It’s been a couple of years now since Silvio Vujičić (b. 1978), then a young student at Zagreb’s Faculty of Textile Technology and the Academy of Fine Arts, was touted in the media as one of the most promising Croatian fashion designers.
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Ajda wearing black dress, by Anna Aichinger; lame black pumps: Paco Gil, Stiefelkonig
Find inspiration in the background.
Ignore what others say and blend in.
Bold is beautiful.
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The Cabinet of Curiosities / Le Cabinet de Curiosités
Every year some 70 – 100 interested students apply for courses in the fashion department of the University of Applied Arts Vienna. Some 10 per cent pass the entrance exams o the basis of their work and talent. In total, roughly 40 students study – at all levels – in the fashion department here.
The fashion department team includes a small group of highly-qualified tutors who plan the artistic curriculum and teach under the guidance of Veronique Branquinho.
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Forget all the accessories.
Make sure you wear sequins and glitter at all times.
Be romantic. Spend an afternoon in the forgotten nostalgia of the Italian Riviera.
(And don’t forget the hats.)
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Fashion scouts are cracking containers with clothes discarded and donated to the hillbillies. In line (together) with the homeless, they’re waiting for the Red Cross handout bringing heaps (containers) of clothes into the ateliers of the renowned designers of the fashion metropolises. As the gap between rich and poor widens, the urban-versus-rural barrier breaks. Country boys are turning into adventure undertakers. Suntanned studio-types are casting themselves in front of beauty salons. They’re all wearing camouflage suits in the city or the country, and now and then it protects them from their own species. Perfect!
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creatura-deer decolte
Made-to-order shoes with ice-like glass bead ties aren’t for everyone; for Ljubljana-based Leonora Jakovlevic, the spirit behind Ave Femina, they’re the mischievous realization of free-flight dreams.
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