“I didn’t ask for a special blessing for making this collection, as I did not see anything radically different to what I usually do. Perhaps we are all tired of glamour, and I was really longing for these ascetic lines and closed forms. Naturally, I thought a lot before I dared to start and I consulted a lot with the church,” she says.

It is not the first time Victoria has dabbled with iconic figures of Russia, having designed the uniforms for employees of Aeroflot – Russia’s national airline.

Victoria’s latest collection has taken her from the catwalk to the convent, swapping the traditional attire of a nun for something a little more stylish. Victoria mentions, though, that her designs are not intended for convents.

While Russian nuns confess they have got nothing against their religion providing inspiration, when it comes to fashion it is a forbidden fruit. Ignatiya, nun at the nuns’ retreat of Nativity of Holy Mother of God, told RT: “Laymen care about clothes, but people who take the veil withdraw from the world and reject this perception. Monks and nuns shouldn’t care about what they wear. There are rules about what kind of clothes and shoes we should have, and these rules must be followed.”

For nuns it is strictly sacred stitching only, but for the catwalk, Victoria is praying her holy design will be considered divine creation