Lessja Verlingieri, a Ukrainian designer, made a one-of-a-kind ‘Love Letter to Ukraine’ costume to mark the one-year anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022.
Verlingieri, the founding father of Lever Couture (situated in Los Angeles), labored with British artists — Jenny Williams, inventive director, and Ricci Williams, artwork director — to ship a message of affection to Ukraine by inviting teams and other people to contribute their ideas. They can be engraved on a handcrafted couture robe and an NFT.
Milla Jovovich and Krysten Ritter have additionally supplied their very own love phrases to be placed on the translucent white robe.
“We are delighted to introduce our ‘Love Letter to Ukraine’ venture, an progressive initiative that goals to transmit phrases of affection and hope from everywhere in the world,” in keeping with the official love letter to Ukraine web site. “We are encouraging individuals all all over the world to contribute their very own love messages by posting them on-line, combining creativity and expertise. These sentiments can be printed on material and made right into a one-of-a-kind couture robe, which can be given again to the individuals of Ukraine as an emblem of its magnificence and power within the midst of adversity.”
According to The Independent, the robe can be auctioned off, with all proceeds going to the Zelenska Foundation, which was based by Ukraine’s first woman, Olena Zelenska.
“This outfit symbolises the sense of group and camaraderie that the venture rallies round,” the report stated. “Each letter can add one thing distinctive and distinctive, leading to a gorgeous murals from the finished material mixture of storytelling. The clothes will deliver life to the tales, recollections, and experiences shared by all individuals who have written a letter for this worthy trigger,” as said within the report.
Jenny Williams informed The Independent, “We wished to do one thing that mirrored the outpour of affection the entire world has for Ukraine and unite individuals.”
(With Inputs From Agencies)
