Aliona Kononova

Aliona Kononova Aliona Kononova’s unwavering aesthetic combined with sweeping architectural lines and geometric forms.

The Dandelion is back. 🌬️I created the first Dandelion in 2011. Fifteen years later, it is still one of the pieces close...
09/15/2026

The Dandelion is back. 🌬️

I created the first Dandelion in 2011. Fifteen years later, it is still one of the pieces closest to me — and somehow it has had quite a life of its own.

At the time, I was spending some time in Moldova, surrounded by fields of dandelions. I kept looking at them and thinking about their fragile existence — how something so beautiful and complete could disappear with a single breath.

That fragility became the idea behind the piece. A reminder to be present, to notice the moment you are in, because it may be gone a second later.

In 2011, The Dandelion won the Stephen Jones, British Vogue & Talenthouse millinery competition and was later exhibited in Hats: An Anthology by Stephen Jones at the Bard Graduate Center Gallery in New York, an exhibition organized by the Victoria and Albert Museum in London.

Over the years, the Dandelion has continued to evolve and take on a life of its own, appearing in different forms and contexts while always returning to the same original idea.

Now, fifteen years later, we have developed it again using the special technique created for the original piece.

The Dandelion is officially coming back in stock.

Some things are too good to disappear.

09/14/2026

Avantika Vandanapu for A Shot Magazine.

Red dress — The One Who Holds It Together. From The Weight of Politeness series.

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Body, Interrupted.📷 back up account for
09/13/2026

Body, Interrupted.
📷 back up account for

The One Who ListensA sculptural garment with an oversized shoulder that functions as a discreet pillow.The wearer rests ...
09/13/2026

The One Who Listens

A sculptural garment with an oversized shoulder that functions as a discreet pillow.

The wearer rests her head while remaining trapped in polite conversation.

Emotional exhaustion disguised as attentiveness.

The One Who Holds It TogetherA pleated form with rising shoulder elements holds the body in place.Composure becomes perf...
09/13/2026

The One Who Holds It Together

A pleated form with rising shoulder elements holds the body in place.

Composure becomes performance.
Ease becomes labor.
Presence becomes pressure.

When does elegance become exhaustion?

Geometry in perfect balance. Yulia Shur 🖤 wearing The Window Hat and The Liquid Corset.   YULIA SHURshape study 🔷selfpor...
09/13/2026

Geometry in perfect balance. Yulia Shur 🖤 wearing The Window Hat and The Liquid Corset.


YULIA SHUR
shape study 🔷
selfportraitdiary for UNITED N**E

Beautiful Yulia Shur 🖤 wearing the black velvet Orbit Cape   YULIA SHURshape study 🔷selfportraitdiary for UNITED N**Elet...
09/02/2026

Beautiful Yulia Shur 🖤 wearing the black velvet Orbit Cape


YULIA SHUR
shape study 🔷
selfportraitdiary for UNITED N**E

letting the shoes decide the body.
clothing by Aliona Kononova continued what they started. and the things i was wearing slowly became part of the anatomy

Last day of summer, and apparently I had quite a black-and-white one.
09/01/2026

Last day of summer, and apparently I had quite a black-and-white one.

Lately, it feels like I’m living inside a Red Cloud.Close enough to the ground to keep moving, yet far enough away that ...
08/08/2026

Lately, it feels like I’m living inside a Red Cloud.
Close enough to the ground to keep moving, yet far enough away that everything feels slightly softened.
Perhaps when too much is happening at once, you simply begin to float.

What an absolute honor to have my dress become part of Yoko Ono’s Cut Piece, performed by the extraordinary MPA MPA at T...
07/23/2026

What an absolute honor to have my dress become part of Yoko Ono’s Cut Piece, performed by the extraordinary MPA MPA at The Broad Museum.

Seeing the dress transformed through a performance that invited reflection on peace, trust, vulnerability, and our responsibility toward one another was an unforgettable experience. Deeply grateful to everyone who made it possible.

Sharing The Broad’s reflection on this unforgettable weekend The Broad

“Over the weekend at REDCAT (REDCAT (Roy and Edna Disney CalArts Theater)), we honored the lasting power of Yoko Ono’s performance art with live stagings of Sky Piece to Jesus Christ (1965) and Cut Piece (1964), presented in conjunction with The Broad’s special exhibition, Yoko Ono: Music of the Mind.

MPA (MPA) took the stage for Cut Piece, sitting in total stillness while audience members came up one by one to cut a square from custom garments designed for the two performances by Victor Barragán (Victor Barragán) and Aliona Kononova (Aliona Kononova).”

Credits:
Photos 1, 6, 8–9: Courtesy of The Broad, photos by Salvador Ceja Garcia salvador_ceja_garcia
Photos 2–3: The Art Newspaper The Art Newspaper
Video 5: YULIA SHUR thank you for capturing this under pressure
Backstage photos & video: logan wolfe , Kathleen Mackay

Special thanks to UNITED N**E for the shoes that completed the look.

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