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Explore the dynamic street style that solidified Almaty's place on the international fashion map during the Spring/Summer 2026 edition of Visa Fashion Week Almaty.
Updated 04:26 pm EDT, October 20, 2025
Published 04:26 pm EDT, October 20, 2025
Photo Courtesy: Visa Fashion Week Almaty
Photography: Ayana Ali
Explore the dynamic street style that solidified Almaty's place on the international fashion map during the Spring/Summer 2026 edition of Visa Fashion Week Almaty.
Updated 04:26 pm EDT, October 20, 2025
Published 04:26 pm EDT, October 20, 2025
Photo Courtesy: Visa Fashion Week Almaty
Photography: Ayana Ali
The Street Style is on! See everything from the SS26 edition of Visa Fashion Week Almaty, where attendees took on fashion with a carefully curated mix of global trends and a definite Central Asian edge that could very much fit an AVESSA fashion editorial. Bold and polished, the level of thought put into each outfit was impressive; sleek and creative. Overall, the street style of Visa Fashion Week Almaty SS26 was just another notch on the proverbial belt to firmly plant Almaty on the international fashion map, as a crowd known to be fearless in the creative.
Don’t miss our special coverage of the most exciting Visa Fashion Week Almaty SS26 shows, carefully curated by our team of editors!
From October 7 to 9, 2025, the epicenter of Central Asian style shifted back to Almaty, where the XII season of the International Fashion Week—Visa Fashion Week Almaty (VFWA)— unleashed its glamour. Returning to the familiar chic confines of The Ritz-Carlton Almaty, this is where the region’s most ambitious designers—and their outstanding international colleagues—came to claim their stake: 18 exclusive collections for the Spring–Summer 2026 season.
The spotlight of Central Asia’s most fashionable event presented 18 designers from Kazakhstan and six designers from Uzbekistan, Armenia, the UAE, and Mongolia, showcased their Spring–Summer collections. Regular participants of VFWA included Kazakh brands ZhSaken, Aigul Kassymova, Kirpi, and Tosi, while newcomers such as STUDIO 4353, Accel Erlanovna, 29, Titre Trois, and Kamalini.
Shows also featured guests from Uzbekistan – the brands Mursak and Azamat Somatov. For the first time in Kazakhstan, the brands Faina (Armenia), Dunesi (UAE), and Michael & Amazonka (Mongolia) joined the lineup. An important part of the event was also the finalists of the Next Designer Award empowered by Visa – a joint project of Visa and Visa Fashion Week: Ray Leeqs by Nurali Kankeldi, Tiregim-Özim, Zhalt Zhult, and Sabi.j.m.
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