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Op-Ed | Fashion Month Is Over. The War Is Not.

Ukrainian fashion professionals need the industry’s support, argues Vena Brykalin.
Ukrainian war refugees in a sports hall near Munich.
Ukrainian war refugees in a sports hall near Munich. (Getty Images)
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  • Vena Brykalin

On a cold February night, the departure hall at Kyiv’s Boryspil airport felt suspiciously quiet. One of the last to leave that night, my flight took off at 10:45 pm, landing in Milan’s Bergamo three hours later. It was now February 24th.

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