Looking at Ukrainian Fashion Week catwalk photos and feeling some looks are familiar? We found a lot of resemblance between Ukrainian designers' Spring/Summer 2014 collections, showed in October in Kyiv, and S/S 2013 collections of top Western designers. Check out this list and let us know which variation of the same style - Western or Ukrainian - you like best.
This chiffon lace jumpsuit (right) by Geordian designer Bicholla, showed on Ukrainian Fashion Week, may seem very impressive. Until you a similar piece (left) showed by Louis Vuitton during the 2014 Spring/Summer fashion show in Paris. Apparently, same ideas are just floating in the air.
The black-and-white minimalistic look (left) presented by Maison Martin Margiela on Sept. 28, 2012 in Paris at the Spring/Summer 2013 ready-to-wear collection show is really eye-catching. It caught the eyes of two Ukrainian designers, Lilia Litkovskaya and Elena Reva, who presented very similar catwalk looks at their S/S 2014 shows at Ukrainian Fashion Week this October.
On Sept. 25, 2012 Veronique Branquinho displayed a simple black dress with open shoulders in Paris. Elena Reva showcased pretty much the same dress at UFW in Kyiv in October.
Ann Demeulemeester used this Y-like strap in her S/S 2013 collection (left), showed on Sept. 27 in Paris. Ukrainian designer Valery Kovalska added a similar leather strap into her S/S 2014 collection.
Khaki color and pointed collar made the look of this outfit by Stella McCartney (left), featured in her S/S 2013 collection. Ukrainian Nadya Dzyak demonstrated similar look at her S/S 2014 show on Oct. 12.
Swiss fashion brand Akris went with this stylish black suit (left) for their S/S 2013 show on Sept. 30, 2012 in Paris. A year later, Valery Kovalska released this look with deeply cut waistcoat.
These lace-decorated dresses by Roberto Cavalli (left) and Ukrainian designer Olena Dats are definitely not direct plagiarism, but they do bear certain resemblance. Cavalli was presented in 2012, a year before Olena Dats S/S 2014 collection featured the dress.
Narrow black top is the best companion for the high-waisted pencil skirt, thought both John Galliano (left) in 2012 and Ukrainian designers duet KamenskaKononova in 2013.
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