Sewing technics

Hi everyone! I'm a little bit tired because today we had a photo shoot for the Weekly Look. We started the Weekly Look project for 2013 and I'm really excited about it.

 I was looking for some sewing technics for my new collection and I found these nice forms which you can incorporate in your garment.

If you are interested for more nice technics visit this website.

I hope you find them inspirational. Stay tuned for Weekly Look next week!

My life experience in Budapest (Hungary)

Hi everyone! Holiday season is over, which means I’m back at work. I'm here to share with you my new projects and designs, which I'd like to do in 2013! This post is about my life experience in Budapest, but first I’ve got some breaking news.

Vittorio Missoni the famous fashion designer is missing!

“This kind of incident has a precedent: on January 4th 2008, another plane went missing on the same route and was never found. Weekly magazine Oggi suspects that it might have been hijacked by drug traffickers and used to deliver cocaine.

Anyone in Venezuela with any information is invited to contact the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs by calling the Crisis Unit or e-mailing the Ministry at unita.crisi@esteri.it. Please help us bring Vittorio, Maurizia and their friends home safely.” – on VOGUE

Ok, back at my stuff. My latest post in ’12 was about my kid collection and after that I went to Budapest to show my work at the ReMese contest. The program lasted for 3 days. ReMese is a community building program, where the Transylvanian and Hungarian designers unfold and share their knowledge about design. The topic for this program were tales which the designers had to incorporate in wearable kid clothes. The basic materials for the garment were recycled used textiles. The important part is that the designers had to use traditional Hungarian forms in their garment/design. For me this competition was a really big challenge. This three-day program included three separated topic for each day.

The logo (ReMese worked in a collaboration with KMDSZ from Transylvania)

First day was the “professional day” where a lot of successful designers and bloggers talked about their career and design in general. The program was opened by Szegedi Aliz Torella the head designer/owner of the organization. She talked about the concept and philosophy of the organization. I was impressed when she talked about Hungarian traditional forms, basically costumes, which Hungarian designers incorporate in wearable high fashion garments and in the same time every piece is made out of recycled textiles. All these concepts in one piece, makes any designer take it as a challenge.

Torellas speech.

After Torellas speech came Tatai Tibor presentation. He had a really life teaching experience. He worked on a vector design project for 5 months and when he finished up the company rejected his work without paying. After all the hard work he didn’t gave up, he turned the project to a much functional and usable form. The basic inspiration for he’s project were (surprisingly) traditional Hungarian forms and tales. The vectors which he was creating were of story tellers (mostly about Hungarian history). These vectors got printed on cups, shirts, and other simple objects which were sold as souvenirs. I think Tibor's work was unique, but his story was that really got to me. In this big world of economic crises everybody tries to survive, most people just getting lazy and giving up because it’s hard.

 Tibor presenting.

I think that was the moment, when I realized what I want to do in 2013 as a designer and what is that I want to make it work! Right after Tibor's presentation I was so distracted about my thoughts, I couldn’t concentrate on what was following.

There was another “punch in your face” presentation, where bloggers started to talk about Hungarian fashion. They talked mostly about Budapest in general, but they emphasized how they weren’t pleased on whats on the streets or runways of that city. Hungarian fashion is the most simple and sophisticated design I've ever seen and the bloggers agree with that. They also said how shallow people are on the streets and how they don’t use colored garments. This made me thinking: is the economic crisis or the everyday routine which made them so superficial? Maybe one day I will find out. What I really loved about this presentation were the advices that I got, like: how much the media counts when you are a famous blogger or how much your blog topic changes if you’re a known advertiser, but the most important is criticism and how to choose what’s good for you.

 The bloggers.

The second day was “the competition day”. I was shocked when I found out right before the show that I had to introduce myself in front of “big” peoples/designers, but in the end went well. It was my first kid’s collection so I was paranoid about the children. It was tough, I admit it, because you had to be careful and watch everything.

 The Style Mile kids collection.

When the show was over the jury analyzed all the presentations and garments. For the first time in my life I got promoted for my work. It felt good to be appreciated and I’m thankful for that.

Hegyi Lucia(Luan by Lucia fashion store owner) giving me the diploma

After the show we had a little gathering party with Hungarian fashion icons and designers. It was a pleasure for me to be there and to learn from the best.

The third day was “the get together day”. We all put our portfolios on the table and talked about our life experience and the jury gave us advice about the show. You can read more here.

For me these three days changed my life literally. I’m thankful for this opportunity and for realizing exactly what I want to do in 2013 and I hope everything is going to be just fine.

More about to come in March! How was the REmese changeing program in 2010 you can read here.

These photos were made by Pletl Peter and you can check hes work here.

Stay tuned for our next post of Style Mile :D!

Kid`s Collection Arrives

Hi everyone! Sorry for not writing for the last few days... The truth is I`m going to Budapest next week to present my new collection.The inspirations for my new kid`s collection were symbolistics of tales. The event`s subject was Transylvania`s children tales. I started reading books about "Matyas Kiraly" and other Hungarian fairy tales. After I finished up I made this inspirational board:

The materials which I used were partial materials and second hand clothes. This collection is based on refashion. Let me show you some materials:

These are remains of a blind for window. I love this color palette.Here`s a sneak peak off my collection.

Stay tuned for more pictures.As soon as I`ll get back from Budapest I will show you the whole collection. Thank you for supporting the Style Mile crew. If you haven't "liked" us on Facebook yet, you can do it now, here!

Weekly Look 29.11.12

Hi everyone! I'm a little bit late with weekly look but I finally got my photos :D ...We had nationals this weekend so our program got crowded. 

My inspiration for this look was a siren, since I was a child I wanted to be one. That's why I decided to make a dress based on this idea.

 The inspiration...

















The actual dress...

On this photo shoot I worked with Engi Brigita the model, Gina Bordas make up artist and the photographer Engel Levente. You can check his work here.

I hope you liked my dress :D ...Stay tuned cuz a new kids collection is coming soon....

The Pyramid Costume

Generally the ancient Egyptian Empire is placed in time between 3000 BC and 300 BC.

Given the warm climate of Egypt, the clothing was made of thin materials and with an easy construction. The raw material was flax, a plant which was grown along the Nile. Once harvested, the flax was prepared and woven into linen. In colder periods they used woolen coats and sometimes leather but these materials were considered impure. Along time, their garments were always simple in their construction and cut. The style changed very little in those almost 3000 years. As time passed the major changes occurred only in the quantity of the material used. As the Empire took control, the amount of material used, grow ample.

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The clothes had an important social role. The Cast System defined the costumes of the various social groups.  Slaves and children were generally naked; the commoner class wore loin clothes. The kalasiris, a kind of tunic, was worn by every social class above slaves. Basically it is a large piece of fabric made from a rectangle of sheer linen and held up by a girdle or shoulder straps. This varied in length along time. In the Old Kingdom they were short to the knees.

   

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Later, in the Middle Kingdom kalasiris gained in length, until it reached calf for men and the ankles for women. The shendyt, a kind of skirt worn around the waist, typically extending to above the knees, didn’t grow in length. It was a garment, which allowed freedom of movement. Shendyts are depicted on pharaohs, deities, and commoners in a variety of situations in various Egyptian artworks.

Rich women wore colored shoulder straps, sometimes studded with precious stones, and even decorative collars, those, who could afford it. Most of the time women’s breasts were covered, but now and then, hanging out was the fashion. The clothes usually were secured by a belt.

Upper class Egyptians frequently wore clothes made from thin, transparent linen. The degree of transparency indicated the wealth and status of the wearer. The same was standing for the amount of colored linen and gemstones used.

 

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The Pharaoh’s royal garment, the royal apron, was most expensive and elegant look. The material was transparent; it came in one piece and with a belt decorated heavily with expensive rocks.

 

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Jewelry was worn by women in every social class in form of ear studs, rings and necklaces. The pectoral was a trapezoidal piece of metal, made mostly of gold and plated with gemstones, worn around the neck by nobility. The fillet was wrapped around the head to hold the hair for both sexes.

The pharaoh had some reserved jewelry as the false beard named postiche and the crown. Representing the Lower Egypt was the Red Crown and for the Upper Egypt it was the White Crown.

It was a common tradition amongst Egyptian people to shave their heads. Wigs were an important thing in fashion, worn by both sexes made from wool, vegetable fibers or human hair, depending on the social status of the wearer. Usually they were made straight. They had an important practical function: in the hot climate it could be taken out for cooling, unlike the real hair and also protected from the heat of the sun. Te wealthier one was the more elaborated the wig it was. They adorned the wigs using ribbons, flowers and gemstones.

When actual hair was in fashion women had a bit longer style than men, so they had one more support to braid with jewelry.

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Both sexes wore makeup. They believed that cosmetics had magical power. As the eye of Horus was a powerful symbol in their religion, people wore green eye paints along the known black, to ward off evil spirits. The green paint was made of malachite. The famous black eyeliner was called kohl. It was a black powder, traditionally made by grinding galena and other ingredients. Actually it was used in South Asia, Middle East and across many other parts of Africa also. In the first period it was used only by queens and noble woman in Egypt as protection against diseases of the eye. It was providing color for the eyelashes, eyelids and eyebrows.

Egyptians used to paint their hand, nail and even their hair with henna.

As footwear they used sandals made of leather, papyrus or palm leaves. Most of the time people walked barefoot and only carried them to have it in case they needed to protect their feet. Only the pharaoh had his sandals always on and everyone in the same room with him had to take them off. It was the highest honor, when the pharaoh gave someone the right to keep his sandals on in his presence.

This article was corrected by Mathe Klara. I hope you enjoyed it! Stay tuned for weekly look and like us on FB!

Weekly Look 20.11.12

Hi everyone ! It's a new week with full of life! That's why I designed something really comfortable :D I wanted to recycle and re think things. This particular piece is made of an old sweater mixed with leather and chain.

On this Photo-shot I worked with  Sziodonia Siklodi (the model) and two photographers Bandi Andras and Engel Levente.

I hope you like my new design! On this week Style Mile crew goes to nationals!!! Keep your like up and support us on Facebook! Stay toned cuz the Pyramid Fashion post is coming soon. 

Weekly Look 12.11.12

Hy everyone! It's a new week which means I have a new design for you. My inspiration for this look it was college life :D I miss it sometimes. On this week I want to wear something casual and funky. How about you?

Make-up by Gina Bordas.

On this photo shoot I worked with Gina Bordas make-up artist, Engi Brigitta model and two photographers:

Bandi Andras you can check his work here. 

Engel Levente you can see his work here.

I hope you enjoyed it! Don't forget to like my page or follow me on G+. Stay tuned!