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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, ...

Katerini Mou, bites of happiness: interview with the designer

February 12th, 2020 / by Alina Aliman / in: Dazzling stories / No responses

A tiny little detail can change everything, in just one second. In life, in a business but, more important (at least here, on a lifestyle blog) in an outfit. Katerini Mou headpieces, the earrings and the brooches are, in fact, those accessories that emphasise my statement. Those details that ...

Mihaela Gherlan: the feminine suit reinvented

January 8th, 2020 / by Alina Aliman / in: Dazzling stories / No responses

Determined, hard-working, warm and very, very talented: Mihaela Gherlan is one of my favourite discoveries lately on the Romanian designer’ market. I have noticed her jumpsuits a couple of years ago, I tried (and I loved) the blazers with sexy & cheeky messages (how does it sound ...

Corina Vlădescu: collections with a cool vibe

December 18th, 2019 / by Alina Aliman / in: Dazzling stories / No responses

It is so nice and so cozy in Corina Vlădescu studio that I could stay here for an entire day enjoying a cup of coffee and the incredible view. And, of course, indulging myself with some outfit trials from her latest collections. For an hour, I tested the elegant & pop art side of me (with a ...