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‘Our Creativity Is Impossible to Kill’

As Ukraine faces its darkest hour, its fashion community is asking the wider industry to act.
Anton Belinskiy Autumn/Winter 2020/2021 fashion show at Paris Fashion Week.
Anton Belinskiy Autumn/Winter 2020/2021 fashion show at Paris Fashion Week. (Getty Images)

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Anton Belinskiy, a designer who was shortlisted for the LVMH Prize, is with his grandfather, mother, sister and her baby near Bykhov Military Base in the central Ukrainian city of Vasylkiv. “Just a few kilometres from us, there are explosions, the whole house is shaking,” Belinskiy told BoF. “We pray because we must be strong and support each other. The most important thing is that we are all together right now.”

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