Returning for the fourth time to Couture Fashion Week New York, designer Evgenia Luzhina-Salazar will present her latest collection entitled "50 Shade of Red" at 8:00 pm on Friday September 5, 2014. The fashion show will be held at the Crowne Plaza Times Square, 1605 Broadway, in New York City. Original music for the show will be by award-winning musician and composer Serge Khrichenko.

Ms. Luzhina-Salazar’s vibrant new high fashion dress collection blends Russian ferocity and Western cool, in a palette of different shades of reds.

A native of Moscow, Evgenia Luzhina-Salazar received a B.A. in Fine Art and Design from Moscow Art College, and went on to serve for five years as the Resident Set and Costume Designer for the Moscow Chamber Forms Theater. There, she designed numerous productions, which were staged in Moscow, Los Angeles and Washington DC. In 1991 Ms. Luzhina-Salazar moved to the USA where she continues to exhibit her extensive experience in Art and Theatrical Set and Costumes Designs.

Ms. Luzhina-Salazar's most recent accolade was Maryland Fashion Awards 2012 – Winner High Fashion Designer. She also received the Helen Hayes Award 2010: Outstanding Production for Youth - Winner, and was nominated for the National Silver Archer Award in Public Relations 2011.

As a costume designer for the last 30 years, Ms. Luzhina-Salazar has worked for different theaters in Russia and the USA creating costumes for over 50 plays.

Ms. Luzhina-Salazar has participated in numerous prestigious fashion events including Couture Fashion Week New York, Virginia Fashion Week Evening Wear & Couture Collections, in the Selden Arcade/D'Art Center in Norfolk, and in the 7th Annual Maryland Fashion Showcase, Washington DC Presidential Inauguration Fashion Show. Her designs have won critical acclaim in both local and national newspapers, on radio and television, including being featured in Collezioni Haute Couture magazine.

Tickets to the fashion show are available online.