The third Ludmila Corlateanu collection for summer 2009 is entitled ‘Kellylicious’. “The story of the collection is based upon a fictional story of the bachelorette Grace Kelly having a vacation on Cote D’Azur in 2009. Her real life elegance and the scenery colors of a summer French Riviera was the core influences on this collection. Another inspiration was the silhouette line of the dresses from the end of 50’s and beginning of the 60’s, which applied to the contemporary tendencies and realized with the use of the technological fabrics resulted in a modern vintage look.” [source]

Ludmila Corlateanu and me at the ‘My Grandma’s Backyard‘ event, 3rd Aug 2008, Bucharest. Ludmila is wearing her own design from her latest collection ‘Kellylicious’ - summer 2009.

I had the great opportunity to meet up with Ludmila Corlateanu herself recently and catch up with her. We talked a lot about the struggles, trials & tribulations of the young, Romanian designer. She is the most adorable person ever and as we talked on and on about the difficulties of this business (the Romanian fashion business that is) I realized I’m not the only one who has to work hard everyday and learn from own [sometimes bad] experiences.

‘…you can tell by the way she walks, she rules the world’. :)