On 30 June 2024, the Catherine Park will host the 14th art and fashion show of our Project Associations.

This year's theme Pushkin: Eternal Classic commemorates the 225 birth anniversary of Russia's famous poet, novelist and playwright Alexander Pushkin (1799–1837).

Considered one of the main fashion events of St Petersburg's summer, this June the show features four St Petersburg-based designers: Tatyana Parfionova, Lilia Kisselenko, Stas Lopatkin and Vladimir Buhinnik. The latter last participated as a lecturer in our Associations 2019: The Imperial Box, while the other three have been the regular participants of the project for many years. The fifth designer debuting at Project Associations is Sasha Gapanovich from Murmansk in the Russian North.

Each designer's theatrical runway show will be available three times at the following sites:

• The Grotto (Stas Lopatkin collection: 1pm, 2.40pm, 4.20pm)
• The Catherine Palace's Park Porch (Vladimir Buhinnik collection: 1pm, 2.40pm, 4.20pm)
• The Cameron Gallery Staircase (Lilia Kisselenko collection: 1.25pm, 3.05pm, 4.45pm)
• The Maids-of-Honour Garden (Tatyana Parfionova collection: 1.50pm, 3.30pm, 5.10pm)
• The Upper Bathhouse pavilion (Sasha Gapanovich collection: 2.15pm, 3.55pm, 5.35pm)

The final gala show of the five designers is at the Catherine Palace's Park Porch at 6.20pm.

The fashion marathon under the hand of the famous Russian theatre director and producer Victor Kramer will be accompanied by an exhibition of exquisite head pieces from St Petersburg designer Anna Mikhailova in the Evening Hall pavilion.

Starting as far back as 2009, local fashion designers drew inspiration from the palaces, parks and art collections of Tsarskoe Selo to showcase their own collections in our themed shows in the Catherine Park: Associations (2009), War and Peace (2010), Baroque (2011), Tsarskoe Selo: Playing Antiquity (2012), Ambassadorial Gifts: Countries and Styles (2013), Anglomania (2014), Chinese Caprice (2015, Alexander Park), The Russian Style (2016), Gothic: New Meanings (2017), Imperial Fashion: The Power of Beauty (2018), The Imperial Box (2019), High Note (2022), Oriental Wind (2023). In 2020 and 2021 the show was postponed due to the covid pandemic.

Project Associations 2024 'Pushkin: Eternal Classic' starts at 1pm on Sunday 30 June.
Tickets (₽ 500 for adults, ₽ 300 for visitors aged 14-18) available from 24 June on our website and on the day at the Catherine Park ticket booths.

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