Follow the journey to building my clothing label - fabric shopping, pattern cutting, fittings, collections, photo shoots, runway shows - let's have fun with fashion and see what goes on behind the scenes: from an idea to a dress there is a long, but extremely rewarding way to go.
Whenever I get photos from clients wearing my work, I feel genuinely happy, even if only for a bit. Lately, besides working on my spring 2009 collection, besides creating a special collection of 15 dresses for an event that will take place in Bucharest next week (more info to come), I do have a lot .... read more
A few of my favorite spring 2009 runway looks from New York Fashion Week: Vera Wang, Jill Stuart, Isaac Mizrahi, Matthew Williamson, Ralph Lauren. [photo credits: thefashionspot.com] Soft, flirty, feminine: exactly what I’ll go for in my spring’09 collection. I will actually have a fashion show myself, here in Timisoara, Romania, but more on that .... read more
Bianca’s dress, aug.08. Luminita’s dress, sept.08, modeled here by Roro. A couple of weeks ago, when clients asked me if I make important event/weeding dresses I always told them no, just because I never did one before. Such an event dress asks for a lot of craftsmanship, and I just didn’t think I had the .... read more
Zebra/Blue Animal Printed Maxi Dresses with faux patent leather bodice. Little Navy/Black dresses. Shirt-dress with ruffles at the collar and faux patent leather sleeves; cream knit dresses with blue lining. These are a few special edition dresses that I recently made for the Ummagumma store [Bucharest, Calea Victoriei 122]. If you hurry up, you can .... read more
This weekend I visited the Ummagumma store in Bucharest, Calea Victoriei no. 122, in Gang, to drop off some new stuff to be sold in the stores. I was so very happy to once again see my work displayed in the windows. The Ummagumma website will also be launched very soon, also I’m working on .... read more
Besides working on the next collection, the clients who come for dresses are constant and keep me super busy, which is a good thing, of course. Once in a while I get orders that I did not do before: for example this super tiny and cute dress for a super cute baby girl. While I .... read more
Images from Coca’s fab shoe-workshop: samples of leather and the heels that we’ll use for the ‘Coca Zaboloteanu for Diana Bobar Design – Spring/summer 2009′ collection. For my next ready-to-wear collection, ss 2009, besides the collaboration with Josephine for jewelery, I’m glad to tell you about my collaboration with Coca Zaboloteanu for the shoes! .... read more
‘Amazingly beautiful jewelery for feminine fashionistas’, that’s what best describes Josephine‘s work. Even if the brand is new, I had the pleasure to meet up with the designer, Florina Erimescu, as she is a good friend/client of mine. She recently told me about the contest she organized: everybody can participate in choosing a name for .... read more
Mandinga promo photos for the new single, ‘Donde’. The purple dress is made by my own little two hands. See more pictures here. Styling Cristina Niculaev at Image For You. This is the banner that actually hangs on the Unirea Shopping Center building in Bucharest, Romania. The female singer on the far left is wearing a striped Diana Bobar .... read more
Obsessed with high heels. Me and Roro [top pics], Roro and model Minola [bottom, right]. After a packed weekend filled with a lot of fun, fashion shows, basketball games, partying with my best friend Roro, the new week hit me hard with a huge amount of work to deal with. However, there are some .... read more