Ukraine designers fight back at Paris Fashion Week
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- 13 Oct 2022
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She is currently showing her designs at Paris Fashion Week, seeing it as a chance to highlight not just her brand, but also her country's resilience.
"Each of us is fighting," she tells the BBC. "It is to show the indomitability of our people, our talents, and our ability to create even during the war, when everything's just falling apart."
Kokhana is founder and CEO of the label Chereshnivska, which is based in Lviv, near the Polish border.
When Russia invaded in February, she was showcasing at New York Fashion Week so wasn't in Ukraine - but her employees and family were.
"My sister was sharing videos and photos of people running in the street, it was really bad," she tells the BBC.
"They couldn't get any money from the banks, they were queuing at the ATM, so I was sending them money from abroad. I tried to help each person.
"For the first five days, it was just about surviving. Doing simple things like getting money, tickets, finding a car to get somewhere."
Kokhana's workshop in Lviv closed for a couple of months, and she decided to stay in London, where she had some contacts. Read More...
