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If your memory stretches way back to 1991, Russian Fashion Week still may be a startling concept. But as these photos from Moscow show, Russians have mastered the basics of international fashion marketing and showmanship. And, boy, can they throw a party! At left, a model strikes a flamboyant pose backstage at the LO Fashion Show on Oct. 22, 2006.
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Julia Kardash lolls in a bath filed with Evian water and rose petals at an event before the Alexander Gapchuk Fashion Show in Moscow on Oct. 21, 2006.
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A dancer performs at a party held during Russian Fashion Week Spring/Summer 2007 on Oct. 20, 2006.
An Exuberant Fashion Week In Moscow
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A model walks the catwalk during the Evgenia Soloviova Fashion Show in Moscow on Oct. 21, 2006.
An Exuberant Fashion Week In Moscow
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A dancer performs at a party thrown by American fashion designers during Russian Fashion Week Spring/Summer 2007 on Oct. 23, 2006.
An Exuberant Fashion Week In Moscow
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Models dressed for the catwalk line up backstage before American fashion company Baby Phat's show in Moscow on Oct. 23, 2006.
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A model walks the catwalk during the Laundry by Shelli Segal Fashion Show during Russian Fashion Week Spring/Summer 2007 on Oct. 23, 2006. Laundry is based in Los Angeles.
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A model pauses on the runway during the Laundry by Shelli Segal Fashion Show in Moscow on Oct. 23, 2006.
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A line of models walks the catwalk during the Laundry by Shelli Segal Fashion Show in Moscow on Oct. 23, 2006.
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Is that a cigarette inside a public building? Well, they're at the cutting edge in many other ways. Marina Smirnova, left, and Lyudmila Taborskaya of Artefact attend the Alexander Shumsky Reception during Russian Fashion Week Spring/Summer 2007 on Oct. 22, 2006.
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Models preen backstage during the LO Fashion Show in Moscow on Oct. 22, 2006.
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Russia Fashion Week came complete with its own rock stars. Looking like they would be at home in Seattle, A-mega singers Maxim Volkov, left, and Oleg Dobrynin attend the Inshade Fashion Show in Moscow on Oct. 20, 2006.
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Designer Max Chernitsov attends the Inshade Fashion Show in Moscow on Oct. 20, 2006.
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A model faces photographers on the catwalk during the Mainaim Fashion Show in Moscow on Oct. 20, 2006.
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Partygoers dance at the Russian Fashion Party during Russian Fashion Week Spring/Summer 2007 on Oct. 20, 2006.
An Exuberant Fashion Week In Moscow
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A model walks down the catwalk during the Frankie Morello Fashion Show in Moscow on Oct. 22, 2006.
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They should have hired an octopus to model this outfit. A human totters down the catwalk during the Egor Zaitsev Fashion Show in Moscow on Oct. 24, 2006.
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Oh, man, somebody stop him before he designs again! Two models swoop past each other on the catwalk during the Egor Zaitsev Fashion Show in Moscow on Oct. 24, 2006.
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Just one more picture from this guy's show; it's too funny to resist. A model walks the catwalk during the Egor Zaitsev Fashion Show in Moscow on Oct. 24, 2006.
