Modern fashion spreads widely - Kirsten Hiller

03 Aug '06

3 min read

438 designers from more than 40 nations have been motivated by this years Triumph International Fashion Award to create modern fashion on the theme “Dress up for Mozart - Rock up Rococo!”. We have asked the 3 Finalists Kirsten Hiller, Paz Soto Salinas and Tatiana Pogrebnyak about their vision of Mozart, design and the future of fashion.

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Tatiana Pogrebnyak, your creations for the Triumph International Fashion Award look very “flowerish”. What was the inspiration for your designs?

Tatiana Pogrebnyak: "My designs' inspiration comes from a research on Rococo Paintings, architecture and authentic clothes of the period. Numerous paintings of Boucher, Fragonard, Lancret, Drouais, Marie Antoinette portraits of Louise-Elisabeth Vigee-Lebrun include flower motives as a composition part, as well as a fashion attribute."

"Madame de Pompadour is frequently portrayed with live flowers pinned to her toilets. Different floral motives majored in textile prints, embroideries, hairstyle accessories of the period… also many flower elements appear in unity with “rocaille” architectural decorations."

"All these gave me a strong feeling of romantic, playful blossom. Choosing rococo elements for my collection, I decided to make a tea rose in flower combination as a major motive of my designs. My intention was also to interpret the “flowerish” atmosphere of Rococo women's toilet into up to date fashion.”

What kind of inspirations can we get from Mozart's style for our lifestyle today?

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