The Bite Magazine - Summer 2019 - Issue 25

bite catwalk BULKA Bulka firmly stands for tradition. Holding ground seems to be more elusive than ever. The collection ‘Woman – Mother – Queen!’ highlights the beauty of the feminine form using two opposite approaches.Tight-fitting skirts vs voluminous kaftans or tailored short vests vs rich dresses.The presented garments were inspired by Serbian ethnic dress worn in the 19th and 20th centuries. Instead of using classic embroidery, which was particularly elaborate and popular in those eras, they designed their own fabrics.   The embroidery is thus turned into contemporary prints and sturdy woven linen into soft flowing viscose or silk jersey.The ornaments adorning the garments are still genuine and sourced from original embroidery, fresco paintings, kilims, and archi- tecture. These are then drawn into new and exciting intricate designs and digitally printed onto natural fabrics. They used mainly silk, viscose, cotton, wool or a blend of these fabrics. Particular attention is paid to the details and finishings; all done by hand.   IVAN DIVAN  Deeply inspired by the hidden promiscuity of the modern society by combining colours, materials, and forms, in his col- lection ‘The Butcher’, Ivan Divan figuratively points to the simultaneous presence of freedom and slavery, where opposed, public identity is slavery, while the silent assumes the role of freedom.  The choice of colouring is reduced, closely related to subse- quent interventions on plastic materials, in the form of print, as a pattern.With barcodes and explicit pornographic motives, he emphasised the silent, individual's promiscuity and with glasses, as a fashion detail, he gave us an insight into his own vision.  PETJA ZOREC  Petja's latest menswear collection is called ‘bLOSS19om’ designed for SS19.Tangible responses to intangible thoughts is shown as a clothing diary, completed in a personal confession. The collection's concept is based on a flower, as a common visual denominator of sentimentality, as it has different connota- tions according to its use in everyday life.The initial inspiration was manifested directly and obliquely through gentle pastel tones, earth colours and their contrasts of patterns, textures and organic tailoring. People who identify with the collection are universal individuals who confidently accept their vulnera- bility as their advantage.   www.petjazorec.com  GALA BOROVIC  By creating this collection, Gala Borovic reached the level of maximalist aesthetics exploring the spontaneous drive of creation. Seeing rave culture as a thread between ‘The Base’ and her work, this collection is about creating the mood and interlinking all the ingredients.The designer sees her collection as an intimate research project which was fundamentally nec- essary for her own personal growth and development aside from the educational institution. Her main focus is exploring the bricolage technique by using the already existing elements and giving them new life, purpose and aesthetic. With calling her collection ‘The Base’, she wanted to honour the group of unique people that were undoubtedly muses to her.        FASHION SCOUT SEE