SCIUMÉ at FASHIONCLASH Festival 2015

Today we are introducing Valentina Sciumé: an Italian designer, now based in Milan. She has been a designer for more than ten years. Her overwhelming passion for fashion, combined with her multiple job experiences, leaded her to launch her own brand of accessories, SCIUMÉ, two years ago. This year she will participate at designer market at FASHIONCLASH Festival 2015. Get ready to meet her and her collections by then!

http://www.sciumeaccessori.com/it/

Q&A with designer Valentina Sciumé:

How would you describe your work? 
I think it's one of the most creative and dynamic jobs. It involves both precision and techniques, not only creativity. Before starting every new collection, I always do lots of research about the theme, new materials, and colors that I might use. When my ideas are clear enough, I start designing the technical part. And then after a meeting with suppliers, I make the first prototypes. Finding your own voice is difficult, where and how do you find your personal creativity? I look for creativity through my travels and landscapes. But creativity always occurs to me suddenly at an unknown moment. I need to see new things, walk and be aware of the details of the cities where I stay. Sometimes, even a building can trigger my new ideas. That’s what stimulates my creativity from time to time.

Mirte Engelhard + Nikki Giling = FASHIONCLASH Maastricht Fashion Show

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

Hi, we are Mirte Engelhard (fashion designer) and Nikki Giling (accessory designer) and we are both from Arnhem, Holland. 

Mirte Engelhard: I graduated in Fashion Design at the ArtEZ Institute of Arts in Arnhem in 2009. Since then I’ve been running my own store in the Arnhem Fashion District and did several jobs for theater and dance companies and some collaborations with different disciplines. My style is characterized by nonchalantly falling shapes with sportswear details. A little Tomboy-ish. Most of the time I design women’s wear, but now and then I also like to design for men. 

Nikki Giling: In 2008 I graduated in Product Design at the ArtEZ Institute of Arts in Arnhem. During my study I specialized in designing fashion accessories. To learn the craftsmanship of making leather bags I followed an extra education. After my study I cooperated with several kinds of fashion designers and at the same time I was creating my own collection for my label Nikki Giling. I now own a shop in the fashion district of Arnhem were you can see me work on new items and buy my work.