Days of Bulgarian Art and Fashion in Japan 2024: Special guest designer Ivan Donev

Tokyo became a vibrant stage for cultural exchange with the Days of Bulgarian Art and Fashion in Japan 2024 which took place from November 27 to 29, 2024. The event was organized by the Embassy of the Republic of Bulgaria, and the kind cooperation of Bulgarian Ambassador to Japan - H.E. Ms. Marieta Arabajieva. Under the theme “A Bridge Between Cultures,” the art and fashion show celebrated the harmony between Bulgarian and Japanese traditions, blending haute couture, performing arts, and cultural symbolism into a mesmerizing showcase.

Prof. Jimmy Choo’s JCA and London Fashion Academy present VESELA VALEVA collection

JCA BA Design, Branding and Entrepreneurship designer Vesela Nikolaeva Valeva is to debut VESELA VALEVA, a women’s wear contemporary and folklore-inspired brand which celebrates craftsmanship. Presented during the inaugural JCA Undergraduate show at Mayfair on 20th June, Valeva's debut show will showcase the first six looks of the brand as a cohesive collection. The brand’s ethos is to celebrate the designer’s heritage by preserving the Bulgarian craft and reinventing its future. As a Bulgarian designer, Vesela Valeva aims to merge folklore elements with contemporary-style garments. Through intriguing storytelling, the designer strives to build a Bulgarian fashion-conservative community and immerse the customer in the world of Vesela Valeva.

BANDEROL presented collection Prom 2023 at Fashion Forge in Rome

On 09 October 2022 Nu Boyana Cinema Center in Sofia hosted the fashion show Fashion Forge in Rome. The fashion show brought together dozens of local and international designers, who presented their collections on the Roman decor in the Nu Boyana cinema center, transformed into a catwalk, immediately before the spectacular concert of the rapper 50 Cent.

Made in Europe fashion at the White Label Expo in London

The White Label World Expo is now just two days away! Taking place on the 27th & 28th of November at the ExCeL London it is set to be the white label and eCommerce event of the year! Alongside the unrivaled educational features you will be able to network with industry leading exhibitors including Hermes, Riot Labs, and the Department for International Trade. We also recommend you to visit stant 1478 of the Bulgarian Fashion Association, where you can source clothing and accessories Made in Europe by Bulgarian producers.

Prom dresses 2013 by the Bulgarian designer Mira Bachvarova

We present models prom dresses 2013 of the Bulgarian fashion designer Mira Bachvarova. With the coming of spring fashion blossoms. If you want a new image - charming and fascinating, you can find it in the online shop of the designer. In the online store every day you can see new original models. Interesting and original garments for ladies with bold unique style!

The Bulgarian brand AVIN boutique made a great success in France

The Bulgarian brand Avin boutique presented its first collection in France, where the collection was sold out for two days. This is a huge success for the Bulgarian fashion brand.

The collection is named "A day with a Star", the model of the collection is Aglaia Vassileva. A representative of Avin boutique said that for them this is a tremendous recognition by French women and they already prepare a new collection, even better than the last one.

New models from Caramella fashion - Bulgarian online shop for boutique women’s clothes

Caramella Fashion is a fast growing fashion brand and offers a great variety of colours and sizes. It proposes a wide assortment of dresses, tops, blouses, overalls, skirts, pants and coats.

The emphasis in the collections is on the most effeminate clothing, her majesty - "The Dress". The designers of the brand believe that there is no more appropriate clothing, which emphasizes the beauty and delicacy of the female body and comfortable to wear at the same time.

Men's fashion collection Fall/Winter 2012-2013 of the Bulgarian brand Styler

Take a look at collection Fall/Winter 2012-2013 of the Bulgarian brand for men's fashion Styler.

A big variety of machine knitted sweaters, long sleeve blouses, shirts, jeans garments, trousers, jackets, suits as well as accessories - scarves, hats and gloves offersStyler for the Autumn-Winter season. The main colours used are blue, lilac and red. The models are in sport-elegant style.

Ovals collection Autumn-Winter 2012/2013 of Evgeni Petkov-Eugenio

On the threshold of autumn, when the summer remains a memory and autumn and winter dictate changes in our wardrobe, the young Bulgarian designer Evgeni Petkov-Eugenio presents us his new collection for Autumn-Winter 2012/2013. Yes, once again it is Eco and represents some of the strongest fashion trends for the autumn-winter season - Eco fur, black leather, baroque lady and knitted sweaters!

Daphne collection Spring/Summer 2012

True to its style the popular Bulgarian fashion brand Daphne offers for Spring/Summer 2012 elegant women's clothes with the always in fashion flower prints and the characteristic for the season bold colours.

In order to be in line with fashion trends you can choose your outfit from the brand, which more than 20 years have been pursuing higher standards in the quality of their models.

Styler Spring/Summer 2012 men's fashion collection

We present to you the new Spring/Summer collection of the Bulgarian fashion brand STYLER!

The collection includes sport-elegant to very elegant garments. There are clothes for every style and taste. You'll find original models in the fashionable colors for the season . Different colors and different types of fabric are combined in an original way in the models. Many prints and embroideries are used.

Collection of fashion house Veteida for Spring-Summer 2012

Collection Spring-Summer 2012 of the Bulgarian fashion house "VETEIDA" that was shown at the Festival of fashion and beauty Varna 2012, is an inspiration of the modern woman, for which innovation, dynamics and happiness from life are moving powers and clothing is their manifestation.

The designer of the models is Vessela Vassileva, owner of fashion house "Veteida". The colours that dominate in the collection are black, white and light blue.

Fashion trends Spring-Summer 2012: Prints

This summer will be colorful and full of prints. For those who think "nothing new under the sun" I will say that although trends repeat each year, this summer the patterns on the clothes are different and memorable.

For example, stripes - they are not boring and monotonous, but a combination of thin and broad lines and different colors. They can be vertical, horizontal and even diagonal. We can see them in the collections of many designers worldwide. The Bulgarian brand Daphne also offers original combinations of stripes in different colors. Stripes have been successfully combined with other geometric shapes, which is also very trendy.

Arda - Collection Autumn-Winter 2011/2012

Cold days approaching and we are all eager to know what should we add to our wardrobe for the new season. Fashion trends for autumn/winter 2011-12 are cheerful and promise to keep us away from the depression of the cold months. There are several trends for the season which you should consider upgrading your wardrobe.

Black, dark blue, brown and gray are part of the color palette. In the classic combination of black and white, every woman radiates elegance and business style. To bring you good spirit and to break the classics, we provoke you with green, orange, red and electric blue – a little freshness in autumn and winter months.

Bulgarian brand Denyl presented their Spring-Summer collection with body art

The Bulgarian fashion brand Denyl presented its new collection in a non-standard way. The clothes were painted on the bodies of the models.

We have used to see the new designer collections at traditional fashion shows, where nice models pass on the catwalk and show the new trends. Yesterday in Sofia took place a non-standard event. For the first time the models did not wear the clothes, they were painted on them. "Our aim was to make the clothes live. Everyone can dress a model and make it walk back and forth. But not everyone can make the clothes live", explained the organizer of the event and author of the idea Mariana Germanova.

Bulgarian designers on the catwalk in Paris

Bulgarian fashion designers presented their collection at the Couture Paris fashion week shows.

On the catwalk met humor, fantasy, feathers, lace and crystals. Together with the Portuguese designer Andre de Pessoa, the Bulgarian designers Livia Stoyanova and Yasen Samuilov showed their unusual ideas.

Jana Jekova - Collection "Dolce Vita"

In the glamorous world of Bulgarian fashion, designer Jana Jekova is like... Felini in the cinema. Something big, spectacular, fantastic and bold... For the 25 years of work she achieved a lot.

She is three times winner of the award "Golden Needle", given by the Bulgarian Academy of fashion, for several years she was creating the toilets for the "Miss World" Bulgaria contests, she has been an official designer of "Miss Bulgaria".

Dynamic colourful fairy-tale

As we promised in the previous article of bgfashion.net we will present you the collections of the designers and fashion houses who took part in the Day of Bulgarian fashion in Rome. The final evening, dedicated to Bulgarian fashion design was organized by Mrs. Jana Yakovleva, chairwoman of the Bulgarian-Italian cultural association Phoenix and Prof. Lubomir Stoykov – chairman of the Academy for fashion.

Bulgarian fashion in Rome: elegant provocation and perfect style

In two consecutive articles we will present you the collections of the designers and fashion houses who took part in the Day of Bulgarian fashion in Rome. The final evening, dedicated to Bulgarian fashion design was organized by Mrs. Jana Yakovleva, chairwoman of the Bulgarian-Italian cultural association Phoenix and Prof. Lubomir Stoykov – chairman of the Academy for fashion. This project is an immense result, born from the common efforts of Sofia Municipality and Rome Municipality for Bulgarian-Italian cultural exchange and cooperation.

Fashion evenings 2009 - elegance, refinement and beauty

On 13 and 14 June 2009 in Grand hotel Varna, St. Konstantin and Elena thiumphed fashion and beauty. The eight edition of one of the biggest fashion events in Bulgaria - "Fashion evenings" gathered those who appreciate beauty on a fashion show, which presented collections of famous Bulgarian designers and fashion houses, as well as importers of quality garments and accessories.

The fashion show was held with the kind stewardship of Grand hotel Varna and with the support of its general director Mr. Ivan Portnih. Official sponsor were the cigarettes Merilyn Slims. Producer of the event is Ekaterina Toneva, Mrs. Bulgaria World Beauty 2007, the organization and performance is made by Amalia Tincheva. The major media partner was the Bulgarian fashion directory Fashion.bg, which celebrated 10 years since its creation.

Bulgarian designers' fashion show in Vien on Fashion TV

The designers' duo "Bipone", "Golden needle 2008" owners for the best young designer proved again that they deserve this award.

The students of New Bulgarian University succeeded in two weeks to provoke the media. After they were between the eighth finalists from whole Austria on the fashion competition "Ringstrassen Galerien Designer Award", they presented their collection glamorously on the last fashion show in Hilton hotel in Vien.

On the grand fashion performance the talented Bulgarians made the fashion specialists seriously to reestimate the value of Bulgarian fashion. Between the 500 official guests were the Bulgarian ambassador in Austria Radi Naidenov and the director of the Bulgarian Culture Institute Borislav Petranov.

The winners of "Zlatna igla 2006" (Golden needle 2006) award are already known

Albena Aleksandrova won for the 3rd time Golden needle prize awarded by the Bulgarian Fashion Academy.

This was the conclusion when the direct electronic voting of the 36 jury members was closed.

The other winners are:

"Zebra" - for the fashion house of the year; Angel Tsvetanov – for the fashion photographer of the year; Kiril Chalakov – for the make-up of the year and the pop singer Irina Florin – for the most successful debut of the 2006th.

Bulgarian Fashion in the heart of Vienna

The creative tandem Bilyana and Petar living and working in Vienna, will open their first atelier in the downtown of the Austrian capital city.

Both Bulgarian designers are known as “Bipone“.

The opening date is February, 15th. All the connoisseurs of this fashion tandem will take the chance to visit „Bipone Design Atelier“ where they will find unique, hand-made toilets.

ARISTON S got together Jeni Jivkova and Gala

For the first time one Bulgarian fashion brand, namely ARISTON S, dared to get together so much famous people among the Bulgarian high life and also provoked so big media interest. During the press conference Nikolay Sinabov, the General Manager, announced the forthcoming company projects. He proclaims the intention to work together with the top-designer Jeni Jivkova and Gala – the fascinating top-leading face of „You have mail“ show on Nova TV.