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Join us for a groundbreaking exhibition supported by the British Council that explores cultural interpretation through the lenses of two innovative artists. Based in Brighton, UK, Hugo Winder-Lind (b. 1992) finds inspiration in the wild spaces between rural England...

“Fashion Forever: Sustainability and Innovation at the 29th Fashion Weekend Skopje”

Fashion Weekend Skopje returns for its 29th season in full splendor, ready to redefine the fashion scene. Under the motto "Fashion Forever," from October 25 to 28, the Cultural Center Laboratory in Skopje will host the most significant fashion event in the region,...

Dialogues

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This spring, we had the honor of collaborating with the Embassy of Spain during the Fashion and Craft project "Dialogues". Let's delve into the fascinating world behind this initiative and meet the brilliant minds driving creativity! Celebrating the rich craft and...

Redefining luxury – Italian design meets the Macedonian concept of sustainable fashion.

The “Days of Italian Design” have begun in Skopje, merging Italian design with sustainability. This March, we are witnesses to the fashion revolution that puts Skopje on the global map of sustainable fashion, thanks to Fashion Weekend Skopje, which, for the 28th time,...

Italian Design Day 2024

Media, News, Project

We are delighted to announce that the 28th season of Fashion Weekend Skopje will open with a fashion show featuring premium Italian brands, dedicated to Italian Design Day 2024 on the 15th of March. This is a joint project with the Italian Embassy in Skopje, ITA-...

FWSK27 PROGRAMME

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The Fashion Evolution of Skopje – Combining Style and Sustainability at the 27th Edition of Fashion Weekend Skopje

The big fashion weekend in Skopje (FWSK) traditionally comes at the beginning of autumn, signifying yet another expansion of the conventional boundaries of style. For this 27th edition, the organizers maintain their focus on the theme that the team has long considered...

SAVE THE DATE

As we usher in the first day of autumn, we are delighted to extend our invitation to you for the 27th season of Fashion Weekend Skopje. Please Mark Your Calendar for the Dates: 28th to 30th September 2023. Join us to celebrate the significance of community within the...

EUROPEAN FASHION ALLIANCE:

The European Fashion Alliance (EFA) held its first political fashion round table in Brussels to announce a European wide industry survey which will result in a report on the status of European fashion. The report and positioning of the European fashion industry on...

The project “SMALL BUT PERFECT: THE ENERGY OF DESIGN FOR PEOPLE AND THE ENVIRONMENT”

The word quality is not so synonymous with luxury, but is a factor of sustainable and responsible development. People should be put before profit – this is one of the conclusions of the public debate that took place in “East Gate Mall – Office Spaces”, and was...

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EUROPEAN FASHION ALLIANCE:

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Time for a prosperous creative-driven future of fashion Greener, more innovative, more creative – at the first summit on Gran Canaria, the members of the European Fashion Association “EFA” put together a package of measures and actions for a sustainable and inclusive...

‘BIG SEE’ for the “Fashion Design Collaboration Award”!

We’re so proud and delighted to announce we won the 2022 ‘BIG SEE’ for the "Fashion Design Collaboration Award"!This award also goes to all institutions and individuals that promoted the projects by means of their vision and by giving fashion designers of the Balkans...

Discover Who’s Next/ Graduation Fashion Show

We are delighted to be returning to Skopje, on the 25th June 2022 for FWSK25: Discover Who’s Next - Graduation Fashion Show!We believe that supporting the next generation is vital, not just the graduates themselves but also the new actors of the future fashion...

SLOW WINE-SLOW LIFESTYLE POP-UP Shop

May 2022. We have partnered with The VinoSkop to give emerging designers the opportunity to sell their products to the public. Designers: candlenest, indoorgarden, tierastudios, oskashop, rinocca, olivegreen @onlyafew.co @fashionweekendskopje #slowlife #slowlifestyle...

APPLY FOR SEMINAR

Want to know how to handle the sustainability, social and corporate responsibility in your work?📢Join "Textile Trade Association of Macedonia – Textile cluster" & Fashion Weekend Skopje four-sessions seminar from 5th to 8th April (10:00-14:00 every day) to understand...

#NoWasteMK SHOWROOM

Through a showroom, exhibition, experimental collection and a set of conversations in Bitola and Stip, with online inclusions from Stip to New York, NoWasteMK researched and discussed topics on sustainability, in order to encourage the necessary changes towards a more...

Slow Food – Slow Fashion dinner

Thank you for joining us! Her Majesty's Ambassador Rachel Galloway, joined #NoWasteMK Slow Food-Slow Fashion dinner for a personal chat on shaping the #COP26 and the unified actions we should take to tackle climate change and how important it is for our future to be...

Keep circularity on the agenda. #NoWasteMK

With the closing of the exhibition hall in Bitola and the fashion performance of the project “The circular economy as a model for solving the textile waste in the Municipality of Stip”, the end of the three day edition of the event was successfully marked, which...

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Fashion Weekend Skopje in collaboration with Macedonian Fashion Association imagines a different future for fashion and fresh perspectives under the theme of ‘NoWasteMK’.

An experiment of the biodegradable tights, dyed with eco dye from grape peel, a jewelry collection created with e-waste, and a selection of brands that embody the diversity of Macedonian responsible creation. Under the...

24. Fashion Weekend Skopje maps a road to circular future

The twenty-fourth season of the biggest fashion happening in North Macedonia, puts an emphasis on the multimedia project #NoWasteMK, with a rich three-day programme that will be realised from October 1st to 3rd in three different locations: Skopje, Bitola and Shtip....

Last Week was the closing day of United Fashion Festival! During the UF Festival 40 European designers examine our relationship with clothing and suggest new alternatives.

United Fashion Festival imagines a different future for fashion in which we’re all hungry for less and better! A dress made from rye, a purse from old wallpaper and love letters to your favorite garments. From 1 April...

Virtual Exhibition Tour “RESPONSIBLE FUTURE: CRAFTING YOUTH EMPOWERMENT”

From December 2020 Macedonian Fashion Association (MFA) had the opportunity to organize the Project “RESPONSIBLE FUTURE: CRAFTING YOUTH EMPOWERMENT” Researching and mentoring project designed for students with hearing disabilities from the state school center...

UF Digital SHOWROOM

UF Digital SHOWROOM hosted by MAD and Flanders DC from March until July 2021 featured 30 European designers’ new collections on the virtual platform Le New Black during Paris Fashion Week. Three best fashion designers from the SEE: Marko Feher (BiH), Marija Kulusic...

Responsible Fashion Series Skopje, online, 5-6 May 2021

We cordially invite you to join us on the first online edition of Responsible Fashion Series Skopje, scheduled to be held 5-6 May 2021. The international webinar will feature both domestic and foreign guest speakers, each focusing on the 'values' of crafts and...

Hungry for less? Hungry for better ?

Discover the UNITED FASHION FESTIVAL THE UNITED FASHION FESTIVAL IS NOW OPEN! Discover it from April 1 until June 6 at MAD, Home of Creators Let’s unravel fashion, turn it inside out and imagine an...

United Fashion Festival

Hungry for less ? Hungry for better ? MAD presents United Fashion Festival, that imagines and initiates a different future for fashion. A future in which we’re all, both industry and consumers, hungry for less and better. UNITED FASHION FESTIVAL IMAGINES A DIFFERENT...

UF voices. ARTHROPODA: CRAFTSMANSHIP IS OUR FASHION DNA

ARTHROPODA, or short ATR, is an Amsterdam based fashion label, focusing on knitwear design with contemporary twist. The brand mixes influences from art and nature into a unique vision for strong and outstanding individuals. The label founded by Macedonian designer...

FASHION TO LAST GOES VIRTUAL

United Fashion, which enables young fashion companies to travel and share their experiences across Europe, is featuring 30 European designers’ new collections on the virtual platform Le New Black during Paris Fashion Week. Fashion has taken a different (technological)...

UNITED FASHION DIGITAL SHOWROOM 2021 CALL FOR DESIGNERS

Within the framework of UNITED FASHION, the Belgian partners MAD Brussels and Flanders DC are joining forces and invite you to participate in a digital showroom, taking place from February until July 2021. With this initiative the project partners want to anticipate...

SHOP LOCAL

Be comfortably beautiful and meet your true fashion needs. The FWSK team is happy to announce its first CONSCIOUS online shop, launched in collaboration with ONLYAFEW and SKALA Magazine. Pick well and make it last! Support our designs NOW so that we can design for you...

UF – Riga Fashion Week 2020

In October 2020 Riga Fashion Week and United Fashion hosted #UF Sustainable Exhibition with 4 designers, exploring new narratives around fashion. Highlights include Evgenija Zafirovska (Macedonia), Tanel Veenre (Estonia), Louis Appelmans (Belgium) and Fyodor Golan...

Days of the textile industry – promotion among young generations

From December 2019 FWSK in collaboration with Macedonian Fashion Association (MFA) had the opportunity to organize the Project "Days of the textile industry in the cross border region - promotion among young generations/ Organisation of Days of textile coordination...

CONSCIOUS fashion editorial

Captured on the set at FWSK and ONLYAFEW October 2020 CONSCIOUS fashion editorial and digital presentation shoot. Hear more about how the editorial came to life. Ahead of the three-day popup showroom "Conscious Fashion", the FWSK and ONLYAFEW team prepared an...

Ksenija Kotev – UF designer took a journey through the “Concious pop-up showroom”.

This October, one of the UF designers took a journey through the 22nd season of Fashion Weekend Skopje "Concious pop-up showroom". The Showroom’s mission was to promote the best of sustainable design in the region. KOTEV KSENIJA @kotev.ksenija Inspired by the...

Impressions from Fashion Weekend Skopje 22

The closure of the "Conscious Fashion" showroom in Public Room, successfully marked the end of the three-day "pop-up" edition of our event, which included an exclusive showroom, art installations, student exhibition, educational lecture and a diverse music program for...

22. Fashion Weekend Skopje from October 1 to 3 in Public Room

FWSK and ONLYAFEW announced renowned designers and new innovative talents from our country and abroad, which will be presented within the three-day showroom "Conscious Fashion" from October 1 to 3 in Public Room. The invitation is open for all fans of beautiful and...

SAVE the DATE

Let's show the world that sustainable living isn't as hard or expensive as one might think. SAVE THE DATE Oct. 1-3 @Public Room FWSK teamed up with ONLYAFEW to host its first sustainable pop up edition, as a gathering hub for high-end labels and emerging talents that...

UF Voices – Teodora Mitrovska

"I gained a lot of useful information and contacts". T*MITROVSKA is a young fashion brand owned by Тeodora Mitrovska. She uses unconventional materials and practices gender-bending in her designs to tackle socio-political issues. The brand threads a fine line between...

21. Fashion Weekend Skopje: Digital edition with domestic designers and foreign brands

The new collections from participants of the twenty-first season, will be exclusively presented on social networks and media, with the premiere of recorded videos and photos in partnership with Skopje City Mall. The wind brings nice time. Time to shine and flourish....

UF Voices | Sofija Urumović

"I formed relationships with truly inspiring people." Balancing between playfulness, subtle sophistication and nonchalance, Sofija Urumović’s vision stands clear: feminine and comfortable clothing with a twist in details and touch of experimenting with shapes and...

T*MITROVSKA in METAL Magazine

“I use fashion as a tool to tackle socio-political issues” Unstoppable spirit and UNITED FASHION designer Teodora Mitrovska in METAL Magazine. Thank you ModaLisboa. Read The Interview...

T*MITROVSKA and URUMOVIC on UF LISBOA

Modalisboa Awake, in co-organization with Câmara Municipal de Lisboa, presented the collections for the fall / winter 20/21 of our creators. Balkan region was presented by fabulous T*MITROVSKA and Sofija Urumovic. UNITED FASHION LISBOA DOESN'T KNOW BORDERS. Modalisboa...

NITKA lookbook

How can vintage craftsmanship survive in the modern era? On the initiative of FWSK and Macedonian Fashion Association, practical answers to this question were offered by a group of young talents: Dana Kjoseva, Mirjana Josifoska, Jose Belmonte, Radica Lazova, Katerina...

UF Voices – KOKORO

Kokoro: An experience which opened my heart even more Kokoro Design Studio is officially dedicated to discovering the touchpoint of the minimal and intimate in life, and therefore the design of everyday objects. Design inspiration comes from the...

United Fashion Lisboa

Some impressions of the time we spent in Lisboa 2020 recently during United Fashion Lisboa, hosted by ModaLisboa. We gathered 15 promising fashion designers. The Programme was focuse on Production, it aims to connect young Fashion Designers and brands to the know how...

UF Voices – Evgenija Zafirovska

Evgenija Zafirovska: Sharing of experiences among designers is priceless, it helps us stay strong with our dreams Evgenija Zafirovska is a Macedonian designer based in Slovenia. She creates unique, unforgettable and...

NEW Call — UF x International Showroom at Brussels

NEW Call — UF x International Showroom at Brussels by MAD - Home of Creators & Flanders DC Call now open for designers INTERNATIONAL SHOWROOM BRUSSELS Call closed FRAMEWORK MAD - Home of Creators, Flanders DC and United Fashion are joining forces and invite you to...

What we learn from FashionTech Works

“TECHNOLOGY IS THE KEY DRIVER OF CHANGE IN THE FASHION INDUSTRY” Words by David Devriendt How will consumers shop in the future? What will become the newest sustainable technology? On November 20, Flanders DC brought, in the framework of FashionTech Works and...

WE WANT YOU – CALL FOR FASHION DESIGNERS

This call is organised in the framework of the United Fashion Project. The call is open to fashion designers legally based in Europe and interested in expanding to the Portuguese market with their Fall-Winter 20/21 collection during the Lisboa Fashion Week from 5...

20. Fashion Weekend Skopje: Famous names, new talents and foreign guests on the tenth anniversary of the event

The twentieth season of the biggest national fashion event took place from 1 to 3 November in the Museum of the City of Skopje, joining the celebration of the 70th anniversary of this monumental building in the metropolis. Under the slogan "Ten years together - the...

UF Voices – Conference in Ljubljana

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United Fashion Project-manager Svetlana Bogova Jovanovska and UF SEE Showroom coordinator Kristina Ilievska had the chance to showcase feedback and highlights from the United Fashion Skopje edition on the two-day conference and panel discussions dedicated to the...

Lille @ United Fashion

On the occasion of the 48H Maisons de Mode-11Ème Édition and as part of the European project United Fashion, Maisons de Mode Lille-Roubaix organized Friday 13 in the morning at Lille Métropole 2020, Capitale Mondiale du Design a showroom Reserved for the creators of...

United Fashion Call

SUSTAINABLE FASHION INCUBATOR As leading partner of the United Fashion project, MAD — Home of Creators, is opening an incubation program to 4 European fashion designers. This programme is open to designers under 35 interested in sustainable fashion...

Media accreditation application

The twenty-first season of Fashion Weekend Skopje will be held under the slogan “It’s time to shine”. All interested journalists, bloggers and photographers can sign up for event attendance, only by filling out the form. The number of media accreditations is limited....

OPEN CALL FOR CREATIVES

Are you a designer who dreams of breakthrough on the big stage? A photographer with ambition for establishment in professional circles? An artist whose works deserve to reach out to a wide audience? Or a musician worth listening to at one of the most visited events in...

Call: FashionTech Works @ Antwerp

CALL FOR FASHION DESIGNERS AND TECHNOLOGY ENTREPRENEURS We are looking for fashion designers, tech companies and everything in between, as long as you bring innovative fashion concepts using the newest technology. Fashion & Tech entrepreneurs from all over Europe are...

UNITED FASHION SEE WORKSHOP & PRODUCTION SUMMIT

As a member of the international association that is implementing the United Fashion project, 19th edition of Fashion Weekend Skopje welcomed twenty-eight emerging designers and brands from seventeen European countries. Their latest creations were...

UF Editorial by Jovana Zuka

Creations from 'United Fashion SEE' Showroom participants moved to well-known and monumental locations in Skopje: Goce Delcev Student Dormitory, Macedonian Opera & Ballet, Museum of Contemporary Art and Kale Fortress. The European fashion industry support associations...

UNITED FASHION SEE SHOWROOM

Project, UF

In the presence of numerous domestic and foreign audiences, participants at the “United Fashion SEE“ Showroom, exhibited their brand new AW 19/20 collections within the largest fashion event in capital city of North Macedonia. As a member of the international...

19. Fashion Weekend Skopje through the lenses of Italian photographer Luca Condorelli

He brought his camera, charisma and cheerfulness, drawing a lot of attention with both personality and professionalism at the latest edition of FWSK. Who is Luca Condorelli? Our special media guest from Italy is born in Catania in 1991. He’s passionate...

UNITED FASHION | 48H MAISONS DE MODE LILLE

This call is organised in the framework of the United Fashion project. It is carried out by 7 organizations active in the fashion sector all over Europe and supported by the Creative Europe programme of the EU. The call is open to fashion designers legally based in...

MEET UNITED FASHION DESIGNERS- Skopje 2019

Project, UF

FASHION PERFORMANCE This Spring, United Fashion took place during the biggest fashion event in the Balkan region, Fashion Weekend Skopje. FWSK, official partner of United Fashion and host organization, provided a program that offered new...

19th Fashion weekend in Skopje unites 28 designers from all around Europe

Participants in the showroom due to be held within the program from 29.03 to 31.03 will exhibit their brand new fall-winter 2019/2020 collections for both a domestic audience and foreign guests at the event. As members of the international association that is...

THE FUTURE OF FASHION IS SUSTAINABLE

Crafting the future Athens Onasis Stegi Foundation in collaboration with British Council organized a two-day program at Onassis Stegi cultural center in Athens, with international guests, talks and workshops exploring the relationship between crafting and sustainable...

UNITED FASHION in BERLIN

Once more, an exciting edition of the «UNITED FASHION» project took place from 14 to 17 January 2019 during THE BERLIN FASHION WEEK. It included a European designers’s showroom, creative workshops and networking on topics such as sourcing, sales and communication....

#Sustainablestorymk

The zero waste design is not in fact a new technology or material. It is a new way of perception-a notion that makes us reconsider the existing techniques thus becoming a more creative and resourceful designer.Therefore, with our young creative artists under the...

Fashion Weekend Skopje Review

Hello everyone, We are happy to share the best moments from the eighteenth Fashion Weekend Skopje with you. The four days of fashion were held from 1 to 4 November 2018 at the exclusive location of F.A.M.E'S and Skopje Marriott Hotel. We are proud that, like any other...

FASHION WEEKEND SKOPJE ANNOUNCES AN OPEN CALL

PARTICIPATION ON THE UNITED FASHION SHOWROOM, 2019 If you are a designer from Macedonia, Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Montenegro, Croatia, Slovenia, Serbia, Bulgaria, Greece, Romania or Turkey, and your goal is the international presentation and...

United Fashion in Riga

During the Riga Fashion Week, held from 24 to 26 October 2018 in Latvia, was organized by the Baltic Fashion Federation, where "United Fashion" (UF) participated as well. The program included a UF designers' showroom, seminars and workshops on “Digitization. Brand...

EIGHTEENTH FASHION WEEKEND SKOPJE AUTUMN-WINTER 2018/2019

Skopje (October 17, 2018) From 1 to 4 November 2018, Fashion Weekend Skopje will bring the latest collections of Macedonian and designers from the region with the theme "Fashion as a part of the ecosystem. Sustainable Story" in two locations in Skopje. The four-day...

#Sustainablestorymk – Our first expressions

Skopje (October 14, 2018) Fashion Weekend Skopje and Macedonian Fashion Association held a fashion show called #SustainableStorymk - Our first expressions yesterday at the Astibo Fashion Group - AFG in Sthip. Emanuela Trajceska, Sara Redzic, Eva...

Contemporary Fashion Movements. Trends, Sale, Blogging

October 25, 2014. The seminar "Contemporary Fashion Movements. Trends, Sale, Blogging" run by Robert Cavel-Clark NJAL, stylist Rebecca Roy and Kendall Robbins from British Council, as well as journalists Anna Nestorovska and Katerina Trajanovska from the online...

Call. Berlin Fashion Week 2019

This call is organised in the framework of the United Fashion project. It is carried out by 8 organisations active in the fashion sector all over Europe and supported by the Creative Europe programme of the European Union. The call is for fashion...

Macedonian cultural heritage through exhibition and fashion shows

The twelfth Fashion Weekend Skopje under the motto "Fashion and cultural heritage ", in October 2016, at the Museum of Macedonia opened a fashion show composed of the final works derived from the several-month project" Fashion and Cultural Heritage ". The fashion show...

Fashion weekend Skopje in the spirit of cultural heritage

On October 22, visitors of Fashion Weekend Skopje will have the opportunity to see the Igor Markov’s review at the Museum of the City of Skopje. The last three days (October 23, 24 and October 25) will take place at the Museum of Macedonia, where we will...

Stay tuned for upcoming UNITED FASHION events

The Fashion Council Germany is a partner in the UNITED FASHION EU project, a three-year exchange between seven EU states and their fashion competencies.

“FASHION AS A PART OF THE ECOSYSTEM. A sustainable story”

The project "FASHION AS A PART OF THE ECOSYSTEM. Sustainable Story" is a collaboration among students, new talented designers, the textile industry in Macedonia and invited fashion practitioners from the UK in order to find the most appropriate way to...

RIGA AS A PART OF UNITED FASHION FAMILY

Riga Fashion Week SS19 will take place on October 23 – 27, 2018.

Berlin Fashion Week, July 2018

As the first host county, Fashion Council Germany invited eight selected labels from Belgium, France, Portugal, Latvia and Macedonia to Berlin Fashion Week in July 2018 to familiarize them with the German market.

United Fashion, Berlin Fashion Week, July 2018 Highlights

Here are our highlights after visiting Berlin Fashion Week. A genuine collaboration and exchange amongst European fashion professionals will help in facing the challenges of the sector.

Meet United Fashion designers, Berlin July 2018

Here are our highlights after visiting Berlin Fashion Week. A genuine collaboration and exchange amongst European fashion professionals will help in facing the challenges of the sector.

Fashion exibition “Dojran Resort”

In the organization of Fashion Weekend Skopje and the Municipality of Dojran from July 2016, through thirteen fashion photographs and under the name “Dojran Resort” placed on billboards along the city beach in Star Dojran, tourists will be informed about the...

#Stopthetraffik

At its sixteenth edition, in October 2017, Fashion Weekend Skopje supported the global campaign #Stopthetraffik and #GlobalBlanket launched by the British organization "STOP THE TRAFFIK", accompanied by the National Commission for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings...

The Bridal Fashion Night

We organized the Bridal Fashion Night for the first time in February 2014. To our great joy, local brides and brides from the region recognized it as an event that is the starting point for their wedding day. Since then, the event has been held annually, most often at...

FASHION WEEKEND SKOPJE ANNOUNCES OPEN CALL

Re-imagination “Fashion as part of the ecosystem”
Do you have what it takes to re-examine the essence of fashion and make it reanimation?

Meet UF designer – Sofija Urumovic, Slovenia

Let us introduce you to our Fashion Weekend Skopje representative designer, who was selected and participated during United Fashion showroom at Berlin Fashion Week, in July 2018.

Meet UF designer – Nika Ravnik, Slovenia

Let us introduce you to our Fashion Weekend Skopje representative designer, who was selected and participated during United Fashion showroom at Berlin Fashion Week, in July 2018.

EU Anti-Trafficking Day marked with emphasis on prevention of labor trafficking

Prevention of labor trafficking will be the focal point of this year’s observation of the EU Anti-Trafficking Day. The Ministry of Labor and Social Policy has conducted joint operations with the Ministry of the Interior, during which they have discovered potential...

VIBRAZIONI by Aleksandra Mitkovska

VIBRAZIONI by Aleksandra Mitkovska spring/summer 2015 collection inspired by Milco Mancevski photographs. All materials used in the collection are actually prints of Manncevski’s photographs. There will not be a classic runway and classic presentation of the show. The...

“Design magic of Christmas trees”