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.
Anca Buzea is a make-up artist from Bucharest and a good friend. I wanted to write a post about her for a while now, but all the work left me with no time for blogging (as you probably noticed by the few posts that I wrote recently – but I promise I will make up .... read more
I love this pink summer hat, tried it on and had to share the pic. I would wear it in a very black-leather-with-studs-and-a-funky-twist-kind-of-way, but Florina did not let me get it, because she said it was too over the top. What do you think? Yay or nay? I would accept the challenge of building a .... read more
I won’t be going to see my family for Easter this year, because I want to use the quiet time to work on the new collection: still searching and setting the mood, making sketches, thinking of the presentation that we will have this summer again, at Valiug. This year will be one of visible growth, .... read more
Beige lace bronze bow waistband dress with a bronze silk cotton lining made for Adriana. Light pink/grey draped one sleeve embroidery dress and a pleated and draped turquoise one strap dress (below), both custom made for Anca for her wedding party. Cyclamen pink pleated bust tulle dress made for Andreea. Pleated light yellow silk dress .... read more
I am glad to finally tell you about our new collaboration with the Fashion Place online store! You will be able to get a selection of my dresses directly from them. You can see details about all of them here. I am sooo excited! Hopefully I will be able to offer an even larger selection .... read more
…that I sculpted myself, with marzipan, at the Prospero offices. It was a very fun and exciting experience, made me remember my childhood, when I used to go to art class and every Friday, instead of painting, we studied sculpture. Prospero helped me make the Darth Vader chocolate cake for X3, because they moved into .... read more
Ruffled light orange silk top and printed, pleated, high-waisted skirts custom made for Oana. Purple and white printed pleats dress made for Cristina. Cyclamen pink asymmetric chiffon dress made for Miruna. Coral cotton jacket with a striped shirt lining custom made for Codruta. Printed bustier dress with black embroidery attachments, sent at the NewElle store in Constanta. .... read more
…For the RoBlogFest party that will take place tomorrow evening, 7PM, at the Silver Church in Bucharest. The options are: My apologies for silly cell-phone-snap-shots, but I finished the two printed dresses literally one hour before the train left for Bucharest, leaving me with 30 minutes for the packing, so I had no time to .... read more
The new Josephine bridal collection is ready and beautifully photographed by Andi Popescu, in our atelier/showroom in Timisoara. Melinda posed in a strapless ivory silk pleated bustier dress that I custom made for this Josephine photo-shoot. Anca Mihalache is responsible for making her look so pretty. And below you can see my favorite jewelry pieces .... read more
The new collection is almost ready, all I need to do is finish up a couple of pieces, find a blonde, tall, Nordic-looking model for the photo-shoot, get Andi to photograph the collection and that’s that. My mind right now however concentrates on what comes next: long colorful chiffon gowns for the presentation at Valiug that we will .... read more