Eastern European Ethnic
Fashion
Romania is a less known country in the Eastern Europe and it seems that recently it has been discovered by the fashion world and it makes furors among the viewers.
A french designer called Philippe Guilet figured that he will come with something extraordinary and shocking to the fashion community by getting the inspiration from Romanian folklore as he is known to be originated from here. I guess with his collection he tried to make it out for the country that he has origins in. For that he went and contracted multiple Romanian artisans and started from the old clothing style and turned them into modern clothes that are going to be next years fashion hit at the fashion week in Paris.
The clothing he got inspired from are the: Romanian "ie" which is a blouse made out of in and hand sewed with colorful designs, the Romanian "cojoc" which is a furry natural leather also hand made with black or red designs, the Romanian "poale" which is the skirts that women used to wear, the "naframa" or "basma" used to be wore on heads by women also, "braul" from hard leather for men and very flourished one sewed by hand for women.
The Romanian fashion is a huge inspiration and will continue to be since the clothes are very easy to wear and comfortable. It was about time that if no designer from Romania took an attitude and try to make Romanians proud outside their "brothers" thought of them an gave them a start.
"We have produced something beautiful...Its a passport for Romania.", these are the designers words about his collection that he named "The Prejudice" and will only be on cat walk next year in Paris.
The shoes with an interesting heel, inspired by the Endless Column by the Romanian sculptor G. Brancusi, made a huge impact on Romanian media. The wedding dress made by the designer is made from multiple hand made white decorations for furniture used to be placed in Romanian houses 100s of years ago and in some parts of Maramures and Moldova those are still used. The bolero that was inspired from the Romanian folklore is made from 1000s of beads hand sewed.
Even the horse fashion from folklore was transformed into women clothes and with this creating some remarkable costumes. The Romanian holidays traditions were not forgot and the Easter egg paintings made by women here are also present in the collection. All the folklore still present in remote areas of Romania are present in his collection and all the culture known outside that is from Romania are found in a modern way in Phillippe Guilets collection.
The french designer took the last 5 years preparing this showcase and we all hope that he would not stop here and continue to be inspired by the Romanian folklore and artisan art. The news about his collection appeared all over the world and lots of critics want to be present at the showcase so they can have a first look at the collection. I truly believe that this is the new wave in fashion design.
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