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Rooftops of Amman into your home: interview with the designer Tanja Haddad & her home collection for IKEA

June 14th, 2021 / by Alina Aliman / in: Dazzling stories / No responses

Imagine a flying carpet that takes you straight to Amman, Jordan. Imagine that you see, from above, the old houses, the silver tins, the greenery on the rooftops… And, what if you can see all of these right into your house, on the most beautiful deco line, a collaboration between IKEA and the ...

Live your love story: interview with Olivia Bransbourg, the creative director of Sous le Manteau perfumes

May 28th, 2021 / by Alina Aliman / in: Dazzling stories / No responses

I’ve been thinking at some dark heavy scents when I first found out about Sous Le Manteau line. After all, “under the cloak” is, usually,  for “clandestinely” or “in disguise”. My biggest surprise was to see the five perfumes of the line as they really are: some love stories. ...

Flash Q&A with the designer of Cloche brand

May 5th, 2021 / by Alina Aliman / in: Dazzling stories / No responses

Ioana Popa is a super nice and super energetic designer; she talks fast and, in her brand studio - launched 10 years ago, „out of love and passion for clothes”, you feel like everything is possible. And you can also dress almost for any occasion. Even I tried only some casual clothes, from the ...

Put your hat on: interview with Corina Leca at DeCorina Hats

December 9th, 2020 / by Alina Aliman / in: Dazzling stories / No responses

I don’t really know if I ever liked myself with a hat :) Probably not. But this didn’t stop me trying some cool & new hats models from DeCorina Hats. And, in between, to chat a little with the designer of the most wonderful hats around.  The pieces signed DeCorina Hats are ...

Playing in the 3D prints world: an interview with the artist Tammy Lovin

November 25th, 2020 / by Alina Aliman / in: Dazzling stories / No responses

She says she didn’t want to be a fashion designer, but a product designer. Lucky for us, Tammy Lovin signs, today, a lot of cool & funny clothes, with the most incredible 3D prints - blue bananas, pink balloons, orange pipelines and a lot of possibilities to customise them in everyone’s ...

Ceramic dreams: interview with the designer Maria Paltin

November 4th, 2020 / by Alina Aliman / in: Dazzling stories / No responses

You could see, from far, far away, that Maria Paltin is an architect. Her ceramic & porcelain pieces are so well structured and so nice shaped that could pass, easily, as some mini-sculptures. I loved her beautiful rings (nice and clean, with organic details popping out) at a first glance. ...

Plastic bags transformed into a jewellery line: meet the young designer Sabina Dragusanu

October 7th, 2020 / by Alina Aliman / in: Dazzling stories / No responses

#sustainability is not just an overused word. For some designers, sustainability means taking one the biggest enemy of our oceans - the plastic bags - and convert it into something wearable and nice - a line of cute jewellery. That is all about in Sabina Dragusanu latest jewellery collection - ...

A week in jewellery world: 6 Romanian jewellery designers to watch

September 11th, 2020 / by Alina Aliman / in: Dazzling stories / No responses

What if I just cannot choose just one favourite piece of jewellery? What if I want to wear a different one, every day, the whole week? Well, the first edition of Romanian Jewelry Week, organised by Assamblage in September 2020, solved my problem. And that’s because I found out at least 6 ...

Wonders painted on silk: interview with the designer Claudia Trofimov

September 2nd, 2020 / by Alina Aliman / in: Dazzling stories / No responses

Every scarf is different. Because, as the designer Claudia Trofimov said, “My emotions when I paint a new piece are different, too. Each scarf keeps a piece of me, and none of them looks like the other. I see the silk scarf as a canvas in which I can capture some of the wonders of the world we ...

Brâncuși, love and a hint of history: a jewellery collection signed by Claudia Florentina

March 11th, 2020 / by Alina Aliman / in: Dazzling stories / No responses

I was expecting a story about the beautiful, extremely interesting pieces of jewellery, built as a complicated architecture. I received, in Claudia Florentina studio, (as a well deserved bonus!), a fascinating story about re-interpretations of Brancusi's works and some forgotten Romanian motifs, ...