The new Almanac of Bulgarian Fashion: Cultural and aesthetical fact

On the eve of Christmas – at 16th December 2008 – was organized the charity performance of “Almanac of the Bulgarian fashion 2009” under the patronage of the first lady Mrs. Zorka Parvanova. Author and compiler of the almanac is Prof. Dr. Lubomir Stoykov, president of the Academy for fashion. The event was organized in building 2 of residence “Boyana” and at established during the years tradition will be with charity character. In preliminary auction through bidding were sold off the first three – officially numbered and signed by the author, copies of the book. Daniela Giosheva – manager of non-commercial association “Our beautiful Bulgaria - Prosperity” bought the first, most precious almanac. Vessela Draganova – president of the Party of the Bulgarian women and vice president of the select-committee of NDSV possesses already copy ? 2 of the book, and company "Sofstok" Ltd., factor of coffee “Lavazza” and of “Bombay Sapphire” for Bulgaria is owner of the third copy.

At the performance itself the new almanac also was sold off exclusively with charity aim. The gathered funds (also by tradition) are intended for the children in nonequivalent social condition from Home “St. Ivan Rilski”, at those the author of the book for the Bulgarian fashion is godfather and donator of many years, as for helping of the high education and teaching in Bulgaria. Among the guests of the event were Baron Kiril Gendovich and his wife, Ivo Atanasov, Juliana Doncheva, Vessela Neinski, Svetlana Lechkova, Svetoslava Tadarakova, Jana Jekova, Christian Koev, Valentina Voikova, Prof. Maya Bogdanova, Prof. Panayot Panayotov, Adi Mitreva etc.

In her preface to “Almanac of the Bulgarian fashion 2009” Mrs. Zorka Parvanova writes: „The ninth consecutive edition of „Almanac of the Bulgarian fashion” is already aesthetical and culture fact. In your hands is still more message for beauty and elegance, modernity and style. The knowing of the content of „Almanac of the Bulgarian fashion 2009” shows development of the Bulgarian fashion design at a direction of one really higher quality and undoubted variety of the volumes, of the silhouettes, of the ranges of colors and of the tendencies. The past 2008 showed the new sure steps, that the Bulgarian women and men made to the European way of life, to the European value model of culture realization and communication.

In the same evening at 16th December in building 2 of residence “Boyana” was organized the beautiful fashion-show spectacle, where participated with their newest collections „Miró” (bearer of Golden needle for fashion company of the year), „Triumph”, „Irida” (bearer of Golden needle for fashion spectacle), „Lucille”, „El Grado”, „Kwiat” „Markam” (the newest bearer of Golden needle in category „Fashion house” for 2008) and Alia Milusheva – „Astella Atelier” (received the prize Golden needle of the Academy for fashion in the category „Designer” of 2008). Prof. Stoykov invited to show their works of art his students in second year „Fashion” of the National Academy of fine arts, as the scholarship students from Almanac of the Bulgarian fashion of the last year – Jeni Kovacheva and Miglena Karova. In the fashion-show participated with her model the young designer Katerina Krasteva, who graduated “Fashion” in Paris.

The team of consulting house “Ot igla do konets” and publishing house “Alma komunikacia” express special gratitude to the sponsorships of the charity performance of “Almanac of the Bulgarian fashion 2009”: Our beautiful Bulgaria, Lavazza, Bombay Sapphire, Vinprom Karnobat, Citroen, Bella Bulgaria, El Grado, Residence “Boyana”, Max Factor, mineral water “Rilets” and Luksor.

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Charity performance of Almanac of the Bulgarian fashion 2009 at TV 2

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