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Fashion Week took place in Budapest on February 13–15, during which designers from Central European countries presented new collections for the fall-winter 2026/27 season. We tell you about the most interesting shows – from Nanushka to young Ukrainian talents.
Her name is Sandra.
Nanushka, one of the most successful brands in the region, tries not to miss shows in its native Budapest. Last year, the brand celebrated its 20th anniversary with its debut show in London, but even with such a busy international schedule, it regularly returns home. This time, in the luxurious interiors of the Museum of Fine Arts, Sandra Sándor demonstrated the Pre-Fall 2026 collection, in which she reflects on the balance between external vulnerability and internal resilience. The brand's aesthetics are distinguished by a precise combination of sophistication and functionality – in the new season, midi skirts and tops with sculptural peplums, balanced by “heavy” belts and wooden decor, helped to maintain this balance. The collection's palette is soft and natural, and the textures are complex and with character.
Ukrainian voice
Since 2022, Budapest Central European Fashion Week has been regularly collaborating with the Ukrainian Fashion Week team, providing its platform to Ukrainian designers. This season, our country was represented by young brands — Solomiia Hrynkiv and Lecri, who were able to introduce their creativity not only to the local public, but also to international guests — journalists and buyers from Prague, Warsaw, Milan, Zagreb, Almaty and Tokyo. Thus, designer Solomiia Hrynkiv, a graduate of the Lilia Litkovska School of Design, explored the power of hidden emotions and the human condition at this moment. An important component of her dramatic images were metal masks. The Lecri team was inspired by Japanese divers, also called ama. The centuries-old traditions of diving here are combined with the mysticism of Ukrainian mavok. The result is a poetic and gentle visual expression with a lot of handwork.
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Nu + Bu
NUBU is another leader in the local fashion industry, with three full-fledged stores in Budapest alone. The brand is loved for its work with form, its strong connection to art, and its strong accessory line, which complements all NUBU runway looks. For the fall-winter 2026/27 collection, the NUBU design team turned to the work of Parisian artist Anna Peter-Brenson, who gave the clothes blurred watercolor prints, as well as to glass craftswoman Annette Bilicki. Her monumental forms found their expression in architectural silhouettes.
Everything is connected.
The Slovak school of design was represented by young names – Michaela Stanová, Silvia Berecká and Tobias Rúčka. Their original collections demonstrated completely different ideas, but they were united by their love for handmade work, namely for various knitting. For example, Michaela Stanová combined almost weightless knitting with metallic thread, Silvia Berecká used complex weaves expressively and brightly, inspired by the world of mushrooms and queer culture, and Tobias Rúčka reflected on clothing as a form of silent resistance, recalling the life of his parents in socialist Czechoslovakia.
Living sculpture
Sculptural silhouettes have long been the hallmark of the Hungarian brand Kata Szegedi, which made the venue for the presentation of the new collection — Madame Tussauds — look especially symbolic. And if in the first hall of the exhibition space guests were greeted by frozen wax sculptures, then in the next one, where the show was held, Kata Szegedi's sculptural images seemed to come to life. Here, they decided to emphasize the work with form with the help of complex textures — patent leather or heavy wool. The images using metal fringes attracted special attention — you definitely want to see them in live motion.