Moscow's Metro: The World's Largest Fashion Runway

Alexander, 43, said he is the host of a TV show called 'The recipe of beauty.' He is originally from Belarus.





When you visit Moscow, its impossible to avoid its sprawling metro system. As a means of transport, its quick, cheap and easy. The metro will get you anywhere you need to go, such as Red Square or the Cathedral of Christ the Savior. For tourists navigating the metro, one thing that might grab your attention are the lavish decorations inside of the stations. World renowned for their beauty, no two metro stations are alike.



When the Moscow metro was opened in 1935, it consisted of one 11 km line with 13 stations. 80 years later, the Moscow metro network has 196 stations and is so complex that some can get lost in its labyrinth.



One of the busiest metro systems in the world, thousands of people swipe their troika cards daily to ride its trains. It is also one of the deepest metro systems in the world. The deepest station is Park Pobedy, 74 meters below the ground, where the escalator takes no less than three minutes to ride to the top.



Most of the metro stations are embellished in different designs, which vary from traditional themes (Ploshad Revolutsii, Partizanskaya, Dostoyevskaya) to modern styles (Tverskaya, Slavyansky Bulvar, Mayakovskaya). The attention to detail adds to the beauty of the stations, so much so that the Moscow metro has become a tourist attraction in itself.

Olya, 24, is a designer. She designed the tattoo on her hip, which features a face looking toward the sky. Olya said it represents remaining calm and moving forward.

Diana, 17, was sitting at Belorusskaya Metro station. She said it was hard to explain what color of her hair is.

Vika is studying government at university. She likes to take photos of the metro in her free time.

Ksyusha is an art director for an entertainment website.

Vasily, 17, and Nikita, 20, are roommates at university. Vasily is from the Far East, Nikita from western Ukraine.

Polina is studying journalism in Moscow.

Anna, 16, was entering the metro late on a Sunday night.

Milana, a Starbucks barista, was dressed up to celebrate her 19th birthday.

Yekaterina was wearing a bow tie and wooden pin on her shirt. She said that her friend makes the wooden pins and she is helping to promote his business.