ZOOFA is a shop which brought together Slovenian designers from the fields of fashion and applied art. PATRICIA PIE, ZELOLEPO, JSP, PRINCIP by Mojca Celin, NELIZABETA, NI – nikoli isto/never identical, Renata Bedene, Firma by Sanja, Simona Kogovšek, tinapavlin in vesnastih. At their joint presentation they exhibited the collection Urbani nomadi (Urban nomads).
Tina Gorkič, a student of the Ljubljana Faculty of Natural Sciences and Engineering who was awarded at the April Fashion Week with a presentation at the LJFW, took advantage of the opportunity with her collection Aisha, which "puts in the foreground African women and their day to day struggle for equality of genders". "Study of meaning and symbols resulted in combination of different colours and patterns and textures, with a great emphasize on materials," the young designer explained.
MiroMisljen, known for his extravagant ideas and often even more extravagant execution, named his collection The loves of Vincent van Gogh. For his inspiration he borrowed from the canvases of the famous painter, "the genius who failed to satisfy his strong craving for love, the artist with unfulfilled heart," the disproportionality.
Mateja Štimac under the trademark EBER krznarstvo presented the collection for the coming autumn-winter season MIX & MATCH ¬ PART II, based on the patchwork concept. She combined different types of fur, as well as leather and fur, and knitwear and fur.
Monday morning at the Fashion Week was dedicated to conversation over coffee; Katja Horvat talked with Saša Štucin, who lives and works in London, and Stefan Dotter, who is active between Berlin and Paris, about fashion media. At 5 p.m. in the Pritličje bar, Mestni trg square 2, a selection of short fashion films awarded at the fashion film festivals in Berlin, Madrid, Medellín, Canada and Mexico was presented, in the presence of Niccolò Montanari, one of the founders of the Berlin Fashion Film Festival (BFFF), who made the selection for LJFW. Entrance was free of charge.
The exhibition Ne[s]končno_neizbrisljiv is included in the LJFW as a tribute to the deceased designer Zoran Garevski. The exhibition of his selected work will be open for visitors from Tuesday to Saturday in the Ljubljana City Hall; admission is free.
A. K., D. S.; Translated by G. K.
Photo: Jure Makovec, Damjan Končar
