MOSCOW, October 22. /TASS/. Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Russia, the key event in the Russian fashion industry, will open in Moscow on Wednesday.

More than 70 Russian and foreign designers will present their Spring-Summer 2015 collections at the Manezh exhibition center near the Kremlin.

The Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Russia, the largest fashion week in Eastern Europe, is held in Moscow twice a year, in mid-October and early April.

The highlight of the event will be the new pret-a-porter collection by Lebanon-based designer Tony Ward who worked for Lanvin, Chloe and Dior.

Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Russia, formerly known as Russian Fashion Week, will be held until October 26.