Feeric Fashion Week 2018 in Romania is the biggest fashion week in Eastern Europe. This year saw the launch of the fiercely contested Feeric33 competition for 33 breakthrough designers to win various opportunities to help launch their label to the international market. The judging panel included the likes of Diane Pernet, (founder of ASVOFF), Liana Satenstein (Senior Fashion Writer at Vogue US), Adriana di Lello (Fashion Features Director at Elle Italia) Raoul Keil (founder of Schon Magazine), Patricia Lerat (founder of PLC Consulting and curator of Designers Apartment in collaboration with Fédération de la Haute Couture et de la Mode), Riccardo Terzo (Fashion Stylist and Contributor to VOGUE Talent), Tania Cursano (founder of IT-ELITE Showroom) and Carolina Molossi (founder of Get Book A Look Digital Showroom).
FAULT was in attendance to see Polish designer Kalina Kocemba win the grand prize: a 3 year management contract with The Secret Code of Fashion Agency and Feeric Fashion Week, worth €30,000. Other prizes for the talented finalists included a cover feature in 33 Magazine, a collaboration with V for VINTAGE trade fair platform, and a Summer Course scholarship with IED – Istituto Europeo di Design in 2019. Romanian model and Vice-President of Feeric Fashion Week Landiana also chose 3 lucky contestants and wore their looks throughout Feeric Fashion Week 2018.
Kalina Kocemba, the winner of Feeric33
Winning designer Kalina Kocemba declared nature to be the inspiration behind her first collection, one dominated by white fabric which tightly surrounds the body and gives the sensation of wearing a second skin.
Other shortlisted and noteworthy participating designers at Feeric Fashion Week 2018 included Zeta, Eliza Dobai, Lili Eva Bartha, Tara Lalic, Ariana Spin, Aigerim Kairat – along with many others.
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Photography by Ancira Adeon
