Fashion designer Lidiya Romanchuk readies her models to showcase her “Unstoppable” collection during the annual Boston Fashion Awards on Nov. 10.
Romanchuk was born and raised in Ukraine and moved to Boston to attend the School of Fashion Design. In recent years, she has worked as a restaurant hostess and server at the Fairmont Copley Plaza hotel.
But like her collection name, she’s never stopped pursuing her dreams, Romanchuk told the Globe earlier this year — even when facing obstacles and setbacks.
“I feel like I’m more grateful to God for the bad things that happen to me than the good things,” she said. “Because all the bad things turn into advantages.”
Her fashion collection was created out of wanting women to feel beautiful from the inside out.
In planning the runway show Romanchuk hired 13 models, two assistants, two make-up artists, four photographers, three videographers, and security guards behind the scenes to bring her vision to life.
Fashion designer Lidiya Romanchuk adjusts a garment worn by Irina Malin during the annual Boston Fashion Awards in Boston on Monday Nov. 10. Romanchuk readies her models to showcase in her “Unstoppable” collection. Romanchuk rented the fifth floor of the Courtyard Marriott Boston Downtown to prep her models. The award program and fashion show was held in the Bradford Ballroom.Pat Greenhouse/Globe Staff
Model Caroline Soraya floats to the end of the runway. She wears a garment made for Mrs. World International 2023. Romanchuk also made a garment for the passing of the crown ceremony in 2024.Pat Greenhouse/Globe Staff
A model for fashion designer Janaby wears a headpiece by Ellie Ayati-Jian of Ellie Jian Millinery. Fashion designer Janaby shows his collection during the annual Boston Fashion Awards. Janaby and Lidiya Romanchuk were two of five designers who showed their work during the annual Boston Fashion Awards.Pat Greenhouse/Globe Staff
Some already dressed in gladiator leg jewelry, models watch as others practice their walks in a fifth-floor hallway.Pat Greenhouse/Globe Staff
Fashion designer Lidiya Romanchuk, left, and assistant Vicky Luan cinch the corset on Taylor Marie Ardolino’s garment.Pat Greenhouse/Globe Staff
Three pairs of hands are needed to cinch the corset of model Caroline Soraya’s garment.Pat Greenhouse/Globe Staff
Wearing the first of three wedding gowns, Maria Cunier waits in the wings to start the showing for fashion designer Lidiya Romanchuk, who watches from behind the stage.Pat Greenhouse/Globe Staff
The double skirt of Sydney Spiess’ garment flows down the runway.Pat Greenhouse/Globe Staff
Anne Joseph, left, a Boston-based clothing designer, mingles in the audience during the annual Boston Fashion Awards.Pat Greenhouse/Globe Staff
These 7-inch PVC acrylic platform shoes are carried to Taylor Marie Ardolino.Pat Greenhouse/Globe Staff
Taylor Marie Ardolino strikes a slow sultry pose at the end of the runway.Pat Greenhouse/Globe Staff
A man waits to give flowers at the annual Boston Fashion Awards, which featured a fashion show, in Boston on Nov. 10, in the Bradford Ballroom of the Courtyard Marriott Boston Downtown.Pat Greenhouse/Globe Staff
Bridget Lutaaya poses on the runway.Pat Greenhouse/Globe Staff
After the show, fashion designer Lidiya Romanchuk, right, gets a tearful congratulatory embrace from her older sister Oksana Hermann, who flew in from Miami. Romanchuk and her sister were raised in Ukraine.Pat Greenhouse/Globe Staff
At the end of her show, fashion designer Lidiya Romanchuk, left, walks down the runway waving a combined Ukrainian/American flag during the annual Boston Fashion Awards. She walks with singer Hope Divine, who also wears one of Romanchuk’s designs and accompanied her models’ walks with song.Pat Greenhouse/Globe Staff
