only post-Soviet kids will understand
Born in 1981 in Soviet Georgia, Vetements designer and Balenciaga’s Art...
Top 9 Fashion Quotes from BoF Voices
It’s almost the end of the year. The last month of the year started with a...
Hello Romania: Flesh and Glitter at Bucharest Fashion Week
Bucharest Fashion Week must be the last fashion week on the calendar for SS17,...
The Future of Fashion by Li Edelkoort
On Wednesday we introduced a fashion icon Reda Mickeviciute, a Lithuanian...
Gosha who? Russian Fashion Designers that are actually popular in Russia
London, Paris and New York might still be crazy about Gosha Rubchinskiy, but he...
Top Ukrainian Designers from Dnepr Fashion Weekend
Last month I travelled to Ukraine to explore Eastern European fashion (you can...
Behind the scenes of Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Russia (Photos)
Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Russia is an exciting fashion extravaganza every...
Overview: Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Russia SS17
By Evgeniya Ratnikova and Ieva Zu Once a regional Fashion Week, today...
FASHION BLOC TOP 3: MERCEDES-BENZ FW CENTRAL EUROPE
by Viktorija Martinenaite If we look at the emerging fashion scene in Central...
AN OPEN LETTER TO THE H&M CEO KARL-JOHAN PERSSON
by Ieva Zu This letter was originally sent in support of the ‘H&M: End...
THE OVERESTIMATION OF A FASHION WEEK
by Ieva Zu Have you seen the Givenchy SS16 show at New York Fashion Week on...
SUCCESS STORIES: HOW LITHUANIAN DESIGNER CONQUERS EUROPE
A Contemporary fashion brand D.Efect and their Creative Director Egle Ziemyte...
WE ARE IN LOVE WITH THIS BOLD AND AMBITIOUS POLISH DESIGNER DUO
Meet Diligent Clothes – a team of two ambitious and super creative modern...
VERY YOUNG AND VERY TALENTED: MEET ANNA K
by Viktorija Martinenaite Young and beautiful. Ukrainian fashion...
BEHIND THE SCENES OF D.EFECT SS17: INFUSED WITH POST-SOVIET FREEDOM
We are not trying to hide that we have a major crush on the Lithuanian...
DEAR FREEDOM, I HOPE THIS LETTER FINDS YOU WELL
Dear Freedom, I hope this letter finds you in good health. I hope you’re...
THE KNOTTY ONES: DELIBERATELY THROWING AWAY THE FAST-FASHION MODEL
Established in 2014 The Knotty Ones (pun intended) is a Lithuanian designer...
WHY MADE IN EUROPE IS A NEW LUXURY?
by Ieva Zu Waking up to the news of the British referendum last Friday, I felt...
THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS: WHY ROBERT KALINKIN IS 100% TRANSPARENT?
Robert Kalinkin is one of the first Lithuanian designer brands that have been...
A NO-BRAINER EU REFERENDUM VOTING GUIDE TO A BRITISH FASHIONISTA
By Ieva Zu, Founder of Fashionbloc.co.uk Politics, sometimes, may seem not...
ROMANIAN DESIGNER FLORE DIANA: MADE IN TRANSYLVANIA
Meet Diana Flore, one of the designers that put Romania on a fashion map, it is...
A DANGEROUS WORLD OF GOSHA RUBCHINSKIY
by Ieva Zu Without a question, a 32-year-old Gosha Rubchinskiy (гоша...
JEWELLERY THAT SMELLS LIKE CHOCOLATE? TADAM!
Meet our very good friends from Lithuania – Tadam! Jewellery. A unique...
IRINA DZHUS: I CREATE FOR INTELLIGENT AND CONSCIOUS PEOPLE
Fashion Bloc: What is your name, how old are you and where are you based? Dzhus:...
FASHION BLOC ON BBC2: WATCH NOW
by Ieva Zu On 23ed of this month, Britain will vote in a referendum popularly...
THREE LITHUANIAN RTW DESIGNERS TO KNOW
by Viktorija Martinenaite Many people around the world admire Lithuanian...
KAZAUKA: AN ENGINEER-TURNED-DESIGNER
Unique designer fashion made in Europe – this is what all of the designers...
FIVE MINUTES WITH AGNIJA GRIGULE
Text: Viktorija Martinenaite After joining the fashion blogging industry in...
TOP FASHION MODELS FROM EASTERN EUROPE
With fashion weeks travelling around the world this and next month and London...
YOUNG GEORGIAN MODELS PRAISED BY VOGUE
There was quite a lot of great fashion and beauty, of course, going on...
HERVE LEGER LOVES TBILISI FASHION
Mercedes-Benz Tbilisi Fashion Week has just ended with international media and...
POLISH FASHION PHOTOGRAPHER REDISCOVERS HERSELF IN LONDON
With the referendum for Britain to exit the European Union approaching, UK media...
JULIA JANUS: A WOMAN WHO DECIDED TO BE HAPPY
by Ieva Zu I remember meeting Lithuanian fashion designer Julija briefly over...
FASHION REVOLUTION: WHO MADE YOUR CLOTHES?
by Ieva Zu #Whomademyclothes? 18-24 April the initiative called Fashion...
AT 32 I PRETEND TO BE A MODEL
y Ieva Zu At 32, I am not a fashion model (although tried my best). Playing...
NEW FASHION HYPE: WHAT IS EASTERN BLOC AESTHETICS?
by Ieva Zu ‘Fashion comes from Eastern Europe’ – the newest trend that...
LAURA THEISS: KNITTED FASHION REIMAGINED
Text: Viktorija Martinenaite Meet Laura Theis, a Lithuanian-born designer who...
TOP 5 DESIGNERS FROM LITHUANIAN FASHION WEEKEND
Text: Laura Gedvilaite The annual Lithuanian fashion festival “Fashion...
MAISON MARGIELA AND THE EASTERN BLOC AESTHETICS
by Ieva Zu Recently I read a nicely written fashion review on The Guardian of...
MY FASHION PICKS AT INTERNATIONAL FASHION SHOWCASE
by Ieva Zu This year International Fashion Showcase (IFS) at London Fashion...
INTERNATIONAL FASHION AT LONDON FASHION WEEK
London Fashion Week will be welcoming its 5th season of International Fashion...
6 FASHION MISTAKES THAT YOU MUST AVOID
There are times when even the best dresser would forget to take care of certain...
ULYANA SERGEENKO HAUTE COUTURE SS16: WHEN PARIS MEETS RUSSIA
Kazakhstan-born, Russian-based couturier and street-style star Ulyana Sergeenko...
OFF THE CATWALK: MEET JULIJA STEP, A FASHION MODEL AND FOODIE IN ONE
By Viktorija Martinenaite Julija, a Lithuanian-born beauty, began her career as...
SPECIAL PROJECT: UKRAINIAN DESIGNERS HELPING ORPHAN CHILDREN
Anton Belinskiy, one of the pioneering contemporary Ukrainian designers, is on...
HOW VIKE BECAME A LEADING FASHION MANUFACTURER
Since the early days of her childhood Lithuanian Viktorija Ceplike recall...
INSPIRATION: TOP FASHION MODELS HUMANITARIANS
If you are good with Eastern European names, you can always spot Eastern...
HAUTE COUTURE DESIGNERS BEYOND CHANEL: FROM SYRIA TO KAZAKHSTAN
French Christian Dior, Chanel, Jean Paul Gaultier; Italian Schiaparelli,...
MAKARA GIRL GERDA: A MERMAID WITH LEGS
Meet Gerda, a 26-year-old business owner/designer of the Bond’esque like...
FASHION BLOC EDIT: BEST OF BELGRADE FASHION WEEK
Do you know any Serbian fashion designers? Yes you do! Roksanda Ilincic is a...
10 EASTERN EUROPEAN DESIGNERS EVERYONE SHOULD KNOW
Fashion is an ever-changing game with new players coming in, old players leaving...
POLISH FASHION WEEK: TOP 6 BY FASHION BLOC IN PHOTOS
Łódź (yes, that is exactly how it’s spelled) is the third largest city in...
FASHION REVIEW: SOUTHERN EASTERN EUROPE IS DOING IT RIGHT
by Ieva Zu When I started my research of Eastern European fashion industry over...
THIS IS NOT A PRESS RELEASE
by Ieva Zu This is not going to be an ordinary press release; potentially...
RAMUNE PIEKAUTAITE: ICONIC LITHUANIAN DESIGNER
Ramune Piekautaite is one of the best known designers in Lithuania. Her own...
TOP 5 FROM LONDON FASHION WEEK
It’s over – fashion crowd left for another city. London is fashion week no...
MERCEDES-BENZ PRAGUE FW: FASHION BLOC TOP 3 IN PICTURES
Some Fashion Weeks around Europe take place even before the major four (NY,...
FASHION BLOC TALKS FASHION WITH AMAZON CTO WERNER VOGELS
What do you get when you put on a dress, a lipstick, and cycle to the afterwork...
HOW TO FIND EASTERN EUROPE ON A FASHION MAP
by Ieva Zu I have started my collaboration with The Huffington Post today. I...
FEMALE POWER: FASHION BLOC HELPING AFRICAN WOMEN
by Ieva Zu The Fashion Bloc poster on the left is not an ordinary commercial....
DESIGNER TO WATCH: ELOSHI
Text: Mariam Bezhuashvili @FashionGalactic Georgian based fashion designer, Lela...
FASHION MAPPING: BLOSSOMING GEORGIA
Georgia is a transcontinental country based on the verge of Europe and Asia....
WHAT IS IT ACTUALLY LIKE TO RUN A START-UP AND A BABY?
by Ieva Zu If I was featured on ‘Stylist’ column Work/Life this is how it...