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.
Butter cream colored coat with pleats at waist and silk golden spray painted flower brooch at the collar and separate waistband. Made for Octavia. I can actually make this specific coat in any color, so if you are interested just contact me (diana[at]sofashon.com). Pink and black wool coat made for Anca. Can be worn on .... read more
Cobalt blue silk dress with a black ruffle and spray painted details. Cobalt blue silk dress with a pleated cowl neck. Metallic pink coat; pleated spray painted silk skirt. Silk layered dark gray skirt. Dark gray newspaper printed dress with golden metallic chain details at the bust; purple painted dress with attached flowers at the .... read more
The atmosphere from my exhibition, at the Art University in Timisoara, Romania. Of course I had to sew details at one of the dresses while the model was wearing it. Actually the zipper also broke right before the show and I had to replace it. I did it in about 5 minutes and I have no idea how .... read more
The ‘Drawings, Sculpture, Fashion’ event was a big success. Above are the models Roxana Lupescu and Jasmina Marcov in the first two sample dresses that I made from the fall 2010 collection sketches. More details about the collection here. Speaking at the opening of the exhibition wearing a cobalt blue silk huge turtleneck top/dress that .... read more
I am getting really good at making lists, so here are all my press appearances & important events in the year that was 2009 (with links to the detailed posts in my archive). It was indeed my busiest year to date. 01. in the ‘Adevarul de Seara‘ newspaper, on the TVT89 ‘Life In Pink’ TV .... read more
Ioana Ciurlea from Analog TV came over last week at the atelier to ask me about what to wear for the New Year’s Eve party if you don’t have enough funding to get a new outfit. So, I just showed her how to easily make herself a new basic black top/dress and how to accessorize .... read more
Navy silk princess pleated dress made for Marina. In the end it also had some crocheted details attached on one shoulder. Does it not look amazing with the Josephine neck-piece that I had lying around on my dress form? Match made in fash heaven. Black&burgundy wool wrap jacket with a fabric belt at the waist .... read more
In a couple of weeks I will have a fashion exhibition with the Inspired By Sculpture sketches and real clothes made by me, at the Art University here in Timisoara. I asked my friends Smaranda Moldovan and Letitia Boboc for support and I invited them to exhibit some of their work too, meaning drawings and .... read more
A preview from the shooting Andi did with me. I am wearing this wrap jacket and a black pleated dress, that I of course, made myself. Can’t wait to get my hands on all the RAW’s. PS: I know my hair is getting quite long, but my hair stylist, Diana Nemes, decided I let it .... read more
White degrade fringe dress. Available by special order (by mail) also in black and red. Blue cobalt silk dress with a cowl neck and Josephine accessories. And my sister Florina trying on the sample white fringe dress. Leontina trying on two dresses a couple of days ago when she visited us at the atelier, a .... read more