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.
This year has been a very busy year for me. This summer was amazing because, besides all the evening dresses I created, I also got to make a few wedding dresses. Bridal fashion is a territory where I took only a few steps, so I am always amazed when I see designers who do just .... read more
Because it’s all about good bad love hate in this world, no? Photographer: Andi Popescu; Models: Flavia & Miru; Assistants & Making Of: Bebe & Soso; Make-Up & Hair: Sergiu Bechian; Clothing: Diana Bobar; Accessories: Josephine. Edit: only 4 of the first shots above are ‘approved’ by the photographer, but I posted more of them .... read more
Florina Erimescu and me, both wearing stuff I made of course. I traveled a lot to Bucharest this year, it takes about 8 hours to get there from Timisoara by train and it’s extremely exhausting and tiring. Besides the fact that you can not really sleep well at night, the city itself is a too .... read more
Me, Florina, Andi, Soso, Bebe and the two models, Flavia and Miru went on location, somewhere outside TImisoara, for a photo shoot yesterday. It was extremely cold and a lot of mud around, but we managed to get some good photographs with the girls wearing the coats that I made last week and headpieces from .... read more
Florina‘s new collection is ready and perfectly photographed by Andi and here are my favorite pieces. Because of my injury I had to stay at home a lot last month, so it was a pleasant surprise when I saw that she took her famous brooches, headpieces and necklaces to another level. And you may have .... read more
So I finished the doll for Unicef yesterday and first I wanted her to be a Gothic princess but she turned out to look more of a cute queen, right? She wears a black lace dress with the top part made of faux leather with metallic details. The eyes and the lips are also hand .... read more
Metallic checkered double breasted coat (the buttons will be simple, round and metallic) with a big collar and an elastic waistband. Flower printed coat with an attached handmade flower at the front and separate golden waistband. Black wool wrap coat with a separate metallic waistband. Metallic gray dress with a bow detail at the front .... read more
To prove that this kind of wrap jacket can be worn in a gazillion different ways. The waistband is separate. The jacket can be worn on both sides. This piece is one of a kind because my black&white checkered fabric stock has run out, but of course I can make wrap jackets with similar looking .... read more
Black and white checkered pleated skirt. Pink zebra dress with rosettes at the waist – both of the dresses above have a deep V cut back. Metallic gray spray painted long dress with attached rosettes at the bottom. Red silk long dress with cream waistband and silk handmade rosettes at the waist. Plum wool wrap .... read more
Gray silk spray painted pleated dress, size 38. Mint silk spray painted pleated dress, size 38. Pencil skirt with embroidery attachments, size 38; plum cream bow dress, size 36/38. Plum white dress with embroidery and crystal attachment at bust, size 38. Knit asymmetric wrap sweater. All of the garments above are available at the Ummagumma .... read more