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.
Beige wool pleated waist coat with flower printed collar and waistband custom made for Luminita. Delia came by the atelier last week and tried on a few dresses from the fall collection and this beige wool brown and white fur dress fit her so well, as if it was made for her. Elisabeta’s 50′s inspired .... read more
I absolutely love online social networks. I love to post my work online and to get in touch with my readers, get to know their opinion, thoughts and feelings about things I personally adore. As you all know by now, I also absolutely love accessorizing my dresses with jewelry that I stumble upon in this .... read more
For this fall 2010 collection I went all natural – both color&idea-wise- with mostly wool and silk fabrics used and a muted, neutral color palette. Because I love color, I could not help myself and used a bit of a flower printed fabric, an emerald green and a terracotta colored silk fabric. I went for a .... read more
It is probably because of my fashion blogger roots that I have a huge archive of photographs from different fashion editorials and magazines. I usually (like most people) save whatever it is that I like, so from time to time I search through those folders and some pics actually do inspire me for the work .... read more
Black wool coat with a big collar made for Jasmina. Double breasted black wool coat made for Nico. Cyclamen pink wool coat with a ruffle made for Anca. Blue and grey double sided wool wrap coat with a separate waistband made for Stacy. Printed green and yellow with grey double sided wool coat with a .... read more
This evening I will get all the photos from the photo shooting that we did a week ago, so I will probably post the new fall collection online sometime tomorrow. Until then I decided to upload a few snapshots that me and Anca took while Andi made the magic happen. Enjoy and check back soon! .... read more
Turquoise tutu tulle skirt and a beige silk blouse with shoulder pads for Andreea. Oana contacted me because she wanted a very specific flower inspired dress. At first I hesitate to make her this dress just because I knew there would be a lot of work involved, but then we decided to go with asymmetric layers of tulle .... read more
Ivory lace biker jacket with a metallic golden zipper. For the dress I used about 15 meters of white tulle, so that’s why it looks so voluminous. Lucia looked lovely wearing a tulle corset funky wedding dress that I made for Yes Events. They participated at a wedding fair recently and Lucia was the YesEvents .... read more
Monika’s grey and black printed pleated cotton dress with a detachable bow at the waist and below her dark purple wool ruffle coat. Paula at the fitting for her beige ruffle coat and black/navy double sided big collar wrap coat. I made these three dresses for Oana: a purple and white brush-stroke printed silk dress .... read more
It was so much fun wondering through the archive of dresses that I made in the almost three years since I started working in fashion. There are lots of memories, lots of colors, shapes and styles. What’s great is that I can easily find something to style these selected pieces of jewelry with. The Franklin .... read more