Sculpted Beauty by Iva Kujundžić

Meet Iva Kujundžić, a Belgrade based artist/designer, who describes herself as an endless dreamer, passionate creator and true entrepreneur. She has won the FTDC contest at Serbia Fashion Week, giving her the opportunity to participate in FASHIONCLASH. A designer with the soul of an artist, her new collection, 'Sculpted Beauty', was inspired by Rodin's sculptures and the art nouveau era. The dominant veins in Rodin's work provided a direct link to the art nouveau era, known for its dynamic wavy lines. Moved by the emotion in these sculptures, she wanted to channel these in her collection, which she achieved through leather sculpting and handwork. The dominant veins in Rodin's work provided a direct link to the art nouveau era, known for its dynamic wavy lines. It was this anatomical challenge that provided her with inspiration to play with textures through a monochromatic lens.

Iva's collection will be presented at the Show Program on Saturday the 16th of June at the SAM-Decorfabriek. Get your tickets here.

The 10th edition of Serbia Fashion Week

The 10th anniversary of Serbia Fashion Week was held from April 24 - 29. The grand opening of took place in Dunavski Park, the alternative fashion of young designers curated by Srđan Šveljo was held at Kineska Četvrt former industrial complex, in SKC Fabrika. The fashion shows, as always, where staged at the Congress Center Master of Novi Sad Fair. The the closing ceremony will be held at the Serbian National Theatre. On this evening more than 20 organisations and notable people where honored, showing them support they gave to Serbia Fashion Week over the last five years.
I was there receive one of the jubilee awards on behalf of FASHIONCLASH.

Almost since the beginning FASHIONCLASH and Serbia Fashion Week exchanged talents. Several FASHIONCLASH designers where given the stage, while sveral Serbian designers, the winners of FTDC contest, where presented at FASHIONLCLASH Festival such as NEO Design and Moda Mišić. In 2018 Iva Kujundžić will take part at FASHIONCLASH Festival.

On the runway this edition several Serbian and international designers where given the stage. Among them the familiar names such as Bosko Jakovljevic, Bata Spasojević, Marije Šabić, Zvonko, Zvonko Marković and Ana Vasiljevic. Among the international designers where Bosnian designer Milan Senić, Dutch designer Addy van den Krommenacker and FASHIONCLASH designer Peer Cox.

Dutch fashion designer Peer Cox showed his collectin at the 10th edition of Serbia Fashion Week.
With his upcycled collection Peer shows that innovation and sustainability can go hand in hand.
Peer Cox took part at Fashion Makes Sense edition of FASHIONCLASH Festival in 2017.

The 10th edition was closed at the Serbian National Theatre in Novi Sad with a tribute show.
The closing ceremony of Serbia Fashion Week was directed by member of the French Haute Couture institute and Vice-President of Serbia Fashion Week, Eymeric François. François worked with Mugler from 1997 to 1999. The choreography was inspired by the golden age of haute couture in Paris – the 80s and 90s, when supermodels were superstars. The models’ hair will be styled by Frederic Pavard of Alexandre de Paris, a legendary hair stylist who has worked with renowned fashion houses such as Chanel, Yves Saint-Laurent, Givenchy, Christian Dior, Pierre Balmain, Jean-Paul Gaultier and Thierry Mugler for over 40 years.

http://serbiafashionweek.com

Fashion Talent Design Competition at Serbia Fashion Week

winner FTDC Iva Kujundžić

One of the highlights at the 9th of Serbia Fashion Week is the young designers contest. Finalists of the Fashion Talent Design Competitions, the FTDC and EFTDC, presented their collections.  Iva Kujundžić, the winner of the FTDC, the national talent category wins participation at FASHIONCLASH Festival 2018, Igor Lukić winner of EFTDC wins presentation at Serbia Fashion Week.

Taking place in Novi Sad, Serbia Fashion Week is one of the biggest fashion events in Eastern Europe. each edition designers from all over the world are showing alongside national designers. The event takes place from 20 - 27 November in the city of Novi Sad, Serbia's second largest city in the Vojvodina region. Novi Sad is elected to be European Capital of Culture in 2021. Since few years FASHIONCLASH collaborates with Serbia Fashion Week by means of exchanging designers.

http://serbiafashionweek.com

Moda Mišić at FASHIONCLASH Festival 2016

Meet Serbian designer Ivana Mišić (Moda Mišić) winner of Fashion Design Talent Competition at Serbia Fashion Week. Her price included participation at FASHIONCLASH Festival 2016.

FASHIONCLASH teamed up with Serbian Fashion Week  with aim to support young talent by means of talent exchange. Part of the SFW programme was the FDTC for Serbian designers, the winner of the competition wins FCF participation. Ivana is following Zorica Jadranski, the winner of FTDC 2015.

You can see Moda Mišić collection ‘Phoenix-Rebirth of woman's strength' at FASHIONCLASH Festival on Saturday July 2 Show 5 22:00. You can get your tickets here.

When did you realize you wanted to be a fashion designer? How long have you been designing clothing? 
When I was a child, I wanted to be a fashion designer when I grow up. My mum sewed me everything I wanted and always according to my idea. Then, when time came, I started going to High school for textile and design and on my second year of study I started designing seriously and actively. Since then 10 years have past.

Ivana Mišić wins participation FASHIONCLASH Festival 2016

Serbia Fashion Week, ss 2016 edition took place from November 10-16 in the city of Novi Sad in Serbia. FASHIONCLASH teamed up with SFW last year with aim to support young talent by means of talent exchange.
Part of the SFW programme is the FDTC Fashion Design Talent Competition for Serbian designers and EFDTC Fashion Design Talent Competition for international designers.
The winer of FDTC, designer Ivana Mišić is invited to be part of FASHIONCLASH Festival 2016.

More images and impressions of Serbia Fashion Week SS2016 see BRANKOPOPOVICBLOG.

Marta Miljanić on Elle Serbia cover

Photo: Dusan Reljin
Stylist : Nenad Janjatovic
MUA: Sasa Jokovic
Hair: Đurđica Ivanović
Model: Djurdja Stojiljkovic / Model Scouting Office

Milica Vukadinović at Belgrade Fashion Week

FASHIONCLASH Festival designer Milica Vukadinović presented a great new collection at 36th edition Belgrade Fashion Week.
https://www.notjustalabel.com/designer/milica-vukadinovic

FASHIONCLASH at Serbia Fashion Week

ANDREA LAZZARI Plùs Que Ma Viè

FASHIONCLASH designers ANDREA LAZZARI Plùs Que Ma Viè and Marko Marosiuk where invited to show their collection at Serbia Fashion Week, an international event that took place from 14 - 19 October in Novi Sad in Serbia.
FASHIONCLASH was also there to officially sign a cooperation agreement with Serbia Fashion Week, which will include exchange of one designer each year. On that occasion FASHIONCLASH awarded on of the finalists of FTDC Finals during Serbia Fashion Week. Winning designers Zorica Jaranski will show her collection at FASHIONCLASH Festival 2015.

http://www.serbiafashionweek.com

Marta Miljanic

Today we introduce you to a Serbian fashion designer Marta Miljanic. She participated to the FASHIONCLASH Festival last year. This year Marta will present her latest collection, Violent Dreams. The collection is inspired by fetish culture. Discover her work on June 13 at 10pm.

Hey, Marta! Please introduce yourself. Who are you? Where do you come from? What is your field of specialization? 
My name is Marta Miljanic. I am a fashion designer. I graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts of Belgrade from the Department of Scenic Costume and Fashion Design.

Where are you based? 
I am based in Belgrade, Serbia.

What inspires you in general? 
I am looking for inspiration in everything but especially from the various types of art (music, movies, architecture, literature, etc.).

KONY by Marija Janosevic

We introduce you to Marija Janošević and her label KONY, who is a Serbian fashion designer.

What inspires you in general?

Love, Life, Passion.

What is it like to be a young designer in your city/country?

It’s like you are all alone.

What attracts you about the FASHIONCLASH platform?

The lights, the camera, the opportunity…everything.

What is the concept behind your latest collection?

ACCEPTING differences, anxiety, origins, love, vulnerability.   

LIFE full of surprises, inspiration and creation. 

COLORS of Sun and Space, Earth and Heaven, and Joy and Divine.

Marko Marosiuk

Photography by Marko Vulevic

Today we introduce you to one of our returning designers, Marko Marosiuk, from Belgrade, Serbia. His collection portrays an end of a love story, and it is part of our fashion show programme.

Hi Marko! What inspires you in general? 
I know it sounds cliché, but my biggest inspiration is love. I am always trying to tell a love story, or I get inspired by a movie, or a book, or a song that talks about a love story. And then, there are so many other things that I combine with this basic idea.

What place or city do you find inspiring? 
I still find Paris to be the most inspiring cities of all.

What is it like to be a young designer in your city/country? 
To be a designer in Serbia is still very hard. It is an economically poor country, and people still don’t believe in the culture of buying designer clothes, even though Serbia has so many talented designers. But it’s nice to know that people still like and understand my design.

Ivana Pilja & George Styler at Belgrade Fashion Week

Ivana Pilja top

We love it when our designers are doing good!

This week, the 32nd Belgrade Fashion Week will take place and FASHIONCLASH Maastricht 2012 participants George Styler and Ivana Pilja are showing their collections.

Ivana Pilja is also featured in ELLE Serbia November 2012.

Photography: Miloš Nadaždin
Styling: Nenad Janjatović
© Elle Serbia

Get ready for Ivana Pilja

In 2010 Ivana Pilja debuted as a designer with an amazing collection and we had the honor to have her at FASHIONCLASH Maastricht. With her collection she has caught attention in many media and also won a prize at Begrade Fashion Week.
Now we are so excited to see her brand new collection that will premiere at FASHIONCLASH Maastricht 2012!


1. Please introduce yourself to our readers. (Who are you, where do you come from and what is your field of specialization?) 

My name is Ivana Pilja and I’m a fashion designer based in Belgrade, Serbia.

2. Tell us a little bit about the concept behind your collection. 

The collection seeks to be a representation of moving sculptures. Futuristic and a minimalistic form with oversized shapes which are straight, strong, and simplified geometrical. 

preview of new collection
picture by Nikola Sokolov

3. What served as inspiration for your collection? 

Insects. I went a step further with exploring fashion sculptures; costumes are revived and have received a variety of colors with insects inspired prints.

Ivana Pilja at FASHIONCLASH Maastricht 2012
picture Peter Stigter

4. The collection is very architectural and geometrical - Can you tell us why you used these kind of shapes? 

A very important part of my design is the research of new forms, regardless of my current collection’s inspiration, architecture and geometry remain as a recognizable part of my work. 

Ivana Pilja at FASHIONCLASH Maastricht 2012
picture Peter Stigter

5. What was the biggest challenge in your collection? 

My biggest challenged is to make pieces that are avant-garde and also wearable at the same time. 

6. If you had to describe your collection in 3 keywords which ones would you choose? 

Straight, strong, and simplified geometrical.

7. How do you personally define “fashionclash” or “a clash with fashion” for yourself? 

Opposites attract in all fields, in fashion everything is permitted.