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An Architectural Strategy For Odessa: A Dialogue With Ruslan Tarpan

The builder and restorer Ruslan Tarpаn is a prominent figure in the Odessa business world, but has a media reputation of being a private...

The Evolutionary History of the Barbara Bui Design House

The Barbara Bui boutique on Ekaterininska street in Odessa has been a staple of the city’s fashion scene for years. The French designer’s raw...

Ukrainian Fashion Comes To Washington D.C.

A pathbreaking fashion runway showing of seven designers came to Washington D.C.  featuring seven Ukrainian designers on November 30. A slightly different version of...

W8Less: A Warm-Hearted Family Business

While Ukraine is facing a crisis that manifests itself in many aspects of life, there are still people who feel responsible for the ones...

Paskal and Atelie Summer Collection on June 19th at Odessa Literary Museum

​We here at The Odessa Review have been fond of Odessa designer Julia Paskal for a long time. Presentation of Paskal & Atelie summer...

The Bessarabian Night Before Christmas

What is the first thing you need to know about the Christmas feast in Bessarabia? Despite the region’s multiculturalism, Bessarabian Christmas is mostly an...

A Painter In The Kitchen

Aleksander Yourz, the chef of Odessa’s Bernardazzi restaurant, is bringing painting to his kitchen and creating a new culinary style known as “Gastropunk". A...