Winner of the European Fashion Labs Award

published Oct 29, 2007
Winner of the European Fashion Labs Award
Istituto Europeo di Design Madrid announced the winner of its European Fashion Labs award at Russian Fashion Week.

The award consists of a scholarship for a young Russian designer, who will come to IED Madrid to participate in a week-long workshop with Portuguese designers Aforest Design and luxury crystal cut company Swarovski, held in European Fashion Labs during 2008.

The winner of European Fashion Labs award is Cyrille Gassiline, the most upcoming talent in the Russian scene, who has already take part at events like Milano Fashion Week and Russian Fashion Week.

Cyrille Gassiline works with silks and taffeta, pale colours and smooth cuts, with which he gives and ethereal appearance to his models.

As he puts it, his models "should be transparent, as if they were painted with water colors".

The young designer studied historical garments with the well-known Russian fashion historian Aleksandr Vasiliev, who says that "No else today can beat him (Gassiline) when it comes to modernity and style".