Podolyan

In 2004 Vladymyr Podolyan has graduated Vyacheslav Zaytsev’s Fashion Lab, registered Podolyan brand and has shown his graduate collection during Fashion Seasons in Kyiv.^[1] Founder of British concept store Atelier 1 David Foley noticed this collection. The same year first catwalk show of Podolyan took place during Ukrainian Fashion Week – New Names.

In 2005 Vladymyr Podolyan has become one of the two Ukrainian designers who created clothes for English brand Atelier 1 under creative guidance of David Foley. During the years 2006–2009 Vladymyr has created several collections "Podolyan for Atelier 1" that were presented in salon catwalk shows during London Fashion Week.^[1]

In March 2010 first independent catwalk show of Podolyan fashion brand took place during Ukrainian Fashion Week.^[1] Since then Podolyan has runway shows twice a year. In 2011 cooperation with Maybelline New York started. During 2012-2014 Podolyan brand won Best Fashion Awards for "Best fashion show performance".^[2][3][4]

In September 2014 rebranding of Podolyan took place^[5] and in December new line Podolyan Black was launched.^[6][7] Kateryna Babkina was the face for Podolyan's "story of a dress" campaign.^[8] In April 2015 opening of new Podolyan store in Kyiv took place.^[9]