In a time of global social dissonance, uncertainty and cognitive overload, Talisman inspires audiences to learn, engage and empathise with communities different from their own. Fashion is greater than the ephemeral exchange of style as it not only echoes our cultural narratives, but has the ability to instigate social and political change across the world.

 

Galvanaised by this inherent influential scope, Talisman takes inspiration from Vita Kin’s vyshyvanka designs in order to disseminate and celebrate Ukrainian culture in a time where it is at risk of being lost. Western audiences are invited to subvert the possibility of Ukraine becoming synonymous with war, in return discovering the phenomenological narratives of this culture and utilising this knowledge to craft their own vyshyvanka for protection against their personal struggles.