I am lucky to have come to a point where I don’t lack clients and work. Actually that’s also why I didn’t post so much lately. But I promise I’ll make up for it, as I have a big bunch of fun posts to come, a resort collection and also a new website design. Yes, So Fash’on will get a new look, but more on that later! Right now we’re talking fabulous clients wearing Diana Bobar Designs. Enjoy!

Mara was a great client to work with, as she gave me a lot of freedom regarding the fabrics and shapes for her dresses. Also we talked a lot about how she can accessorize them differently and I’m glad she actually tried to wear them in so many different ways. A change of a belt, or wearing a cute bolero can sometimes make a huge difference!

It’s fun to make dresses for younger clients, just because I can play a lot more on the ‘fun’ part of a garment. From top to bottom: Izabela wearing a classic hot pink, strapless prom dress; Stefania rocking the ruffles; Ioana looking adorable in the blue ‘bloom’ dress.

Diana and Ruxi at fittings for their feminine dresses. Yes, that is why they still have their pants on. :)

Tina is a good friend of mine and whenever she comes over I always make her try on the dresses that I work on, just because she is a perfect size 38, size that most clients of mine actually wear. So, I can see the fit and make changes, if necessary.

I have some quite important projects in the works right now (wedding dresses and such :) and hopefully I’ll manage to make them lovely girls look even more fabulous. Stay tuned for more pictures from fittings and photos from the actual events!

Catalin Chitucea photographs for the special ‘Nude‘ collection by Emilia Paunescu; model: Roxana Lupescu.

I was literally blown away by these photographs Catalin Chitucea took for the special ‘Nude‘ collection by Emilia Paunescu, which will be shown on the runway tomorrow, 10th Aug 2008, as part of the IRAF - International Romani Art Festival. The show will take place at 10 p.m. at the ‘Cinematograful De Vara’ location in Timisoara, Romania.

My favorite model and friend, Roro [Roxana Lupescu] looks breathtakingly amazing in these photographs, no? Seriously, I think these are some powerful images and I actually can’t decide which one of them to use as my desktop background.

Congratulations to the photographer, Catalin Chitucea, for the great photographs, to the make-up artist and hairstylist for their well-done job and to Emilia for the collection, which I can’t wait to see live, tomorrow. See you there!

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’. :)

Me and my DBD Resort 2009 collection at the ‘My Grandma’s Backyard‘  home-, hand-made and vintage fashion & accessories event, 3 Aug 2008, Bucharest, Romania.

As I told you here a couple of weeks ago, I attended the fourth edition of the ‘My Grandma’s Backyard‘ home-, hand-made and vintage fashion & accessories event, with a couple of dresses from my Resort (Pre-Summer 2009) collection (I will post the look book soon, I promise). While the public response to my latest work was very pleasing, the sales were not that great. The event was fun to attend, meeting and seeing all sorts of interesting and creative people, however, most attendees came with second hand/vintage clothes to sell, offering all sorts of bargains, which were hard to resist for the people who were there. My work was at a higher price point than the second hand stuff and I felt the difference in the sales.
My dresses  were in a totally different direction than the whole mood of the event, which was of course: vintage. For the Diana Bobar Design Resort 2009 collection I made floaty and feminine garments in pinkish and pale colors, with degraded purple spray painted details, made from fabrics such as cotton, organza and silk. I only wish there would have been more young designers present. Maybe someone could pick the idea up, and actually organize some sort of networking for up-and coming Romanian designers, who could periodically meet up and have some sort of a ’sale’ together. Would certainly be fun.

All in all it was a positive experience and I am glad I was there.

Images from the 4th edition of the ‘My Grandma’s Backyard‘ home-, hand-made and vintage fashion & accessories event.

Dana Coteanu aka. ‘Marijuana’ is a well-known Romanian hip-hop artist. We grew up listening to her songs (see one of her biggest hits here and here) and now she actually had fun trying out my clothes and we staged a small photo-shoot too. We certainly had fun and it’s obvious she knows how to move and has a great presence in front of the camera. I’m so glad to see her rocking my designs.

First picture: me and Dana Coteanu aka. ‘Marijuana’. Belated official ‘Happy Birthday’ for the fab organizer of the event, Gabriela-Maria Vlad (first in the second pic).

The lack of posts recently is due to the crazy, fun summer I’ve had. I’ll post pictures of the Diana Bobar Design Resort 2009 collection soon, besides that the latest My Grandma’s Backyard fashion event took place which was fun (I’ll post pics from there too), pics from client fittings and from projects I worked on the last couple of months. Besides all the work, I’ve had the most amazing time at a local resort and partying with my best friends. The last couple of weeks really changed me, made me put everything into perspective, from future plans to ways of really, genuinely enjoying life.

Hope you had, and still have a fun fun summer. And I promise I’ll post more often.

Roro (my favorite model) is the most positive and fun person to be with, we always end up having tons of fun. And the summer is so not over yet!