Irina Marinescu spring/summer 2009 ready-to-wear collection. These are just some snaps that I took from the show. Loved everything about it: the music, the feeling, the effortless coolness and apparent easy-to-wear feeling of the designs, the fact that it actually made me think of my mom, even without reading the press-release and knowing the source of inspiration. See more catwalk pictures here.

Funny and very true story: I was randomly walking on the streets in Bucharest (had to somehow spend an hour in-between meetings) and luckily met with Alex Conu, who headed to a few fun events that evening: the Extins jewelery exhibition (see video from the opening here) and the Irina Marinescu ss09 fashion show. After finding the location of the fashion show, I had to meet with a client really quick, so I returned a bit later to the show. While desperately searching for the very few familiar faces who I knew were already there, in the big Romanian fashion crowd, a nice guy told me that there were a few free seats next to some editors in the front rows. After I made myself comfortable, the show started right away and I loved the fact that i could take pictures and film the ending from my seat. I felt like one of the Fashionistas at any of the NY-fash-week shows. Socializing in Bucharest was actually a lot of fun; I met with clients and collaborators, editors and stylists, saw important people from the industry, familiar faces that you know but don’t always have the privilege to actually meet. The best experiences happen when you don’t plan them and this certainly was one of them!

Irina Marinescu at the finale of her show; Maurice Munteanu and Domnica Margescu, two of my favorite fashion editors [who worked or still work]for Elle Romania (next time I will run after Domnica and just introduce myself; it can’t be that difficult, right? this time, I missed the opportunity); Alex Conu, Claudiu from Mauvert, Roxana Radu and me in a funny after-show snapshot.

Here is a short video of the show finale:

Update: Dan just posted this pictures of me chatting with Alex at the Extins jewelery exhibition opening. Thank you very much! See more photos here.