The "Fashion" zone at the Department Store of the National Centre RUSSIA has been updated

The Department Store at the National Centre RUSSIA has unveiled an updated exposition in the "Fashion" zone. At its heart are five looks from the Renaissance.Transformation project, first presented at the SERGEY SYSOEV FASHION SCHOOL show during the Autumn-Winter 2025/26 season of Moscow Fashion Week.

The collection references the architectural and artistic codes of the Renaissance era, with the arch as its central motif — a universal symbol of transition, strength, and the philosophy of Roman culture. The designers were inspired by masterpieces of Fra Angelico, Botticelli, Raphael, Michelangelo, and Leonardo da Vinci.

Yulia Kopylova presented a look based on Fra Angelico’s painting "The Annunciation" (1426), where the scene with the angel and the arch was transformed into a dress created using the moulage technique. Anastasia Gurtovaya drew inspiration from the engineering genius of Leonardo da Vinci: her bright red dress alludes to the imagery in "The Madonna of the Rocks" and "The Annunciation," where the artist had already begun exploring the nature of flight and technological structures.

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Yekaterina Prigonyuk used motifs from Michelangelo’s frescoes in the Sistine Chapel, transforming them into a print for a dramatic cloak with a train. In the sportswear designed by Safdari Kabudsora, prints featuring plant ornaments were used — borrowed from the marble décor of the Vatican Library and analyzed based on Melozzo da Forli’s painting.

Irina Vasyutina, after studying the ceiling painting of the Uffizi Gallery, created a dress with a cape adorned with grotesque ornamentation made up of fantastical creatures, plant motifs, and zoomorphic forms.

In addition, the exposition features works by young designers from other projects. Ulyana Vasenkova presented a dress from the "Mint" collection, dedicated to the history of the monetary reform during the reign of Ivan the Terrible. The decor, made with a 3D printer from biodegradable plastic, references old silver coins minted on Varvarka Street. Valentina Nikitina turned to the theme of social nihilism, drawing parallels between the image of 19th-century female nihilists and architectural practices of late modernism, which deliberately ignore historical experience. According to her concept, only the designer and the architect are capable of giving shape to society while preserving its aesthetic integrity.