Victoria Gres

Victoria Gres (Ukrainian: Вікторія Юріївна Гресь; born 1964)[1] is a Ukrainian fashion and costume designer. She and other designers are considered to be some of the first Ukrainian fashion designers to emerge after Ukraine gained independence as a country.[2]

Victoria Gres
Born1964
Baikonur, Kazakhstan
EducationMoscow State Textile University
OccupationFashion designer
Labels
  • Victoria Gres by GRES
  • Gres DENIM
  • Gres Décor
  • Victoria Gres Couture
Websitevictoriagres.com

Gres began her career in fashion design around 1996.[1] Her collections have been featured in Ukraine, Russia, the United States,[3] and Canada. Her designs are regularly featured during Ukrainian Fashion Week.

Gres' fashion shows are often inspired by films or literary and musical works.[4] In 2014, she staged a show at the Ukrainian Fashion Week to protest the war.[5] In 2019, during the Victoria Gres brand's 26th anniversary, she hosted a fashion show inspired by fairy tales.[4]

In 2008, Gres was a costume designer for the Janet Jackson's Rock Witchu Tour.[6] In 2014, she designed the inauguration dress for the First Lady of Ukraine Maryna Poroshenko. The garment was a silk lavender coat dress with Ukrainian embroidery on the hem and sleeves. It was worn during the first part of the day, during the swearing in ceremony for the President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko at the Verkhovna Rada and at the Saint Sophia Cathedral, Kyiv.[7]

References
  1. Скляренко, Валентина Марковна (2006). 100 знаменитых женщин Украины (in Russian). Фолио. p. 102. ISBN 978-966-03-3322-2. Retrieved 10 March 2022.
  2. "Как украинская мода за 20 лет стала частью мировой fashion-системы". Elle Ukraine. 19 April 2021. Retrieved 10 March 2022.
  3. "Spotlight". Chicago Tribune. 28 May 2003. p. 8–6. Retrieved 10 March 2022.
  4. "Сезон чудес відкрито: модний будинок Вікторії Гресь відсвяткував 26-й день народження". РБК-Украина (in Russian). 6 December 2019. Retrieved 10 March 2022.
  5. Гордиенко, Ольга (16 October 2014). "Ukrainian Fashion Week: Victoria Gres устроила показ-протест против войны". OBOZREVATEL NEWS (in Russian). Retrieved 10 March 2022.
  6. "Вікторія Гресь зшила костюми для світового турне Джанет Джексон". www.unian.ua (in Ukrainian). 17 September 2008. Retrieved 10 March 2022.
  7. "Первая леди: Марина Порошенко поддержала украинских дизайнеров". Ivona. Retrieved 10 June 2014.
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