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.
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.
Silk one shoulder dress with pleated blue details made for Carmen. Fur vest made also for Carmen. I can’t wait to fit her in thins vest, so that I can see it being worn. Light cream tutu tulle skirt made for Alexandra. I also altered this dress that I had at the atelier for my .... read more
I would rather go skiing right now, but I have to work this weekend. I am trying to finish a couple more orders from the long list of ‘to do work’. Because I neglected the blog this week, I decided that today was a great day to post all the client order pictures that have .... read more
Cobalt blue and black wool wrap jacket – can be worn on both sides. Black cotton wrap jacket with metallic waistband. Custom made black tulle tutu skirt and gray heavy-weight tulle tutu skirt made for a FrouFrou’s customer. FrouFrou’s owner and Madame Mode’s Leonie shows how it’s done: Lovely cool and inspiring looks in case .... read more
I found this picture of Gabriela on her Facebook profile, it’s from her prom and she is wearing a cream silk dress I made for her last summer. We wanted to highlight the hot pink high heels and that’s why we chose to go with a neutral/nude color for the dress. It fits her fantastically .... read more
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