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RIGA FASHION WEEK that traditionally takes place in the capital of Latvia, on March 21-24, 2012, will present the autumn/winter 2012/2013 collections by Latvian leading designers, whose names and talents are worth of world’s attention and have already received positive feedback at home and abroad. Every season RIGA FASHION WEEK organizers provide he possibility to newcomers to participate in RFW, therefore giving them the opportunity to make themselves known and to have a progressive career start. Many Latvian famous designers have started their fashion career on RFW. This year’s debutants are such brands as „One Wolf”, „Glam Deco” and „Red Salt”.

„One Wolf” is a new brand designed by well known designer in Latvia Agnese Narnicka and will present a collection of modern unisex jeans. The mission of the brand is more than just designing clothes that look and feel great. Rather, the designers seek to encourage alternative ways of thinking and empower a positive change and new experience by inspiring our community through fashion.

Another famous Latvian designer – Indra Salcevica who is well known by her provocative menswear collections „SALT”, on Riga Fashion Week will present her first collection of a new womenswear line „Red Salt”.

„Glam Deco” presents refined hand-made accessories that will fit each and every woman! The brand was formed by young Latvian designers team. They are creating original accessories in fashion trends and demand. All new technologies and hand-made traditions are united by „Glam Deco”. Brand’s philosophy – high class quality plus unique design.

Owing to the cooperation with the international web-magazine Design42Day.com such Italian fashion brand as „Leitmotiv” will participate in RIGA FASHION WEEK this spring. Design42Day – the international web-magazine that promotes and looks forward to the affirmation of talents around the world, is proud to introduce “Leitmotiv” to the catwalk of Riga Fashion Week, with a collection speaking the fresh and coloured language of this young duo. „Leitmotiv” develops from the partnership of two creative minds: Juan Caro from Colombia, who moved to Europe to study arts first in Paris and then in Bologna; and Milan born Fabio Sasso, a graduated in Arts from DAMS in Bologna with the hobby for the tailor profession. The idea of the brand is to create artistic suits and dresses that can be really worn and while also combining art and fashion, future and past, tailor skills and ‘haute couture’, masculinity and femininity, which brought them to hit the catwalk in Milan and Tokyo. At the moment “Leitmotiv” is one of the favourites of the Italian “Vogue”.

On March 24 one more special collection will be presented in the shopping centre „Sky & More” – „Perwoll Brilliant Colors by Narciss” – an unique capsule collection created in collaboration of „Perwoll”, fashion brand „Narciss” and the leading Latvian knitted wear producer „Ogres Trikotāža”.

Keeping promoting Latvian designers and Riga as the Baltic fashion centre, the Baltic Fashion Federation every season invites world known media representatives to visit RIGA FASHION WEEK. Thanks to the support of www.LiveRiga.lv, this season the well known medias will visit RFW as follows: Cosmopolitan (Russia), Marie Claire (Italy), Maxim.it, Vogue.it, Fashion Illustrated magazine (Italy), Design42day.com, Fashion Collection (Russia), PROfashion (Russia), TimeOut (Russia) and many others.

The traditional RIGA FASHION WEEK will take place on March 21 – 24 and will present the autumn/winter 2012/2013 collections by the leading designers from Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia and Italy. Follow www.rfw.lv for updates.