Diana Bobar

Welcome to my website ... and enjoy my journey inside the twisted world of Romanian fashion: from fabric choosing to pattern cutting, to the actual sewing - right now, I try to do my best in bulding my own clothing label: DIANA BOBAR DESIGN and having fun blogging the process.

Lavi’s B-Day Dress

Lavinia’s custom made navy lace bubble dress.

Lavinia is a salsa dancer from Constanta. She got to know my work from the NewElle store and for her birthday last month she wanted me to make her a dress. She knew exactly what she wanted, we decided on the color, she sent over her measurements and I made this dress for her. I was a bit scared about the fit of the dress,  but I was relieved to see how good the dress looked on her. <3

Monika & Daniela’s Dresses

Monika and Daniela wearing two outfits that I made for them to wear to a themed (Spanish) office party. Monika wears a one shoulder black cotton ruffle dress with a red waistband and Daniela wears a mermaid ruffles skirt with a black lace top that has an open back.

Left: pics taken at the fittings for their dresses; Right: the lovely ladies wearing their outfits at the event they attended.

Dark emerald shift dress with an asymmetric neckline.

Yellow silk dress with a pleated V bust.

Beige shift dress with round shoulder-pads (love Daniela’s orange heels in the right picture).

Monika in a silk printed pleated ‘flowy’ dress.

I also created these separates for her to mix&match and wear more often in different ways. Cyclamen silk draped top with a gray cotton pencil skirt. Beige silk shift dress with sleeves.

They were the ‘belles of the ball’ and that makes me sooooo proud. :)

More Results Of My Work

Tulle lace dress with crystals on shoulders; Tulle lace leather dress (corset and skirt actually) made for Cora.

Iza at the fitting for her draped, black, one shoulder cocktail dress; Roxi at her fitting for her printed silk prom dress.

Silk cobalt blue asymmetric ruffle dress with a pleated V-bust made for Oana.

Silk bow at bust top and skirt with a separate brown waistband made also for Oana.

Gray cotton dress with a cyclamen waistband and hand-sewed crystals at the neckline, made for Oana.

Colorful silk skirts with tulle on the lining custom made for Nicoleta.

Gray tulle bubble dress with separately attached silk flowers on one shoulder and a grey sequin waistband.

Bianca at the fitting for her light pink draped Georgette dress.

Marilena at the fitting for her navy silky tube-top overalls.

Printed silk long summer dress made for Sandy.

Cream silk pleated dress with sequins, lace and blue spray paint made for Luminita.

Caramel silk ruffle skirt made for Marilena; Cami having fun in her olive corset and long silk skirt.

My sister wearing a draped jersey top and printed pleated skirt that she made a while ago.

Patricia at the fitting for her flower printed halter neck dress; the back of Paula’s yellow silk dress at her daughter’s Christening.

White cotton silk dress with attached feathers. It can be worn both ways.

White and purple printed silk dress custom made for Raluca.

Two matching blue and pink tulle dresses.

This tiny dress was so adorable when it was finished. So small and cute!

Cristina and Dana wearing their red bridesmaid dresses for their friend’s wedding.

Anne wore a silk cropped jacket that I made, at her wedding. Her sister also wears a purple short dress with a deeply-cut out back.

Raluca looks pretty while wearing a turquoise silk one shoulder dress and a silk light grey jacket. Got the pics from Facebook. I love it when I find pictures of my work being worn.

My sisters finished her exams, so she helps a lot these days at the atelier. She also makes stuff for herself, trying out different patterns and fabrics. She made these navy cotton shorts a couple of days ago.

Plum silk draped dress made for Oana; Flo also made this printed dress for herself a week ago. I am very proud that she learns so fast! And now I am off to finish photographing the small collection that I just finished for the ‘My Second Floor’ Boutique in Kuwait!

Paula’s Book Launch

I am so proud of Paula! She is the young lady that I wrote about a couple of posts ago, who invited us to her daughter’s Christening, where I felt proud to see so many girls wearing dresses that I made.

Well, now it’s time to support her in her first endeavor as a freshly published author. Her book ‘ Celofan De Apa’ will be launched this Thursday in Timisoara, with a live concert by Madalin Luca, a photography exhibit by Diana Bodea with installations by Cosmin Haias, Sorin Oncu, Iulia Pordea. You are all invited, of course!

And she will wear a custom made dress by me. I can not wait!!!

Pretty @ The Prom

Andra, Doriana and Oana at their prom, wearing dresses that I custom made for them – that means we worked together to create them. Whenever a client has an idea about the dress that she wants to wear, we develop it together. I love that it’s teamwork, so that in the end it is the best version of the dress that she had in mind in the first place.

This way I also get to learn a lot about the likes/dislikes of my customer, experience that I will certainly need once I start growing my business by hiring more people.

Love Andra’s funky accessories.

Doriana in her lovely garden before the prom.

Roswitha at her prom in a pretty little purple tulle dress.

Love that the girls have fun wearing their dresses. That means they feel comfortable and good and that is very important for me.

Daiana and Evelina are from Moldova Noua and they came all the way to Timisoara for the fittings of their dresses. Love how well Daiana wore her hair. She owns the look! <3

Ioana at her prom in her black shift dress with attachments on the shoulder. Lovely nude platform pumps!

Alina wears a green silk draped dress that I made for her. She certainly stood out in a crowd.

And she was such a trooper for wearing that heavy necklace all night for the sake of the complete cool look. ;)

Adela looks pretty and feminine in her striped short, tight dress. I worked a lot making this dress just because she couldn’t come for fittings, as she lives all the way on the opposite side of the country – that means I had to be extra careful when I made it, I must have measured it a million times before finishing it. I felt such relief when I saw how well it fit her even without a fitting.

Diana, Andrada, Roxi and Oana at their prom, all wearing dresses that I custom made for them. Diana wearing a blue corset tulle dress with Mono platform pumps.

Andrada’s navy plum ruffle dress and Oana’s cream Grecian inspired draped dress.

Andrada and Roxi at the fitting for their dresses.

And I know Romina was not at her prom in this purple dress that I made for her, but the style of the photos and the overall positive energy they exude made me decide to post them here.

She told me she does not really wear dresses and high heels, but she pulled it off quite nicely. I am very proud! I, of course, love her black, cut-out heels.

Romina wore her dress at the sister’s child christening. I also made the caramel silk top that her sister wears in the picture above.

I am so proud and excited whenever I receive or Facebook-find pics of dresses that I made, being worn by such confident and fun young ladies. Makes me really happy.

SHORTS UP

This Saturday I decided to go out and socialize at SHORTS UP – the night of short movies. Hopefully it will be fun and I won’t get too tired too soon. If you are in Timisoara on Saturday I’ll see you there! ;)

Thanks to Doru for the invitation.

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