Italian, German, Japanese and Russian buyers "attended" the first digital showroom of Russian designers
May 2
Together with the Russian Buyers Union, Russian Fashion Council has started a new online project, aimed to support Russian brands and shops. This week, the first digital showroom of Russian designers, Pop-Up Zoom, set to work, featuring one-hour-long meetings at Zoom, the video conferencing online platform, five designers presenting their collections to ten buyers. At the first meeting, designer Ksenia Seraya joined brands SEMILETOVA, Valeria SAAD, ASOMATAV, and Angela Le Bourgeois, whereas ten buyers were from Krasnodar, Magnitogorsk, Kazan, Volgograd, Vologda, Surgut, and Krasnoyarsk boutiques. In total, Zoom-based online meetings for designers and buyers have already been attended by 30 people, including buyers for Italian, Japanese, and German stores. The virtual showroom Pop-Up Zoom is open for all the Russian designers ready to work with sales outlets in the future. Virtual buyers' sessions will take place on the weekly basis – this way, the organizers intend to connect hundreds of Russian buyers and retailers going through difficult times now.
"Our online Pop-Up Zoom initiative is not only designed to support the talents eager to work in a consistent manner, but also the stores that due to the pandemic have issues with sales today and with procurement in the longer term. At the same time, premium segment retailers believe that things will come back to normal and their loyal customers will be back. The virtual meetings' format appeared to be good both for designers and buyers. It is not just a working session to discuss fabrics and prices: participants can ask their questions and share opinions, too. Of course, this project can't match in scale everything else that Russian Fashion Council does, but it is the intimacy that guarantees direct contacts here. In my opinion, 15 people meeting online is an optimal number, it makes a small event, which anyway requires preparation on the part of the brands. Early in April, we've arranged the totally digital Fashion Week, and the international interest in it (the event was covered in 2,000 publications, quarter of this amount issued abroad) once again proved the potential of Russian fashion. It is this potential that we are currently developing in our Pop-Up Zoom project. We use today's isolation as a chance to arrange business meetings that in any other situation would hardly be interesting to either of the parties," said Alexander Shumsky, President of Russian Fashion Council and Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Russia.
"We've started Pop-Up Zoom for boutiques and designers to keep the ball rolling under the new market conditions. For members of the Russian Buyers Union, this is an absolutely new experience and working format. At first, many were skeptical, but after the very first session everyone realized it was our reality – and our future. The market has changed, and so have communication methods. Today, we have to do whatever we can to help Russian fashion survive and advance," Elena Bugranova, President of the Russian Buyers Union.
"The Digital showroom Pop-Up Zoom is very helpful to me to have a quick and global vision about a brand.
If the designer prepares a short presentation, with lookbook, line sheet and Instagram images, it will go very straight to the point," Andrea Selvi, a buying manager for LUISAVIAROMА (Italy).
"Thank you for inviting me to Zoom meeting. I'm glad to listen the concept of the brands deeply. I hope this situation will be over soon and hope to work with all of you!" Kazuma Mori, owner of BUNKER TOKYO and BUNKER TOKYO SUSTAINABLE (Japan).
"Zoom-based conferences with buyers is a noteworthy initiative and a chance for brands to check in or introduce themselves. Naturally, it can't replace offline showrooms and personal contacts, but this is a way for buyers to get up-to-date information on collections, current stocks available and special offers in the lock-down period!" Konstantin Shilyaev, сreative director of FAKOSHIMA.
"This is a great format in view of the situation. It is convenient that you can present your goods remotely," Maria Semiletova, designer of SEMILETOVA brand.
"This is a superb undertaking and important support for local brands today. This initiative of MBFW Russia, helping buyers from across Russia to directly contact minor brands, including the emerging ones, is a chance to at least attract their attention to our segment. This is a logical continuance of our regular collections' presentation to the press at MBFW Russia," Ksenia Seraya, founder of SERAYA brand.
"We all have to quickly adjust to the new lifestyle during the pandemic times. Pop-Up Zoom initiative has become great support and a timely solution for emerging Russian designers like ASOMATAV," Natia Gvenetadze, founder and creative director of ASOMATAV.
RED SEPTEMBER, FAKOSHIMA, SEMILETOVA, Valeria SAAD, Angela Le Bourgeois, SERAYA, LES', NASTYA NEKRASOVA, ASOMATAV, MAD DAISY, Be.Li.Ve., and Yana Besfamilnaya have already presented their collections at Pop-Up Zoom.
Let us remind you that on April 4 to 6, Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Russia for the first time ever was held totally online. The event was broadcasted by 103 Russian and international websites, including Vogue.ru, Bazaar.ru, Kommersant.ru, Iz.ru, Vogue.it, and Elle.in, as well as covered by hundreds of Russian and foreign media: news about the digital MBFW Russia and collections of the participating designers appeared in Financial Times, The Guardian, Vogue Czechoslovakia, Vogue Italia, and many more. During the virtual Fashion Week, designers and stylists delivered their workshops at TikTok. In total, #MBFWRussia online was viewed by 800+ thousand people.
Photo available at the link below: https://yadi.sk/i/f9cwP7HSCnOtsQ
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"Our online Pop-Up Zoom initiative is not only designed to support the talents eager to work in a consistent manner, but also the stores that due to the pandemic have issues with sales today and with procurement in the longer term. At the same time, premium segment retailers believe that things will come back to normal and their loyal customers will be back. The virtual meetings' format appeared to be good both for designers and buyers. It is not just a working session to discuss fabrics and prices: participants can ask their questions and share opinions, too. Of course, this project can't match in scale everything else that Russian Fashion Council does, but it is the intimacy that guarantees direct contacts here. In my opinion, 15 people meeting online is an optimal number, it makes a small event, which anyway requires preparation on the part of the brands. Early in April, we've arranged the totally digital Fashion Week, and the international interest in it (the event was covered in 2,000 publications, quarter of this amount issued abroad) once again proved the potential of Russian fashion. It is this potential that we are currently developing in our Pop-Up Zoom project. We use today's isolation as a chance to arrange business meetings that in any other situation would hardly be interesting to either of the parties," said Alexander Shumsky, President of Russian Fashion Council and Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Russia.
"We've started Pop-Up Zoom for boutiques and designers to keep the ball rolling under the new market conditions. For members of the Russian Buyers Union, this is an absolutely new experience and working format. At first, many were skeptical, but after the very first session everyone realized it was our reality – and our future. The market has changed, and so have communication methods. Today, we have to do whatever we can to help Russian fashion survive and advance," Elena Bugranova, President of the Russian Buyers Union.
"The Digital showroom Pop-Up Zoom is very helpful to me to have a quick and global vision about a brand.
If the designer prepares a short presentation, with lookbook, line sheet and Instagram images, it will go very straight to the point," Andrea Selvi, a buying manager for LUISAVIAROMА (Italy).
"Thank you for inviting me to Zoom meeting. I'm glad to listen the concept of the brands deeply. I hope this situation will be over soon and hope to work with all of you!" Kazuma Mori, owner of BUNKER TOKYO and BUNKER TOKYO SUSTAINABLE (Japan).
"Zoom-based conferences with buyers is a noteworthy initiative and a chance for brands to check in or introduce themselves. Naturally, it can't replace offline showrooms and personal contacts, but this is a way for buyers to get up-to-date information on collections, current stocks available and special offers in the lock-down period!" Konstantin Shilyaev, сreative director of FAKOSHIMA.
"This is a great format in view of the situation. It is convenient that you can present your goods remotely," Maria Semiletova, designer of SEMILETOVA brand.
"This is a superb undertaking and important support for local brands today. This initiative of MBFW Russia, helping buyers from across Russia to directly contact minor brands, including the emerging ones, is a chance to at least attract their attention to our segment. This is a logical continuance of our regular collections' presentation to the press at MBFW Russia," Ksenia Seraya, founder of SERAYA brand.
"We all have to quickly adjust to the new lifestyle during the pandemic times. Pop-Up Zoom initiative has become great support and a timely solution for emerging Russian designers like ASOMATAV," Natia Gvenetadze, founder and creative director of ASOMATAV.
RED SEPTEMBER, FAKOSHIMA, SEMILETOVA, Valeria SAAD, Angela Le Bourgeois, SERAYA, LES', NASTYA NEKRASOVA, ASOMATAV, MAD DAISY, Be.Li.Ve., and Yana Besfamilnaya have already presented their collections at Pop-Up Zoom.
Let us remind you that on April 4 to 6, Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Russia for the first time ever was held totally online. The event was broadcasted by 103 Russian and international websites, including Vogue.ru, Bazaar.ru, Kommersant.ru, Iz.ru, Vogue.it, and Elle.in, as well as covered by hundreds of Russian and foreign media: news about the digital MBFW Russia and collections of the participating designers appeared in Financial Times, The Guardian, Vogue Czechoslovakia, Vogue Italia, and many more. During the virtual Fashion Week, designers and stylists delivered their workshops at TikTok. In total, #MBFWRussia online was viewed by 800+ thousand people.
Photo available at the link below: https://yadi.sk/i/f9cwP7HSCnOtsQ
Please stay tuned and follow all the updates through our official website www.mercedesbenzfashionweek.ru/en and our official social networking accounts:
Russian Fashion Council:
https://www.instagram.com/russianfashioncouncil
https://www.facebook.com/RFCouncil
https://vk.com/russianfashioncouncil
Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Russia:
https://www.instagram.com/mbfwrussia
https://www.facebook.com/MBFWRussia
https://vk.com/mbfwrussia
https://t.me/mbfwrussia
https://twitter.com/MBFWR
https://www.youtube.com/user/mbfweekrussia
For more information, please contact:
Russian Fashion Council
E-mail: info@russianfashioncouncil.ru
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