Russia’s first fashion and style award ceremony, produced by agency Artefact will take place in April 2005 in Moscow. The ceremony will be held in a pavilion built in downtown Moscow and capable to accommodate approximately 2000 guests. The nominations include “Best menswear designer,” “Best womenswear designer,” “Best up and coming designer” and “Best designer 2004”. RFA will also select the best stylist, best fashion model and many more.

Russian Fashion Award project is a logical sequel of Russian Fashion Week and succeeds RFW not only in a name, but also in ideology.RFA along with RFW intends to develop and to strengthen the interest to home fashion in Russia as well as abroad.

The RFW participants can already be seen on the pages of the international leading publications including the New York Times, the Financial Times, Women’s Wear Daily, Collezioni, Book Moda, Nylon, V Magazine, and others. The RFA ceremony will be broadcast on international satellite channels. The ceremony is expected to be attended by key figures of European fashion