Editor’s Note: The following is the English-language transcript of Hromadske Radio’s “Ukraine Calling” program on Feb. 10, interviewing Isagus Toche, French eco-designer, who now lives and works in Kyiv, on vyshyvanka fashion, Ukrainian designers and much more.
Hello and welcome to this week’s episode of Ukraine Calling. I’m Oksana Smerechuk for Hromadske Radio in Kyiv. This week it’s been Fashion Week in Kyiv. We’ve had Ukraine’s up and coming design talents parading their models on the runway. Would you say that we’re observing a unique fashion style developing here in Kyiv? Or would you say that the fashion scene here is a sign of overconsumption, just like everywhere else? Bohdan Nahaylo talks to Isagus Toche, a French designer and artist, whose work itself is a comment on the fashion scene.
