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Ukrainian fashion brand in bombarded city picks up and flees

Ukrainian hat makers for high-end designer brand Ruslan Baginskiy 'RB', work inside a college classroom turned into a working space for the company after fleeing Kiev, in Lviv, western Ukraine, Friday, March 25, 2022. The hat with silver stones was worn by American celebrity singer-songwriter Miley Cyrus. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty) Ukrainian co-founder designer and creative director Ruslan Baginskiy of high-end hat designer brand 'RB', right, and public relations director Petro Yasinskiy, listen to a hat-maker talk about her story inside a college classroom turned into a working space for the company in Lviv, western Ukraine, Friday, March 25, 2022, after fleeing Kyiv. Searching for safety but determined not to leave Ukraine, the brand is among the businesses that are uprooting amid war. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty) Ukrainian hat makers and employees of high-end hat designer brand Ruslan Baginskiy 'RB', work inside a college classroom turned into a working space for the company in Lviv, western Ukraine, Friday, March 25, 2022, after fleeing Kyiv. Searching for safety but determined not to leave Ukraine, the brand is among the businesses that are uprooting amid war. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty) Ukrainian hat maker for high-end designer brand Ruslan Baginskiy 'RB', Artem Gorelov, works inside a college classroom turned into a working space for the company in Lviv, western Ukraine, Friday, March 25, 2022, after fleeing Kyiv. Searching for safety but determined not to leave Ukraine, the brand Ruslan Baginskiy is among the businesses that are uprooting amid war. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty) Tags for Ukrainian high-end hat designer brand Ruslan Baginskiy 'RB', sit in a box inside a college classroom turned into a workshop the company has been working from in Lviv, western Ukraine, Friday, March 25, 2022, after fleeing Kyiv. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty) Ukrainian co-founder and public relations director of high-end hat designer brand Ruslan Baginskiy 'RB', Petro Yasinskiy, walks inside a college classroom turned into a working space for the company in Lviv, western Ukraine, Friday, March 25, 2022, after fleeing Kyiv. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty) Ukrainian hat maker for high-end designer brand Ruslan Baginskiy 'RB', Svetlana Podgainova, works inside a college classroom turned into a working space for the company in Lviv, western Ukraine, Friday, March 25, 2022, after fleeing Kyiv. Searching for safety but determined not to leave Ukraine, the brand is among the businesses that are uprooting amid war. Podgainova worried about her family back in the separatist-held territory of Luhansk in eastern Ukraine, where pro-Moscow separatists have been fighting for control for nearly eight years. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty) Ukrainian co-founder designer and creative director Ruslan Baginskiy of high-end hat designer brand flashes the victory sign as he makes his way with his partner, public relations director Petro Yasinskiy, inside a college turned into a working space for the company in Lviv, western Ukraine, Friday, March 25, 2022, after fleeing Kyiv. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty) Ukrainian co-founder and whole sale director Victoria Semerei, of high-end hat designer brand Ruslan Baginskiy 'RB', shows a handmade hat, inside a college classroom turned into a workshop the company has been working from in Lviv, western Ukraine, Friday, March 25, 2022, after fleeing Kyiv. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty) Ukrainian hat makers and employees of high-end hat designer brand Ruslan Baginskiy 'RB', take shelter as an air siren goes off, inside a college turned into a working space for the company in Lviv, western Ukraine, Friday, March 25, 2022, after fleeing Kyiv. Searching for safety but determined not to leave Ukraine, the brand is among the businesses that are uprooting amid war. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty) Ukrainian hat maker for high-end designer brand Ruslan Baginskiy 'RB', Artem Gorelov, works inside a college classroom turned into a working space for the company in Lviv, western Ukraine, Friday, March 25, 2022, after fleeing Kyiv. Searching for safety but determined not to leave Ukraine, the brand Ruslan Baginskiy is among the businesses that are uprooting amid war. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty) Ukrainian co-founders of high-end hat designer brand Ruslan Baginskiy 'RB', from left, public relations director Petro Yasinskiy, designer and creative director Ruslan Baginskiy and Victoria Semerei, whole sale director, pose for a photograph, inside a college classroom turned into a workshop they have been working from after fleeing Kiev, in Lviv, western Ukraine, Friday, March 25, 2022. Daily bombings led the company's co-founders to make the decision to flee. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty)