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.
Alexandra wearing a beige silk chiffon dress with buttons at the cleavage and a halter neck strap with a ruffle detail at the back. Maria in her pistachio colored pleated bust gown. How amazing does this color look on her? Love love love! Elena in a turquoise and navy printed chiffon gown with a navy braided waistband. .... read more
Diana and I studied at the same German high school, she was one year older than me, so we knew each other for a while but I did not really expect her to want me to make her the wedding dress. I was so happy when she contacted me, mostly because she knew what she wanted and .... read more
Eliza and Adi celebrated their engagement with a party a couple of weeks ago and I was happy to be the one to custom make her engagement dress. She knew exactly what she wanted, came to our atelier for the fitting – you might remember her because I posted this photo from the fitting earlier .... read more
Ines is a good friend of my mother’s from Germany, it was her birthday a while ago and my mom wanted me to make her a dress, so I did. I had only approximative measurements and because of the distance & surprise factor, I did not fit the dress on her, so I just made it and .... read more
I made this small collection of dresses a couple of months ago. It is inspired from the traditional Dara’as, exclusively designed and produced for the My Second Floor Boutique in Kuwait for Ramadan. I love how they turned out and I can not wait to think about the collection that I’ll make for next year. .... read more
Paula’s one shoulder draped wedding dress is made from ivory silk fabric with braided details. When deciding on the shape of the gown we started from a lavender dress that I made a while ago and changed it to be more elegant. She wears earrings and a headpiece made by Josephine and looks amazing! Soooo .... read more
Davina looked and walked amazingly at my ss2011 collection presentation last Sunday at Ponton Casa Baraj – Valiug. Flavia made the constructed silk flower that you can see in the back. Big ‘Thank you’ to her! This was the setting: These were the dresses: These were my lovely models: This picture is very special to .... read more
The runway presentation for the collection will take place this Sunday, 15th August (just like las year – same place, same time) at Valiug (you can see more pics of the resort and surroundings on Gasthof Tirol’s website). Flavia and Vlad (two bright young architects) will create an installation for the runway, can not wait .... read more
Pleated beige silk dress with navy spray paint made for Georgiana. Andreea at the fitting for her vintage rose ruffle dress with a pleated V bust and a gray waistband. Andreea also sent over pics from her prom (I believe) where she wore a beige silk baby-doll dress with purple rosettes at the bust. I also made .... read more
I made Dana’s ivory silk wedding dress with a lot of attached buttons last summer, but I only now found a few pics on her blog (which is actually about her button-themed wedding) so I thought it would be great to post them, even if they are guest photos. Would love to get the wedding .... read more