Diana Bobar Design Fall 2008 ready-to-wear collection.
Modeled by “Roro” - Roxana Lupescu; designed, sewed, styled and photographed by myself.
Finally, after months of work, my second ready-to-wear clothing collection is finished. We managed to take the photographs and I am quite pleased of how everything turned out. The starting point for this collection was my first spring/summer 2008 collection, which was about me and my feminine, flirty style, wearable clothes, with a bit of quirkiness to them, my weakness for pleats and love of draped fabrics. I didn’t want a huge departure from that, but I did want to evolve, to be more dark, sophisticated, however still adorably feminine. I designed pants that emphasize the hips, most shapes are belted at the waist to make my favorite silhouette even more obvious: tight (most of the times strapless) at the top, flowy, with a lot of volume at the bottom. Draping, pleats, ruffles, crocheted and painted details, made from satin-cotton-jersey-tulle-plastic-y fabrics create a contrast between the rigid and the flowy, the heavy and the light, the grays/ neutral colors and bold cobalt blue and hot pinks.
It’s funny how it all works out sometimes. Four months ago I had no idea what I would do in this lifetime, I was actually pretty desperate, with no ways to support myself, only one hope that ‘everything will be Ok’. Then, I started the fashion blog and now I have a clothing business running, orders from real stores, fabulous fashionistas wearing my designs in all corners of the world, future trade-show events to attend to, professional labels and new sewing machines, plans for opening an online store real soon, collaborations with talented handbag and shoe designers and a future spring 2009 collection to think of! Heads up, learn from mistakes and go on. The most important thing is to work hard and go on, no matter what!
All the garments are available for purchase, in all sizes (some of them, however, are available for limited orders). The price range is 40-100 Euro + 15 Euro shipping tax (for more details about the prices for each design contact me at diana[at]sofashon.com). Orders over 150 Euro have free shipping. Paypal is an available paying option for my designs, which can be shipped internationally (all around the world).
Look 1: White jersey dress with plunging neckline; flower printed elastic-textile belt at the waist.
Look 2: White jersey dress with pleats at the the sides, knit fabric, voluminous, butter-color sleeves; flower printed stretch-textile belt at the waist.
Look 3: Butter color knit top with pleats at the sides and a big collar, silver, wrap skirt with a wide waistband; flower printed stretch-textile belt at the waist.
Click to read the full post and take a closer look at all my fall 2008 designs. Don’t hesitate to comment and tell me your favorite looks!
Look 4: Strapless corset dress with attached satin fabric pleats at the top, spray-painted and painted with textile colors.
Look 5: Cotton dress with a plunging neckline and printed ruffles attached; leather belt from personal closet.
Look 6: Tight, gray dress with a layer of transparent fabric on top, halter neck, elastic strap and zipper at the front.
Look 7: Gray dress with a zebra printed fabric on top; black wrinkly stretch-textile belt at the waist.
Look 8: Gray hounds tooth printed coat, ruffled skirt underneath; flower printed stretch-textile belt at the waist.
Look 9: Gray cotton dress with plunging neckline; navy stretch-textile belt at the waist.
Look 10: Satin-cotton dress with printed ruffle attached; metallic stretch-textile belt at the waist.
Look 11: Metallic dress with a deep V neck and gathering at the sides; black wrinkly stretch-textile belt at the waist.
Look 12: Deep V neck top, two layered skirts: one metallic, one transparent zebra printed; black wrinkly stretch-textile belt at the waist.
Look 13: Icy blue ‘pencil skirt’ dress with gray, transparent layers at the top.
Look 14: Icy blue, super-short shirt dress; kimono jacket with blue animal printed lining and asymmetrical sleeves; metallic stretch-textile belt at the waist.
Look 15: Ruffled skirt with three layers of fabric: icy blue, dark satin-gray, transparent gray at the top and a thick waistband; black, strapless, cotton tube top.
Look 16: Icy blue, super-short shirt dress with attached pleated collar; flower printed stretch-textile belt at the waist.
Look 17: Printed strapless dress with pleats at the bust.
Look 18: Tulip skirt with pleats and a thick waistband; cobalt blue strapless top, gathered on elastic at the bust; metallic stretch-textile belt at the waist.
Look 19: Printed stretch dress with gathers and pleats on the sides.
Look 20: Strapless metallic dress, spray painted and gathered on elastic at the bust; it has a closure at the back-bottom for a ‘pencil’ shape; Navy bolero with transparent, gray fabric at the bust.
Look 21: Corseted metallic strapless dress with closure at the back.
Look 22: Butter-colored strapless dress with pleats at the waist, purple lining and a purple bow at the back.
Look 23: White pink dress with ruffles attached at the small sleeves, pleats; flower printed stretch-textile belt at the waist.
Look 24: Faux fur dress with a small band at the bust and pleats at the waist.
Look 25: Strapless dress with a printed fabric attached and zipper closure at the front.
Look 26: Strapless, corseted denim dress with butter satin fabric attached on one side.
Look 27: Strapless, wrapped tulip dress with a pleated printed fabric at the top and golden painted details on the front.
Look 28: Ruffled ‘butter’ cotton-satin skirt with a white waistband; strapless printed top, gathered on elastic at the bust; navy bolero-jacket with pleating detail at the front; crocheted necklaces.
Look 29: Navy knit fabric, draped dress with a big collar attached; flower printed stretch-textile belt at the waist.
Look 30: Black leather corset with a navy lining; gray hounds tooth printed, high-waisted pants.
Look 31: Navy dress with a full skirt part; flower printed stretch-textile belt at the waist.
Look 32: Navy dress with gold-painted ruffles at the sides and pleats at the waist.
Look 33: Black dress with cobalt blue straps and ruffles at the front.
Look 34: Blue knit strapless top, gathered on elastic at the bust; navy high-waisted pants, skinny at the ankle.
Look 35: African printed kimono jacket with navy lining; flower printed stretch-textile belt at the waist; blue knit strapless top, gathered on elastic at the bust; navy high-waisted pants, skinny at the ankle.
Look 36: Black, wrinkly fabric shirt dress; navy stretch-textile belt at the waist.
Look 37: Navy halter neck dress with black tulle ruffles at the skirt part.
Look 38: Black, wrinkly fabric kimono cropped jacket with blue animal printed lining; flower printed stretch-textile belt at the waist; navy high-waisted pants, tight at the ankles.
Look 39: Navy, transparent knit fabric, draped dress with a big collar attached.
Look 40: Black shirt dress with pleats at the front-bottom.
Look 41: Strapless black gown, with stretch fabric at the bust and a full, black tulle bottom part.
Look 42: Long, cobalt blue dress with gatherings at the front and sides (bottom), zebra printed halter-neck.
Look 43: Classic pink shirt; high-waisted ‘plum’ pants, tight at the ankles; gray kimono jacket with a hot pink lining.
Look 44: ‘Plum’ dress with pleated fabric attached at the bust and pleats at the waist.
Look 45: ‘Spray painted Plum’ dress with painted details at the bust a la Jackson Pollock.
Look 46: Short gray dress, pleated at the bottom, with a big, hot pink collar attached.
Look 47: Gray hounds tooth printed skirt with a thick, gray waistband and pleats at the front; strapless bubble-hem top; navy stretch-textile belt at the waist.
Look 48: Purple dress with pleats at the skirt part; metallic stretch-textile belt at the waist.
Look 49: Hot purple-pink dress with a band at the bust and pleats at the waist; black, wrinkly fabric stretch-textile belt at the waist.
Look 50: Purple dress, pleated at the bottom with an attached collar at the front.
Boots, sandals and shoes are Roro’s. Thank you Roxana so much for your tine and energy and for the fact that you were the first to really believe in my talent and fully, unconditionally support me. You are the perfect face and body for the Diana Bobar Design brand.
The fur head wrap an the leather gloves are my own, used for styling purposes only. When ordering a dress, you get the stretch-textile belts included to the outfit.
Here’s the whole look-book. Fore more info and orders, contact me at diana[at]sofashon.com.
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