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J'ai Cherché (2016) 

Ukrainian fashion brands  

Fashion is a big industry in Ukraine. It is also growing in popularity thanks to a patriotic drive to buy Ukrainian. 
You may be interested because clothes cost a fraction that they do in western Europe (at least half the price). An additional reason is that Ukrainian fashion is quite quirky, and you can buy looks that are stylish but not available in other parts of Europe.
The city has a variety of ways to purchase fashion, from couture to high street.
Let's start with markets. There are a number of fashion markets in the summer months. They are centred around Podil's Kontraktova Ploscha square, Andriivskiy Spusk and the Platforma arts hub. What's on sites will have updates. 
One of these markets has progressed into developing a full sized department store for over 100 small scale designers. The Bci Cboi (All Ours) https://www.instagram.com/bci.cboi/ store is on Kreschatik Street and has three storeys. Men's items are on the first floor to the left, and rather limited. But includes the Scowth underwear brand. For women there is Pavlenki - the mother of all chunky knits https://m.facebook.com/pavlenkiworkshop/.

A few doors down the same street is Arber https://shop.arber.ua/index.php. This is a high street men's tailors with off the peg suits and sports wear. The company often has half price sales. They take up trousers for free. 
In the underground shopping mall at Maidan Square you will find three further options. First there is U Dress https://m.facebook.com/udress.int/. This chain store has a concept of only Ukrainian stocking small-run designer wear that use European natural fabrics.
In the same mall is another women's Ukrainian fashion store, Must Have http://musthave.ua/en/fabric/ and for youth fashion there's the UA Made https://uamade.com.ua/ru/30-odezhda store in the basement.
Couture
In addition to high street fashion you can go very high end if you like spending €600 and over on an item of clothing. These couture items are mainly sold abroad to discerning clients. But if you are looking to drop a few names then try these - and their websites:
Iryna Dzhus: http://dzhus.portfoliobox.me
Litkovskaya: http://litkovskaya.com
Poustovit:  http://poustovit.com
Olena Dats: www.olena-dats.com
For a longer browse here's an English language link to all the designers at this years Ukraine Fashion Week with inks to their websites: http://fashionweek.ua/en/brand
Dog Tailors 
If you want to take you best friend a souvenir home, then you can also try out Woofit https://www.facebook.com/pages/Woofit-Dogwear-shop/166297743837588 dogswear. If you provide the neck chest and length measurements then your Woofit tailor will make you a rain coat or puffer jacket in the colours of your choice.
Who is you favourite Ukrainian fashion designer?
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