Young Slovenian designer, Anja Dragan, showcased her fall/winter collection at the 33rd Belgrade Fashion Week as a part of ZONA 45 platform which associates and represents capital regional designers.
Dragan explored divinity with her Mes Dix Vies collection and told a fashion tale of the infinite eagerness of a human to transcend the carnal and reach the celestial. The idea translated to an all-white line up with daring volumes. The accent was certainly on the structured pieces that took the ready-to-wear collection to a higher artistic level and showed designer’s craft in terms of transforming and sculpting the fabric. Dragan opted for feminine, origami-reminiscent forms that looked very angelic and truly corresponded with the theme of the collection. A piece that was certainly a showstopper was the voluminous shell of armor-like coat. The designer’s manipulation of the material and the detailing on this piece was outstanding - the fabric really seemed like it was a concrete wall. Opposing the bold, solid pieces were the whisper thin, translucent garments as well as clutch bags with long silky straps that softened the collection and gave it flow.
Accentuated but not exaggerated, artistic but not pretentious, surreal and yet believable, Dragan’s collection offered the best of both worlds.
Anja Dragan is a Ljubljana based fashion designer. She graduated from University of Ljubljana, Fashion and Textile design in 2012 and also received a degree from The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts. She won numerous design awards including the latest Elle Fashion Award for Mes Dix Vies collection at this year’s Belgrade Fashion Week.
