monika Pohorska
Fashion BA Hons
Kingston School of Art
Graduates: 2023
Specialisms: Textiles for Fashion / Textiles - Print/Embroidery / Womenswear
My location: London, United Kingdom
monika Pohorska
First Name: monika
Last Name: Pohorska
University / College: Kingston School of Art
Course / Program: Fashion BA Hons
Graduates: 2023
Specialisms: Textiles for Fashion / Textiles - Print/Embroidery / Womenswear
My Location: London, United Kingdom
Website: Click To See Website
About
My name is Monika and I am a Fashion graduate from Kingston University specialising in womenswear, printwear and fashion textiles. I was born in Prague, the capital city of the Czech republic and now I am based in London. My international lifestyle evoked in me a deep interest and fascination towards different cultures and their unique approach to arts and crafts. This makes me versatile in my own approach within this subject. Besides that, my fine art background layed way to an alternative approach towards fashion. I like to create simple yet contemporary silhouettes with bold textiles. Above all, I have cultivated a deep passion for fashion print. I’m primarily inspired by folk art and traditional print-making techniques, such as linocut or crosshatching. My prints are mostly digital or hand-drawn. Later they are screen/digitally printed. Besides print, I also employ a range of traditional textile approaches such as beadwork, patchwork, and embroidery.
“Voices of Nature” is a womenswear collection where print is the prominent factor. The prints are inspired by nature and mythologies that are explanations of nature's forces. They embody what was unexplainable for our ancestors; thunder, sea, spring, and fertility. By combining natural colours and prints inspired by patterns and figures from mythology, this collection captures the beauty and complexity of natural landscapes, as well as mythical qualities and the themes they influence. My designs incorporate rich textiles and patterns inspired explicitly by my Czech background as well as other European, South American and African cultures. The dresses have elements of fantasy and mythology, including silhouettes inspired by folk costumes, and geometric shapes inspired by trees and plants. The centrepiece of the collection is a series of dresses. These garments are elegant, sophisticated and modern, yet capture the mythical aspects of print design and the spiritual symbols of nature.
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