Just recently the brilliant students of ESMOD Dubai had their Graduation day. The event was very original, not only because of the eye catching designs, but also because it happened in a indoor soccer field in Al Quoz. We want you to meet the ESMOD Dubai Graduates of 2017! Creativity to the power!
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THE 2017 ESMOD DUBAI GRADUATES
HESSA AL SHAWAB
Nationality: Emirati
Age: 20
Short Bio
I love sewing, hand stitching and draping on the mannequin to get abnormal shapes and volumes.
I recently participated in a national competition in the UAE, Emirates skills, and was awarded with a gold medal, which shows my dedication to fashion.
How many years have you been in the UAE? Born and raised in the UAE, Dubai.
Why did you decided to study fashion?
As a fashion lover, I decided to major in fashion design to have a general background about fashion and designing, and to express the confidence and poise in women.
Your favorite fashion designer: Ralf and Russo.
Tell us about your graduation collection.
Influenced by traditional Emirati culture and traditions, this SS18 collection highlights the contrast between modern structured architectural shapes and classic volumes inspired by the French couture sartorial techniques. The color palette suggests the muted colors of the desert with a delicate floral design reflected in the luxurious hand-painted organza. The silhouette of sand dunes is shown in the soft draping used throughout the garments. These outfits will appear to sophisticated and elegant women.
How is your creative process?
I started my collection by creating different collages and draping on the mannequin to get the perfect volume and to pick the colors for the collection. I had to hand stitch and use different classic couture techniques to get the required results of a specific volume.
What is your favorite fabric to work with? Soft fabrics.
Now, after your graduation what are your plans?
Work at different places to gain experience in different things, and in the future I would like to have my own brand.
Where do you want to see yourself in 5 years?
According to my vision to the future, I see myself one of the well-known fashion designers in the UAE.
Website/Instagram: @hessaalshawab
SANA SOLIMANI
Nationality: Iranian
Age: 25
Brand: ARTEMIS (Future brand)
Short Bio: My name is Sana, and I am from Iran. I was born in 1992 in Dubai and I was raised here. I just finished my fashion design and pattern making program in the French Fashion Institute – Esmod Dubai.
How many years have you been in the UAE? 25 years
Why did you decided to study fashion?
Since I was a child I always wanted to make stuff with sewing machine and I always loved to be dressed nicely. My dream is to own my fashion brand one day.
Your favorite fashion designer: Christian Dior
Tell us about your graduation collection.
With my Creator collection called Darlin, I’m targeting women aged between 25 and 35 years old who dare to live life with charm and boldness. I chose bright colors to show the femininity of women.
The price range is between 700 to 2300 AED.
I feel that my garments will sell well in Dubai due to the sophisticated way that women dress up in this city.
What is your favorite fabric to work with? Wool
Now, after your graduation what are your plans?
I am planning to work for some famous designers and to gain experience. Then I would love to open my own boutique and to have my own business.
Where do you want to see yourself in 5 years? As the designer and owner of my own boutique.
Website/Instagram @thisisbulu
POONAM JAYASANKAR
Nationality: Indian
Age: 23
Short Bio: I don’t think that words can describe the real me, like the way my work does. Because even to myself, who I really am is still a mystery.
How many years have you been in the UAE? 3
Why did you decided to study fashion? I find it rather difficult to express emotions, and I tend to bottle these up until it reaches the brim and starts to spill. Fashion to me is an outlet, portraying a more ideal me who can be everything that I want to be and express anything and everything that I feel; and more than anything, when people like the things that I make, it feels like they are accepting that new me and it gives me great pleasure.
Your favorite fashion designer: I can never pick just one!
Tell us about your graduation collection. It follows a small story line about a girl born into a different time and place than where her mind and body should have been.
How is your creative process? My creativity is drawn from literally anything and everything around me, but in the end, it is always shaped and detailed according to my mood at the time. I think that’s why you can see very different things in my collections, yet still within the scope of my experiences and beliefs.
What is your favorite fabric to work with? I don’t have a particular one in mind, but really, anything that listens to me!
Now, after your graduation what are your plans? I was thinking I wanted a break after all the pressure and work for graduation, but it´s been 6 days since and I’m dying to jump right back in! So, I’m definitely going to look for work and challenge myself to a brand-new environment of fashion.
Where do you want to see yourself in 5 years? Honestly, wherever my life takes me. Though I do hope all good places. Lol.
Website/Instagram. @mrow_official
LANA QATRAMIZ
Nationality: French/Syrian
Age: 23
Brand: Lana Qatramiz
Short Bio: My name is Lana Qatramiz I was born and raised in Paris. Art has always been a hobby for me. I decided to enter a Foundation year at LISAA l’institut des arts appliqués in Paris. From there I found a beautiful connection between art & fashion and that’s how it all started.
How many years have you been in the UAE? 3 years now.
Why did you decided to study fashion? Art and drawing were always a hobby for me, when I entered a Foundation year in LISAA I saw a beautiful correlation between Art & Fashion, this is where you know creativity is endless.
Your favorite fashion designer: Maison Margiela is my favorite fashion designer, always have breathtaking creativity.
Tell us about your graduation collection.
I wanted my Lucid Dreams collection to be effortless in many ways, from its colors to its shapes & textures. It is minimal yet edgy. The colors are monochrome but popped by a yellow mustard to contrast it. This collection was inspired by a conceptual and virtual story of a girl who’s imagining her Utopia through visuals. This is where I put the eyelets as a detail on the garments to illustrate the perspective of her visions. I wanted to show through this collection that inspirations should come from our subconscious in order to be real.
How is your creative process?
My creative process comes through different stages, from abstract collages to fashion collages to 3D research. For me I find my creativity by molding on the mannequin with a variety of fabrics, layering, cutting, attaching together pieces. I can explore different volumes and shapes using this method. From there I take pictures, print start developing a collection through sketches.
What is your favorite fabric to work with? I don’t have a favorite fabric to work with as I love working with new fabrics. In my collection, it was the first time working with plastic fabric. It was an excellent experience for me.
Now after your graduation, what are your plans? I want to be able to work in a reputable fashion organization to gain experience in the business side. At the same time, on the side, I would like to develop my brand and to expand it on social media and Instagram.
Website/Instagram: @lanaqatramiz
LAMIS BASRAWI
Nationality: Saudi Arabia
Age: 27 years old
Brand: Neutrois
Short Bio: Growing up in Jeddah has impacted my life in so many ways and has influenced my design inspiration.
How many years have you been in the UAE? 7 years in UAE.
Why did you decided to study fashion? My love of fashion started since I was 2 years old and I knew that fashion will be my career.
Your favorite fashion designer: Jil Sander.
Tell us about your graduation collection.
My graduation collection it is about gender neutral and equality combining two worlds as one. Being able to wear the same outfit but would look completely different on both of them. Growing up in Saudi was my inspiration that I never felt equal or able to express myself. Choosing the colors black and white from the abaya and the thoub and the fabrics crepe has a rough feel from the man and the suede has a soft feel from the woman.
How is your creative process?
My creative process started with a concept. Then a lot of research and collages 2D and 3D research, mood board sketching and developing my sketches. Later coming up with colors and picking the fabrics that are relevant to my concept as everything has to connect with my story.
What is your favorite fabric to work with? I love working with a fabric that gives me structure and has a minimalist straight feel.
Now after your graduation, what are your plans? My plans are working to gain experience in a fashion house and to get the knowledge of running a business. Then opening my own brand.
Where do you want to see yourself in 5 years? Inshallah in 5 years my brand will be established and people know about it.
Website/ Instagram: @Neutrois.ae
HALA AL SHAMMARI
Nationality: Iraqi born, raised in Dubai.
Age: 21 years old
Short Bio:
I am a fresh graduate from ESMOD university. If I can choose a short sentence to describe my style and designs then it would be ‘minimalistic with a twist’. I appreciate minimal clothing but even more when it has interesting details that creates a twist whether it’s by fabrics or an intricate detail.
How many years have you been in the UAE? I have been in living in Dubai for seventeen years, moved from Iraq at the age of four.
Why did you decided to study fashion? I finished my high school in Melbourne then completed my fashion education in ESMOD Dubai. Growing up the youngest amongst four older sisters has made a huge impact in my passion for fashion, I was always drawn to the more artistic side of things and fashion is a combination of art and style.
Your favorite fashion designer: I look up to many designers, especially Australian designers such as Dion lee, Josh Goot and Manning Cartell as well as other international brands such as the New York based brand ‘The Row’.
Tell us about your graduation collection.
My final year project which consisted of six looks in which I have designed and stitched is a representation of my personality.
How is your creative process?
The process began with 2D research which was making collages and playing around with shapes. Then a more visual and realistic 3D research, I played around by draping big pieces of fabrics on a mannequin. From that I started developing mini collections and picking up my favorite aspects and details from them.
What is your favorite fabric to work with? The fabrics I have chosen were a big source of inspiration as they helped me visualize my collection even better and led me to sketch thoroughly furthermore. Every fabric that I have chosen created a different feel and touch to my mood, from the flowy suedette satin (which was very tricky to work with), to the delicate open mesh.
Now after your graduation, what are your plans?
My plan for the near future would be working for an international high brand company to gain experience.
Where do you want to see yourself in 5 years? I see myself opening my own clothing brand ‘HALA‘ which I am currently working on and will continue until I will launch it.
Website/ Instagram: @TfashionJ
RAJUL AGGARWAL
Nationality: Indian
Age: 21
Brand: Upcoming brand called Reflex.
Short Bio: A calm person, keen observer, textile lover.
How many years have you been in the UAE? 3 years.
Why did you decided to study fashion? Because I got inspired by my mom at a young age. From craft work to sketches and then fashion institute.
Your favorite fashion designer: Manish Malhotra.
Tell us about your graduation collection.
I got inspired from denim, sailors, and sails. The volumes created in my garments are based on sails and sea. For instance, tearing of the thread reminds me of rain in the sea, the collars are draped in triangle shape inspired from sails.
What is your favorite fabric to work with? Denim.
Now, after your graduation what are your plans? Job back in India and the after a year or so my own Brand.
Where do you want to see yourself in 5 years? Having a brand and being a market face.
Website/Instagram: @Re_flex38_offical
BUSHRA ASHFAQ
Nationality: Pakistan
Age: 23
Short Bio:
I was born in 1994 in Dubai, U.A.E. graduated from Wesgreen International School Sharjah doing IGCSE’s with the major in Art, Sociology, Economics, and business studies.
How many years have you been in the UAE? Born and raised in the UAE.
Why did you decided to study fashion? The trill and excitement in seeing the beautiful result in the end.
Your favorite fashion designer: Yeha Leung, owner and designer of Creepyyeha.
Tell us about your graduation collection.
This winter collection is inspired by the 40s-fashion era and the military. It shows the graceful strength women in uniform showed by contributing towards the country anyway they could. The outfit structure shows daring and complex yet lady like volumes, with earthly and dark colors that represents the contribution of the women in the 40s.
What is your favorite fabric to work with? Leather.
Now, after your graduation what are your plans?
Study the business side of fashion, and put that potential into my love for designing lingerie.
Where do you want to see yourself in 5 years? To have my own lingerie brand for both men and women.
Website/Instagram: @bushra.ashfaque
SHEMA H.
Nationality: Turkmenistan
Age: 22
Brand: SHEMA
Short Bio:
I’m a person with duo personality. I like trying everything out. As well as I’m a maximalist that likes unordinary things and this is what my creations all about.
How many years have you been in the UAE? 10.
Why did you decided to study fashion? Obsession over fabrics is what made me come to fashion.
Your favorite fashion designer: Dries Van Noten.
Tell us about your graduation collection.
Inspired by geometrical structure of Art Deco architecture, rich warm colors, Italian stretchy sateen.
The mood of my collection is about powerful, independent woman who is secretive and hidden in a way in her own universe.
Key details of my collection are the inverse seams with frayed ends and different geometrical cuts.
What is your favorite fabric to work with?
With silk, sateen fabrics as from it you can create a multi-wear garment which can be worn for several occasions
Now, after your graduation what are your plans? Online shop.
Website/Instagram: @xdessigner
CORINNA JOYCE
Nationality: German
Age: I can only say I’m not in my 20s anymore!
Brand: AnaloC Studio (in the making…).
Short Bio: I was born in Germany and have moved and travelled around the world until landing in the UAE 13 years ago. I have had a successful career in luxury hospitality until I decided to pursue my inner dreams and embark into the world of fashion
How many years have you been in the UAE? 13
Why did you decided to study fashion?
My grandmother was a ladies’ tailor and my aunt a textile production technician and patternmaker. I have always been exposed to making clothes and have always loved textiles, but more as a hobby. After pursuing my first career in tourism, which involved a lot of travelling, my second big love after fashion, I decided to finally fully immerse myself and try to make it in the fashion world, hoping to combine both my worlds.
Your favorite fashion designer: John Galliano
Tell us about your graduation.
The inspiration for my collection “A Fragment of Time” comes from my travels to Asia. I was very touched by the Japanese concept ‘Wabi Sabi,’ which means seeing beauty in all things, even the ugly and the imperfect and to celebrate the cycle of growth and decay. Combined with a technique called ‘Kintsugi’ in which Japanese repair broken objects with gold instead of throwing them away, which makes them even more precious, I employed the mending embroidery technique ‘Sashiko’ to embellish my garments with off-cuts and scraps from previous collections to show how beautiful waste can be and combine different fabrics with their own stories into a new.
My fabrics are all ethically sourced, bamboo, hemp, organic cottons, kept in white and unbleached neutrals to give a blank canvas for the colorful embroidery signifying the life sprouting from the cracks. I have combined these fabrics with ethnic pieces that I find on my travels and overstock fabrics from local designers I have worked with.
I am very passionate about sustainability and would like to emphasize with my collection that we cannot ignore the fashion industry’s impact on the environment and people anymore. Responsibility can be beautiful!
How is your creative process?
I like to start with gathering my thoughts through collages and work with deconstructing and placing garments and fabrics on the body in unexpected ways. I like to touch, feel, and see and find out how a certain fabric I fell in love with would work in a garment.
From there I start with declinations on paper and finding silhouettes and solutions to details and finishings until I have interesting pieces that are in harmony together and follow a greater story.
What is your favorite fabric to work with?
I love all fabrics, it pains me cutting into them sometimes! Personally, I do prefer ethically sourced fabrics like Bamboo, unbleached organic cottons or wools and I LOVE ethnic textiles that I find on my travels. I have used fabrics from Laos, North Vietnam, Germany, Turkey, Canada and Japan, amongst others, in this collection.
Now, after your graduation what are your plans?
I currently work with a local designer and I’d like to find an opportunity in an established fashion house in Europe to gain some more experience for the next 3-5 years before embarking on my own adventure.
Where do you want to see yourself in 5 years?
Ultimately, I’d love to build a sustainable brand and identify and build relationships with small communities in South-East Asia or maybe elsewhere, women who are passing on their textile skills through generations and help preserving that artisanal craft and bringing it into my designs and help these communities commercialize their arts in the wider fashion world.
Website/Instagram: @analoc_studio
ANAIKA AJAY
Nationality: Indian
Age: 20 years old
Brand: Sorry not Sorry.
Short Bio: Just your average unicorn who has embraced our generation’s nonchalant mindset, broken free from the cocoon that is our society and is unapologetic while doing just that. Mixing media to create wearable art is my specialty.
How many years have you been in the UAE? I was born and raised here.
Why did you decided to study fashion? As much as I consider myself to be a shopaholic; it’s so stressful to find clothes that fit both my body type and personality that I wanted to make clothes for myself and people like me.
Your favorite fashion designer: Jonny Johansson, founder of Acne Studios.
Tell us about your graduation collection.
An amalgamation of Japanese Streetwear and the ‘Western Way of Life’, it fosters our social ideology. It is a portrayal of millennial culture that we as a generation are so heavily influenced by. The high neck, elongated sleeves and deep armholes create the linear silhouette and portray our antisocial behavior. The color palette has a tinge of grey that alludes to a state of limbo that many young adults find themselves in. An unemotional, neutral shade of us. The dripping paint blurs the lines of social conduct, further enforcing our openness to emerging beliefs.
How is your creative process?
I love working with silhouettes more than the garment types itself. Even though the fabrics and colors used play an important role, I feel like the way the sleeves fall or the shape of a garment speaks volumes.
What is your favorite fabric to work with? Neoprene has to be my favorite!
Now, after your graduation what are your plans? I definitely want to work and gain some hands-on experience in the fashion industry itself. I would also like to go more along the lines of fashion photography and learn new techniques that would help me later on.
Where do you want to see yourself in 5 years? In terms of fashion design and pattern making, I want to combine my passion for art and love for fashion and create wearable art installations. I would also like to concentrate on fashion photography and maybe establish myself as a professional photographer.
Website/Instagram: @sorrynotsorryofficial
ARIA ASADULLAYEVA
Nationality: Turkmenistan
Age: 20 years old
Brand: ARIA
Short bio: I am a girl who believes in a World where anything is Possible.
How many years have you been in UAE?
I came to UAE only for studies and I am already here for 3 years.
Why did you decide to study fashion?
Fashion is a dream of many little girls. We all love to dress up, it’s inside of us. But to study Fashion, not everyone knows how hard it is. I tried many things and majors before fashion, to realize that I don’t belong to anything but Fashion.
Your favorite fashion designer: It is hard to pick one designer, because from each of them I can see something I really love and something I would never do. But if talking about the style I would say: Stella McCartney
Tell us about your graduation collection.
My Graduation Collection is a combination of retro and classic with a touch of modernity.
It represents a Girl, a real girl with all her elegance and softness. Color choice are from pastel shades to bright mustard and to classic black and white. It shows how confused women can be so she doesn’t know which color she prefers.
With my fabrics choice, I tried to show women from inside and out, how different we can be, different textures – sharp but soft, fluffy, and smooth at the same time shows different moods of a woman. Combination of different textures and colors gives modernity to classy silhouettes.
How is your creative process? I was lost, I wanted to include everything I love at once – my favorite books, movies, stories from my own life , all my favorite colors and I kept combining it all together in my research book – at the end everyone can see what I ended up with .
What is your favorite fabric to work with? It’s too obvious if you see my collection- Wool, is my favorite fabric to work with. It doesn’t stretch or fray a lot, it accepts any shape you want, even though it is hard to iron and steam it sometimes but result can never look bad if it is wool fabric.
Now, after your graduation what are your plans? I think it’s the hardest question to ask a just graduate student. So many plans, ambitions, and goals for the future. Of course, I would love to work in a fashion world, in different companies and become more experienced and noticed. I think it’s really important to do what I love and give everything for my passion.
Where do you see yourself in 5 years? In 5 years, such a short period of time , but long enough to become an experienced fashion designer with lots of fresh ideas , that many big companies would appreciate and ask for.
Website/ Instagram: @aria.ar.a
JASMINE HAGLUND
Nationality: Swedish
Age: 33
Short Bio: Born in Sweden 1984. I discovered my passion for drawing early and was always encouraged by my parents to explore and develop my artistic gene.
How many years have you been in the UAE? 3
Why did you decide to study fashion? Simple. It’s my passion. It’s been an attractive force since childhood and I wanted to learn all about it.
Your favorite fashion designer: Kenzo
Tell us about your graduation. With a playful combination of the Swedish Dala Horse and Old School Nintendo games, I was inspired to create this collection as a tribute to my childhood. I believe color has a great impact on our minds and I strive to harness the positive effects of color and texture to stimulate the senses of the playful inner child.
How is your creative process? I research whatever inspires me and take it from there. I pretty much go with my gut feeling about what I want to express.
What is your favorite fabric to work with? Knits. I enjoy working with comfortable, stretchy materials. Handmade knitting especially. I take more pride in things I’ve made from scratch.
Now, after your graduation what are your plans? To focus more on the marketing side and eventually open my own brand.
Where do you want to see yourself in 5 years? The ideal picture is to have an existing brand that is successful, but will I limit myself to 5 years? No. I’m a spontaneous person so I could be anywhere. wherever I am, I have chosen to be there.
Website/Instagram: @Huglandbyhaglund.
RASHA AL-QUTOB
Nationality: Jordanian
Age: 21 years old
Brand: My new brand is called Q.
Short Bio: I like to consider myself to be a free spirited, playful, and quirky person. Who happens to be a biology enthusiast and an animal lover.
How many years have you been in the UAE? I have been in the UAE for 11 years.
Why did you decided to study fashion? It is because I truly enjoy it and it is a way of expressing yourself. By bringing your ideas to life and thinking of new and creative ways to achieve those ideas.
Your favorite fashion designer: I cannot really say I only have one favorite designer. However, my top 4 would have to be Ashish Gupta, Manish Arora, Iris Van Herpen, and Anya Hindmarch.
Tell us about your graduation.
A scientist that has gone MAD. Releasing her infectious colorful and fluffy creatures, she has macrofied them. Careless and mischievous she likes to be. All she wants to do is play, play, play. You can play with her but be careful: she might infect you. She is still not done experimenting…
How is your creative process? I find inspiration for my shapes and volumes by doing a series of fashion and abstract collages and by draping onto the mannequin, that I later sketch multiple garments from. I also find inspiration from classical garments that I personalize to become my own.
What is your favorite fabric to work with? Neoprene and double-knit fabrics.
Now, after your graduation what are your plans? Continue my education to concentrate on marketing and later textiles, and to get experience by working in the fashion industry.
Where do you want to see yourself in 5 years? I hope to have my own startup Eco-friendly textiles company.
Website/Instagram: @rasha_q_
CLAUDIA DE BEER
Nationality: South African
Age: 20
Short Bio: A crazy creative that like to experiment with all styles and explore fashion possibilities.
How many years have you been in the UAE? All my life.
Why did you decide to study fashion?
I always loved fashion, and after high school, pursuing fashion design felt like the right choice.
Your favorite fashion designer?
Currently, my favorite fashion brand is Gucci.
Tell us about your graduation collection:
‘A Play on the Uncanny’ is a trip back to the 70s with denim, corduroy and suede. Groovy prints and nostalgic colors with lots of layers bring choice and life into garments. I want to inspire women to wear what they want, and feel powerful in it.
How is your creative process?
I like to go through editorials and magazines, watch old movies and start by making a mood board and colors. I am a very visual person and always start by collecting pictures of the collection feeling, then working on sketches and fabrics.
What is your favorite fabric to work with?
Any kind of denim, corduroy and striped or printed fabric. I prefer the stiffer shapes to draped ones (but who doesn’t love and crepe every now and again?).
Now, after your graduation what are your plans?
I am currently midway through the application process for a Major in Image at IFM in Paris, France. So that is my next step currently. While that is pending, I am constantly creating, styling home photoshoots, and researching for my next projects.
Where do you see yourself in 5 years?
Living in Barcelona, working with multiple magazines, photographers and fashion houses as a stylist and artistic director.
Website/ Instagram: @Claudiadecerveja
EGHONGHON AMOS
Nationality: Nigeria
Age: 38
Brand: Tregz
Short Bio: I am a Fashion Designer/Pattern Maker with Chemical Engineering as my first degree.
How many years have you been in the UAE? Three years and 4 months.
Why did you decided to study fashion? I enjoy creating unique things and fashion was a great way for me to express my creativity.
Your favorite fashion designer: Doro Oluwu.
Tell us about your graduation collection:
My graduation collection is called “Tribal Fusion” is a creator ready to wear collection inspired by traditional African culture.
My idea was to bring a traditional touch to a contemporary look that is African made.
Its colorful, vibrant and heavily decorated details are based on the traditional kenya attire called ‘kitenge’ commonly worn by the samburu women.
This prefall collection combines vibrant colors and costomize prints with emphasis on volume ,layers and pleated details to tell the story of tradtional modernity.
Tribal Fusion collection is for young female adults from many countries ( Africa, America, Europe e.t.c) tribes, colors, cultures and styles, who are confident, elegant, and appreciate playful fashion between the ages of 25-35 years old.
A combination of varied weight crepe with vibrant colors, sateen, and Printed cotton fabric, were used to create most of the pieces.
How is your creative process?
I get inspiration from nature, culture and general things around. I make a collection of these and then start sketching.
What is your favorite fabric to work with? Cotton.
Now, after your graduation what are your plans?
To launch my own brand.
Where do you want to see yourself in 5 years?
Creating unique pieces for celebrities all around the world.
Website/ Instagram @tregz.official
NAZERKE DAUSKOZHAYEVA
Nationality: Kazakhstan
Age: 21
Short Bio: I was born in Almaty. I have two brothers and I am the eldest. I studied at school in Almaty. After finishing school, I entered French Fashion Institute Esmod in Dubai.
How many years have you been in the UAE? 3 years.
Why did you decide to study fashion?
From my childhood times, I always liked to sew, to cut dresses and other things. I started to wear fashionable clothes as well. My grandmother taught me how to sew and cut everything.
At school my friends were interested in my sense of style and sometimes asked me some advice on what to wear. My mother always buys fashionable things that go well with me. Maybe all these have influenced me, when deciding to enter the French Fashion Institute Esmod as a designer student.
Your favorite fashion designer? There are so many famous designers in the world. Every designer’s work is very exclusive in its own way. Christian Dior is my favorite fashion designer.
Tell us about your graduation collection:
I want to invite you into my fairytale fantastic world. My collection is inspired by my kazakh roots. I was inspired by the colors and textures from my childhood. I wanted to blend these unexpected materials like wool and tulle to create this fairytale collection.
How is your creative process? I have so many ideas to create!! They just come.
What is your favorite fabric to work with? I love working with denim, cotton, linen, chiffon, lace, corduroy etc…
Now, after your graduation what are your plans? My plan is to open my workshop and to create my fashionable clothes under my brand name.
Where do you see yourself in 5 years? I want to see myself famous and of course become an experienced designer. I would like to have my own shop with my brand. Let me tell you a bit about my brand. I chose to call it “D’nazar”.
The name is coming from D NazAr (nazik, ar, aru) D (dear dad). We kazakhs, do respect the greater generations- our forefathers. It’s the beginning of generations of our family tree. D is the first letter of my surname, particularly my grandfather’s name. My father is the only son of my granddad to carry the name with proud and honor. My father is so dear to me, D also means Dearest. My wish is to make it known worldwide! NazAr is the root of my name Nazerke. Ar in kazakh gives a strong meaning of faith and Dignity, be truthful, just, polite and honorable. Aru means lady, lady who carries the best features of beauty and wisdom.
So far D Nazar as brand is destined to be a tree with deep roots to grow for generations. Tender, but strong and having a look of beauty in a mild soft manner.
Nazar is an attention, so let this brand be covered by attention.
Website/ Instagram: @di.nazar
