FASHION SHOW SUMMER CHIC

Silviya Stoyanova

Designers and fashion houses showed fresh summer offerings at the Summer Chic Fashion Party by the Academy of Fashion. Famous and acclaimed fashion designers, Golden Needle Award winners, as well as talented young designers, presented their concept of summer chic and their latest fashion creations created specifically for the Academy of Fashion event. Fashion Party Summer Chic took place on June 12th at Vitosha Park Hotel and all participants shared the proposal for Summer Chic.

The design team of La Foi - Vyara Stancheva and her daughters Denitsa and Maria Stanchevi - presented creations woven from eagerness, luxury and sex appeal. The fabrics - silk and lace – were combined with author's designs and floral prints created specifically for the collection, complemented by Anastasia Shahmatova's handmade jewelery for "Diamond Jewelry". A special guest of the La Foi fashion house show was Yordana Dimitrova, winner of the “BG Fashion Icon 2017" award by the Academy of Fashion.

Fashion house "Blink" with designer Radi Lazarova, presented selected offers from the artistic and exquisite collection Womanity with an exciting, dynamic and modern vision. Current color combinations, feminine silhouettes, transparent details and very glamorous accents are in harmony with high quality handcrafted lace, ethereal and delicate fabrics. Natalia Gurkova, who also honored the event, was dressed in a unique purple dress of Blink, created for her especially for her birthday by Radi Lazarova. The fashion house gorge opened the daughter of the designer, the little Bozhidara, together with Miss Bulgaria Gabriela Vassileva.

Gabriela Koleva showed sophisticated creations in the spirit of French chic with its main brand, Maison Saint Herem, as well as several summer offers from the Roshavata garga line in its characteristic, more eccentric, chichole. Gabriela Koleva staked out of the high fashion arsenal of silk, cotton, chiffon, velvet, jacquard with golden and shining coatings, as well as discrete Chanel beads. Peach pink, mint green, cyclamen and floral prints were combined with even lighter colors, metalized glare and detail. The accent in the collection was a silk dress with a sculpting effect in a chic black with a "Roshavata garga".

The stylish design of French elegance was also the participation of the promising young designer and stylist Tanya Yan, who presented her new collection "Je suis la / in the spirit of a French strip. With the specific color right, the collection has the inspiration to let us be bright, to be seen, to feel the pleasure of being here. Each outfit of the designer is loaded with a message of exciting summer history and a sense of chic, breeze and delight.

Elena Hristova Fashion House, named after its designer, presented sunny summer overalls with handmade authentic embroidery with folk motives in bright yellow, combined with spectacular hats in the same shade. The summer ethnical inspiration for Elena Hristova is a combination of Bulgarian folklore and an exotic breeze from the Dubai Wonder Garden. The collection was created specifically for the Summer Academy Fashion Party.

Especially for Fashion Party Summer Chic, the "Summer breeze" of "Axel Hardy" in turquoise and ecru - the two colors that "love" to be on a body with bronze tan is created. The collection is inspired by summer holidays, sea, cruises and summer adventures and includes comfortable multifunctional knitwear and natural fabrics, transforming dresses, skirts and crazy trousers, complemented by unique textile jewelery. A special guest of the gorge was Lina Carter - Lady Bulgaria 2017 and Miss Eco Europe 2018, which presented an Axel Hardy toilet from recycled eco materials made in the form of patchwork.

Ladies' and men's formal fashion shows the design team of Banderol - Desislava Damianova and Nikola Karadamianov. They presented part of a limited, boutique collection of formal ladies dresses - a combination of femininity and finesse with lighter cuts in voluminous skirts, lavish designer lace decorations and bold combinations of fabrics and colors. The summer fashion offers of Banderol for men are loaded with messages of self-confidence, comfort and modern chic.

Selected proposals presented Hristo Chuchev - winner of this year's Golden Needle 2018 Award for Wedding Fashion. The main emphasis in its newest wedding collection is the original lace with thematic elements and floral motifs. The designer avoids the cliché of the classic bridal dress in white and ecru, relying on combinations in the light tones of blue, pink, purple, peach and the actual color sour cherry. In a dress created by Hristo Chuchev, she was dressed as the fashion party leader of the Fashion Party Summer Chic - the charming Geri Doncheva - actress, top model and TV host.

Fashion Party Summer Chic is realized with the kind cooperation of "Kimbo", "Martini", "DSK Bank", "Vitosha Park Hotel", "Agresia", Nedelya, Paradise Catering, Eventinus, Marina Mladenova, hairdressing Hair Box and Niki Tonev.

Photos:
1. Prof. Lubomir Stoykov, President of the Academy of Fashion.
2. Geri Doncheva with a dress by the designer Hristo Chuchev.
3. Dima Atanasova with a dress by the designer Viara Georgieva from Red Carpet collection of FEDE fashion studio.
4. Yordana Dimitrova was a special guest at the fashion show of fashion house La Foi.
5. Dress from the collection of fashion house "La Foi".
6. Miss Bulgaria Gabriela Vasileva and little Bozhidara opened the show of the fashion house "Blink".
7. Suggestion from the collection of fashion house Maison Saint-Herem.
8. Miss Bulgaria Gabriela Vasileva with an outfit from the collection of Tania Yan.
9. Summer offer with ethno motifs of the designer Elena Hristova.
10. Outfit from Axel Hardy's Summer Breeze Collection.
11. - 12 Suggestions from the women’s and men's collections of fashion house "Banderol".
13. Dress of the latest bridal collection of the designer Hristo Chuchev.
14. Geri Doncheva and Prof. Lubomir Stoykov.
15. Niki Kanchev and Prof. Lubomir Stoykov.
16. Svetoslav Kolchagov, Dima Atanasova and Prof. Lubomir Stoykov.
17. Svetoslav Kolchagov and Prof. Lubomir Stoykov.
18. Natalia Gurkova and Prof. Lubomir Stoykov.
19. Natalia Gurkova and the designer Radi Lazarova.
20. Dr. Khodor Fakih and Prof. Lubomir Stoykov.
21. Sofia Borisova and Prof. Lubomir Stoykov.
22. Jana Zhekova and Prof. Lubomir Stoykov.
23. Albena Alexandrova and Prof. Lubomir Stoykov.
24. Sanya Borisova and Prof. Lubomir Stoykov.
25. Marina Kiskinova and Prof. Lubomir Stoykov.
26. Magi Valchanova and Prof. Lyubomir Stoykov.
27. Kapka Amzina and Yavor Tsakov.
28. Prof. Lyubomir Stoykov and his students from UNWE.
29. Niki Kanchev, Radi Lazarova and Veronika Stefanova.
30. Prof. Lubomir Stoykov with his students in fashion from the National Academy of Arts and participants in the show-spectacle.
31. Omi Chowdhury, photographer of Vogue (Italy) and Prof. Lubomir Stoykov.
Photo: © Hilife / Academy of Fashion: 1, 3, 4, 14 to 27, 30 and 31
Photo: © Anton Markov / Academy of Fashion: 2, 5, 6, 5 to 13, 28 and 29

Read: 1458 times                                                  © Fashion Lifestyle Magazine, issue 95, June 2018

ACADEMY OF FASHION PREPARES A CHIC SUMMER PARTY

* Fashion Party Summer Chic Gathers Fashion Designers and Fashion Connoisseurs

Silviya Todorova

The Academy of Fashion organizes Fashion Party Summer Chic thematic with an elegant show-spectacle. On June 12, 2018, the summer party will bring fans and connoisseurs of fashion who will be acquainted with the latest offers of some of the best Bulgarian designers and fashion houses. Fashion Party Summer Chic guests will welcome previous winners of the award Golden Needle by the Academy of Fashion: Jana Jekova, Sofia Borisova, Viara Georgieva, Svetoslav Kolchagov, Hristo Chuchev, Milka Alexandrova-Buchi, Antonia Yordanova, Elena Zlateva, Megi Petkova, Teodora Spasova and Nikolay Bozhilov.

Prof. D. Sc. Lubomir Stoykov, president of the Academy of Fashion, said: "In an old and good tradition in June, the Academy of Fashion closes the business season of fashion shows and fashion presentations with the message of a beautiful, valuable and relaxing summer vacation. This time the message is for summer chic. With this I mean the new dimensions of elegance during the hot season, the nasty colors, the fresh accents and the challenging silhouettes. For this purpose, the invited fashion houses and designers who will participate in our show-spectacle will reveal their aesthetics and concepts of the words - summer chic...“

The face of Fashion Party Summer Chic will be Mrs. Dima Atanasova - Miss Lady of the year 2018 in the category "Beauty and Health". She will open the show of the fashion party, during which prominent and well-established fashion artists, as well as talented young designers will show their actual and up-to-date collections. Some of the fashion creations will be made specifically for the Academy of Fashion event. In the spirit of the French chic will be the participation of fashion house "Maison Saint Herem" with designer and stylist Gabriela Koleva. Hristo Chuchev, who won this year's Golden Needle 2018 Award for Wedding Dresses, will present his latest bridal offerings. The charming host Geri Doncheva will appear on stage dressed by Mr. Chuchev himself. The talented Radi Lazarova, designer of Blink fashion house, will show official and wedding dresses. She will present selected proposals from the Womanity collection inspired by the independent, daring and provocative modern woman.

The designers Viara, Denitsa and Maria Stanchevi will present for the first time at the event the latest spring-summer 2018 collection of La Foi boutique. Designer creations of La Foi are woven from euphoria, luxury and sex appeal, revealing the unpredictable and multi-faced woman. Women's and men's official fashion will be shown by the designers of fashion house "Banderol" - Desislava Damianova and Nikola Karadamianov.

The "Summer breeze" collection of Axel Hardy was especially created for the Summer Fashion Theme Academy Summer Party. It is inspired by summer holidays, sea, cruises and summer adventures. Every outfit from the multifunctional knitwear and knitwear collection will be complemented by unique textile jewelery. The young designer Tanya Yan will also show designer creations inspired by both silk and the theme "summer chic". Boutique clothes with folklore motifs will present fashion house "Elena Hristova" with designer Elena Hristova, which relies on the cheerful yellow color. Young designers and students in fashion of Prof. Lubomir Stoykov will show thematic outfits in the spirit of summer chic from the National Academy of Arts: Desi Bachvarova and Plamena Misheva, David Stoyanovski, Irina Matov, Yoanna Shishkova, Laura Lilova, Maria Koleva, Stefani Todorova Hristiana Mutafchieva.

Fashion Party Summer Chic is realized with the kind cooperation of: "Kimbo", "Martini", "DSK Bank", "Vitosha Park Hotel", "Agressia", Nedelya pastry shops, "Paradise Catering", Eventinus, "Beauty Club" and Marina Mladenova.

Photos:
1. Dima Atanasova - face of Fashion Party Summer Chic.
Photo: © Hilife
2. – 3. Dresses from a collection of fashion house "Maison Saint Herem" with designer and stylist Gabriela Koleva.
Photo: © Martin Middlebrook / "Maison Saint Herem"
4. Wedding dress of Hristo Chuchev.
Photo: © Dimitar Yakov
5. Bridal dress of Hristo Chuchev, presented at the Golden Needle 2018.
Photo: © Hilife / From Needle to Thread 6. – 7. Wedding dresses from the latest collection of fashion house "Blink".
Photo: © Ivomir Peshev
8. La Foi's proposal from the "Exempt" collection presented at the "Golden Needle 2018".
Photo: © Hilife / From Needle to Thread 9. Model of business line of fashion house "La Foi".
Photo: © Ignat Diavolov
10. -11. Suggestions from the Banderol fashion house.
Photo: © Banderol
12.- 13. Suggestions by the young designer Tanya Yan, shown on Golden Needle 2018.
Photo: © Hilife / From Needle to Thread
14. – 15. Summer offers of Axel Hardy.
Photo: Personal archive
16. – 17. Elena Hristova with clothing with folk motives in the Gardens of Wonders, Dubai.
Photo: © Iskren Ivanov
18. Geri Doncheva - Fashion Party Summer Chic Host.
Photo: © Kostadin Krastev-Koko

Read: 1527 times                                                  © Fashion Lifestyle Magazine, issue 95, June 2018

 MORE PUBLICATIONS:
   ISSUE 85: Gianluca Vacchi Celebrates His 49th Birthday
   ISSUE 77: 'I like Bulgarian folklore dances' - Join the campaign
   ISSUE 35: FOLK SINGER GLORIA AND KWIAT IN TANDEM FOR NEW SUMMER HIT
   ISSUE 35: FIRST CLUB NIGHT SHOPPING IN SOFIA
   ISSUE 27: LAVAZZA: AN UNUSUAL FLIRT BETWEEN COFFEE AN MUSIC