Fashion designer Ulyana Sergeenko unveils new Spring collection in Paris

Russian fashion designer and style icon Ulyana Sergeenko unveiled her Spring couture collection at Paris’s Le Bristol Hotel this week. Known for using specific eras of history and traditional dress as inspiration for her collections, Sergeenko’s newest line takes Georgia and Armenia as points of departure, creating clothes which wouldn’t be out of place on the set of a film from Georgian film director Sergei Parajanov.

From bolero-like tops reminiscent of 19th-century paintings to clothes in the shape of Russian Orthodox domed cathedrals, Sergeenko’s newest collection bears all the hallmarks of the Russian high fashion designer, in particular the minute embellishments and delicate embroidery created by a team of over 100 designers.