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.
A new Yoplait campaign started (’5 Minute De Placere’) and you can win one of the 5 DBD wrap jackets that I created especially for them, or other delish items that you can find in their virtual store. Have fun browsing and ‘Guten Appetit’. Hounds-tooth printed wool wrap jacket with a flower printed silk lining and .... read more
This jacket is made from 5cm thin vertical layers of sequins, sewed together on a black cotton jacket base. I custom made it for Gabriela and I can say that sewing it actually made me sweat quite a bit. Was harder than I thought but I love hoe it turned out. Black sequin jacket and .... read more
Cream brocade and cobalt blue wool wrap coat with two separate waistbands made for Sonia. Cream cropped silk jacket custom made for Simina; long gray and navy tulle skirt with elastic waistband made for Adriana. Marina’s navy silk pleated one shoulder dress fitted on my friend Leontina. I wanted to make sure that it will fit, just .... read more
Finally had 30mins to print screen and post the Manage This interview (February 2010 no. here). Big ‘thank you‘ to Loredana Costina. I really like how the article turned out & I love her choice of a dress from my last collection to feature in the article. And she actually finished it for my birthday earlier .... read more
Besides the work for the orders that I do right now, I try to squeeze in some work for the next collection – summer 2010. I know I am one season behind with the collections, but right now it works Ok this way, as I do not go to international trade shows yet. And also, .... read more
Two custom made dresses for Gabi. View of our workroom last week, when I finished about eight wrap jackets. Detailed view of the wool texture and a Josephine pearl necklace. Brown wrap jacket with a checkered lining made for a charity auction. Pink and black&white wool coat with different waistbands. Brown wrap jacket with a .... read more
Cream pleated ruffle wool coat with 3 metallic buttons for closing and pleats at the waist. I’m sure it would look great in grey wool also. It has a silk cotton lining on the inside.
Above are two videos from my ‘Drawings, Sculpture, Fashion’ exhibition that took place a month ago at the Art University here in Timisoara, the first one is an intro for the show and the second one is an interview from TeleU. Enjoy!
Left: my friend Smaranda’s painting and exhibition; right: a new Romanian independent fashion mag, PLM. My friend Leontina, fitting Romina’s skirt. Florina, my sister who is helping me with work these days, trying on a pair of pleated black pants that I made a while ago. I should have chose a thicker fabric, maybe wool. .... read more
I got these pics from the MonkeyBizz Urban Style store Facebook page and I wanted to share them with you. Looks pretty and cozy, doesn’t it? You can find some of my dresses there. The address is: Carol Davila 7, Bucharest, Romania.