Romanian Designers at the Fashion Week Berlin

Andra Clitan was born in Baia Mare, Romania in 1983. She grew up and studied in her hometown until 2002, when she decided to move to Cluj-Napoca to study at the University of Art and Design. She started her career by specializing in textiles, with a Major in Fashion Design and a Minor in Printing. Later on, she studied at L’Ecole Superieure des Artes Decoratifs de Strasbourg, France (2004) and in 2008 she was granted a scholarship at Central St. Martins College of Art and Design London. Reference points in her career were: Romanian Fashion Week Iasi (2006-2008), Summer Fashion Week by Fashion TV (2007), The Pasarela Festival (2009) by French Embassy Bucharest, Romanian Fashion Week (2010).
It was a debut for designer Andra Clitan in Berlin. She is regarded as Romania’s most talented newcomer. Her designs blend traditional cultural elements and garbs from her native country with modern couture. Her latest collection deals with the topic of burial rituals and symbolism, translated into modern creations.
http://www.andraclitzan.com/

Adelina Ivan is a Bucharest based women's ready-to-wear limited edition clothing line, produced entirely in-house by hand. The focus behind the collections is on the black and white theme and undisclosed details, hand crafted techniques on futuristic shapes and fabrics. The label tells a story about revealing the small world within, hence the conceptual and harmonic collections and the devotion to keeping things simple and natural. Born in Bucharest, Adelina Ivan won the 2011 F&B award - designer of the year from fashionandbeauty.ro. With a BFA in design from the Art Institute of Bucharest, she launched her label in 2008. The label's collections have been shown at Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Berlin in July 2012 and also during the Berlin Fashion Show at Premium, Who's Next Paris, The Train New York and Weareurope Tokio.Adelina Ivan, has already participated in the Berlin Fashion Week in July 2012. This year she present her new collection “Trust Yourself”. Adelina remains true to her signature minimalist shapes, with their clear, sharp edges and the unmistakable architectural influences that define her lines.

http://www.adelinaivan.com/

Stephan Pelger is the third designer in the group. Not only is Pelger already known in the German fashion scene, he was also the shooting star of the 2011 Berlin Fashion Week, and has established an international audience for himself. Now he’s back with a show that will seamlessly bridge the last two years of successful work.

“My source of inspiration is life itself. Everything inspires me, a person, an object, a sunny day or a bitterly cold night, absolutely everything.”

Stephan Pelger was born in Brasov, Romania, and studied at the Fashion Institute in Vienna, where his creative talent was discovered early. After finishing his studies, Stephan worked for the brands Missoni, Schella Kann and Di Vercallo Cashmere. In 2004 Stephan decided to return to Romania in order to start building up his own brand. Only one year later he introduced his first collection at the Romanian Fashion Week where he was praised and recognized by the critics. This was the beginning of a beautiful career. Now Stephan Pelger is a well-known high profile brand present on the national and international fashion market. His creations are designed for self-confident, modern, young women who set value on taste, style and elegance.
During his carrier, the designer took part in various competitions, winning them with regularity. In 1999, as a student, he won the “Swarowski Cristallshoe Award” and his design was included in the official Swarowski catalogue. In the following years he won the “Triumph Swarowski Graphic Award”, the “Eskimo Workoutfits Award”, the “Palmers P2 Underwear Award”, the “Coral Black Velvet Fashion Award” and last but not least the “Olympic Sport Fashion Award”, completing his successful year. In 2011 he became Chief Designer of the brand “GoldCut”, after winning the Fashion & Fame “Design your dream” international competition, organized by Otto and Pro7. For one year the “GoldCut” label was sold online at the Otto website and was available in 7 million catalogues. In Romania, his talent brought him three important awards in 2011: “Designer of the Year” awarded by Fashionandbeauty.ro, “Designer of the year” awarded by VIP Magazine and “Best Prêt-a-Porter designer” awarded by Fashion TV Romania. All the local and international awards are confirming Stephan Pelger as one of the most famous and talented Romanian fashion designers.
http://www.stephanpleger.com/