Individual R&D Fashion & Creative Technology Project
Aurora Shift
Experimental Phygital Fashion & Editorial Project

Exploring the intersection of concept art, phygital fashion, sustainable materials, and speculative futures through editorial storytelling

Graduation Project at Fashion Design School
UFEG
  • My Role
    Fashion Designer · Digital Fashion Artist · Concept Development
    Project Type
    R&D Project · Editorial Publication · Digital Fashion
  • Year
    Created in 2025-2026
    Featured Contributions
    🏛️ UFEG Group Exhibition at Ukrainian Fashion Week FW26–27 — Reave-Ready-Groove
    📸 Editorial Photoshoot in collaboration with Edit.Form
    💃 Future Fashion Forum Collective UFEG's Catwalk — Homo Deus + Reave-Ready-Groove
    📰 Exclusive Editorial Feature — FÉROCE Magazine
    📰 Cover Story & Featured Editorial — Artells Magazine
    🏛️ Lumen Exhibition — Fashion Concept Art Showcase
The Legend of "Aurora Shift"
AURORA SHIFT is a fashion-art concept exploring climate change, shifting environmental boundaries, and humanity’s adaptation to a transforming world.

Inspired by my journey to Iceland in 2022 and the unprecedented appearance of the Aurora Borealis over Ukraine between 2024 and 2026, the project reflects a world where environmental anomalies are gradually becoming the new normal. The title symbolizes the shifting of climate, light, and our perception of nature.

The look combines digital fashion, 3D-printed glow-in-the-dark PLA bioplastic, translucent layered textiles, and silicone finishes. Its flowing forms evoke the Northern Lights and melting Arctic ice, while the glowing elements become a metaphor for resilience and coexistence—imagining a future where technology helps humanity adapt to, rather than dominate, the natural world.
UFEG Group Exhibition at Ukrainian Fashion Week FW26-27
Reave-Ready-Groove by UFEG

Presented as part of the UFEG group exhibition during Ukrainian Fashion Week FW26–27, Rave-Ready-Groove explored how changing lifestyles, climate realities, and the experience of living through war reshape the rhythm of everyday life.

The collection reimagined the boundaries between work, leisure, and nightlife, proposing a new hybrid wardrobe that shifts from ready-to-wear to ready-to-rave. Alongside the physical runway collection, the project expanded into a digital experience where avatars wore the same looks, complemented by a digital fashion film and AR filters.

Credits
Project Curator: Maryna Loseva
Digital Team: Alona Yelfimova · Yuliia Ovcharyk · Yuliya Miehk
Fashion Designers: Anastasiia Sosna · Alona Yelfimova
· Olha Kulinich · Yuliia Ovcharyk · Anna Kushneriuk
· Anna Hurinenko · Yuliya Miehk
Editorial Photoshoot with Edit.Form
A collaborative editorial photoshoot bringing together phygital fashion designers and the Edit.Form Creative Production Studio. The concept was developed to highlight each designer’s unique creative vision while revealing the common thread connecting all three fashion concepts—light.

The poolside location was intentionally chosen to amplify reflections, transparency, and the play of light, creating a visual dialogue between water, digital fashion, and the expressive qualities of each collection.

Team Credits:
Designers: Alona Yelfimova @yelfimova.alona
· Yuliia Ovcharyk @yo_designer3d · Yuliia Miekh @arcee.des
Creative Direction & Styling Edit.Form @edit.form: Yuliia Dzhamhurova @yuliia_dzhamhurova · Olena Karpych @olena_karpich · Anna Sakharevych @sakharevych_anna
Photography: Olena Pertseva @alena_pertseva
Gaffer: Oleksandr Velykodnyi @mugi.pht
Make-up & Hair: Mary Kolomiets @kolomietsmary
Models: Mariia Lysenko @reizana_· Varvara Levchenko @varya.levc
Homo Deus + Rave-Ready-Groove Collective Runway
at FUTURE FASHION FORUM
Presented during Future Fashion Forum 2026, the runway united two conceptual collections into a single immersive fashion narrative exploring how humanity adapts to an ever-changing world.

Homo Deus reflected on the future of humanity in the age of biotechnology and artificial intelligence, questioning the evolving relationship between the physical body, virtual identity, and human nature. Rave-Ready-Groove captured the pulse of contemporary life, examining how climate change, war, and shifting daily rhythms reshape the way we live, work, rest, and express ourselves through fashion.

Together, the collections formed a cohesive runway experience, presenting fashion as a medium for imagining future lifestyles rather than simply showcasing garments.

Credits
Art Director: Maryna Loseva
Educational Program Curators: Anna Chyrva · Olena Kikteva · Volodymyr Podolian
Fashion Designers: Daria Vidova · Yevheniia Vidova · Viktoriia Vozniuk · Yuliia Ovcharyk · Alona Yelfimova · Yuliya Miehk · Anna Kushneriuk
Runway Styling: Karolina Pekar
Models: Bravo Models
Beauty Production: 96 Group Agency
Head of Beauty Production: Olha Kosynska
Hair & Make-up Team: Liliia Khomiak · Olena Levochko · Nataliia Pikulyk · Olia Koretska
Exclusive Editorial Feature — FÉROCE Magazine
The first official publication of the collaborative editorial photoshoot, released under exclusive publishing rights by FÉROCE Magazine. The feature presented the project’s shared artistic vision while highlighting the individuality of each designer’s concept.
Lumen Exhibition — Fashion Concept Art Showcase
AURORA SHIFT was exhibited as part of a Fashion Concept Art exhibition with two other mannequins at Lumen in Kyiv. The exhibition presented digital fashion as a contemporary artistic medium, inviting visitors to explore speculative design, environmental narratives, and the evolving relationship between fashion, technology, and digital culture.

Credits
Fashion Designers: Alona Yelfimova · Yuliia Ovcharyk · Yuliya Miehk
AR Masks — Yuliya Miehk
Cover Story & Featured Editorial — Artells Magazine
AURORA SHIFT was selected as both the cover story and a featured editorial for the July issue of Artells Magazine. The publication explored the project’s creative vision, combining digital fashion, sustainability, and speculative storytelling inspired by the Northern Lights and future material innovations.
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