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Jingle All The Way at Christmas Concept fair 

December 5th, 2018 / by Alina Aliman / in: Cool things / No responses

The perfect gift is that one that makes your mom smile. The ideal Christmas present is the one that stays in your friend’s house year after year. That thing cool enough to be trendy, but smart enough to be sustainable, as well. If you were already start looking for Christmas shoppings, I know the ...

8 collections to see at MATERIA 2018 

October 16th, 2018 / by Alina Aliman / in: Dazzling stories / No responses

It will be hard to choose my favourites this year from all the talented designers at MATERIA 2018 fair. And now, more than ever, it will be very hard for me to decide if I will take home a bag, a pair of beautiful shoes, a necklace made out of leather, earrings or some multi-functional ...

Sies Marjan: a designer to watch

September 12th, 2018 / by Alina Aliman / in: Details / No responses

Colours. Always colours. A lot of sophisticated cuts and interesting textures. The New York based designer Sies Marjan is a stars’ darling, already, only at his fifth collection. And a designer to watch closely. Sies Marjan is based in New York. His collections are available on ...

Exhibition Orla Kiely: A Life in Pattern

August 20th, 2018 / by Alina Aliman / in: Exquisite experiences / No responses

“I sometimes think that my brain works in repeat. I love the order and regiment of repetition, and how anything and everything can be patterned in this way, as if you are looking at the world through a prism or kaleidoscope”, said Orla Kiely. A magic kind of kaleidoscope, if we look at the ...

Tales in the mirror: MONOM & Crina Bulprich 

August 8th, 2018 / by Alina Aliman / in: Dazzling stories / No responses

An architectural piece of jewellery needs a cool outfit to go with. A perfect summer look always requires a spectacular pair of earrings. Therefore, there was no better way to put in the spotlight the two fashion brands from Cluj, MONOM & Crina Bulprich. Everything has started as a play. ...

Pshycho the new Kitsch – meet the young designer Smaranda Buc

July 20th, 2018 / by Alina Aliman / in: Dazzling stories / No responses

I didn’t choose the headline. The designer did. Because she had a good idea on what’s going to express through her entire collection. I met Smaranda Buc backstage, before the UAD Gala 2018 and she was kind enough (even nervous about the show) to explain me the main lines of the moodboard of her ...

My Lady Gaga moment from Alexandru Manuel Pop collection 

July 11th, 2018 / by Alina Aliman / in: Dazzling stories / No responses

When you are dressed like Lady Gaga at 10 o’clock in the morning in a hotel lobby and, instead of ironical smiles you get some paparazzi snapshots from editors, journalists and blogger friends… that means, for sure, that something went good with your outfit. And this also means that the clothes ...

Flash quiz: 10 questions with Alexandra Abraham 

April 25th, 2018 / by Alina Aliman / in: Dazzling stories / No responses

First, I saw her leather pieces in Molecule-F store. And I thought it is quite interesting  that someone has imagined so many sexy ways that you could wear a leather strap. Then, I saw, on Instagram, her colourful pieces for Spring/Summer 2018 collection and I have decided to pay her a visit. I ...

On the silk road: Silkdom bags story 

April 18th, 2018 / by Alina Aliman / in: Dazzling stories / 2 Responses

There is so much magic and there is so much mystery in a piece of silk, so many amazing stories are hidden in a bag that even a few volumes of “1001 nights” would not be enough. The Silkdom story began with a grandmother who, like anybody else, wore silk dresses, but also with a piece of fabric ...

Five o’ clock coffee with Ioana Ciolacu  

April 11th, 2018 / by Alina Aliman / in: Dazzling stories / No responses

My first interview with Ioana Ciolacu was (I think) in a GLAMOUR Romania edition, some years ago. Since then, I looked up for every collection signed by the Romanian designer, I followed her runways at Berlin Fashion Week. And I was happy to see that Ioana Ciolacu Showroom has opened in a gorgeous ...