Haute Couture

This collection was the first after the House was granted corresponding-member status by the Fédération de la Haute Couture et de la Mode, though pandemic restrictions ruled out a live show at the time. In its place, the collection was presented as a short film uniting the talents of two of the House's muses and friends: directed by Renata Litvinova, starring Natalia Vodianova.

The collection's looks were inspired by the nature of Karelia and the singular architecture of Kizhi Pogost: clean lines and silhouettes echoed the graphic quality of wooden church architecture, while the palette repeated the tones of the northern sky, water and stone.

The patterns of the collection's intricate embroidery and lace were inspired by the forms of lemekh — traditional Russian wooden shingles — and motifs of northern woodcarving. The garments also drew on traditional Zaonezhye and Pudozh embroidery, featuring images of the wolf, the bird and the horse, while artisans from Rostov, Yelets and Gus-Khrustalny produced unique enamels, lace and crystal details shaped like lemekh shingles.