Fabulous knits at Romanian Fashion Week

Romanian Fashion Week also featured beautiful knitwear starting with young designer Andra Clitan who presented her MA graduate collection inspired by the Hindu culture.

Andra Clitan at Romanian Fashion Week

Kinga Varga, a well-established romanian knitwear designer showed up with sweet looking soft knits using mohair, wool, silk and cotton fibers.

Kinga Varga at Romanian Fashion Week

The collection gathers mostly dresses but also skirts, jackets and
jumpsuits in a rich color palette: crème, mint green, ink blue, claret
red.

Kinga Varga fall/winter 2008/09 collection

And last but not least, Una Moda Group, a designing team representing the Art University of Bucharest, displayed a futuristic inspired collection, which included stunning crochet knit pieces, loose and light as spider webs.

Romanian Fashion Week: Ludmila Corlateanu

Ludmila Corlateanu was one of the up-and-coming designers staged at Romanian Fashion Week. Originating from Kishinev, the Moldavian Republic, she has now established her label in Bucharest making her way in the fashion business after studying clothing design in her home country and at Istituto Marangoni, Milan.

Ludmila Corlateanu fall/winter 2008/09

Her fall/winter 2008/09 collection is a small tribute to subtle elegance suitable both for young girls and for grown-up women who are in a search for effortless, timeless chic.

Ludmila Corlateanu at Romanian Fashion Week

The simple Lolita styling and the narrow color palette set the mood. The pieces were inspired by the Soviet era school uniform, hence the mix of rigorous cuts and fabrics such as crisp white lace, wool toile, tweed, heavy fur appliqué (eco friendly synthetic fur) and soft cotton velvet.