Manuela Manojlović

The collection Nacturne is inspired by German’s Romanticism through paintings and music. Going deeply through the movement connecting music, paintings and literature with indissoluble relationship collection has transported into one new contemporary vision of this unique, undefined period of total form and free exspressions of the feelings of the artist. The importance of the Romanticism placed on untrammelled feeling is summed up in the remark of the German painting Caspar David Friedrich according to whom ˝the artist’s feeling is his law˝. To Johann Wolfang Von Goethe poety shold be a sponteneous overflow of powerful feelings. Validated strong emotion becomes an authentic source of music especially for Nacturne which is experianced by the sublimity of nature and it’s picturesque qualities confranting saddness of love, longing for the unbounded and indefinable, for perpertul movement and change, and effort to return to the forgotten sources of life. If we transform painting and literature into music it will echo as a musical form of Nacturne making wearable art. This unique collection is based on recycled materials, fabrics and different kind of lace.

Collection Clare is consisted of three unique dresses which are inspired by collection Nocturne. Confronting darkness of romanticism paintings, Clare is the brightest point od previous collection, representing music Clare Schumann. Through contemporary eyes I want to discover the soul of the composer, Clara Schumann, who was able to achieve an artistic recognition for herself, sabotaged in the world of acccummulated emotional energy. Through music she presents a live pictures permeated with constant dinamic compositions, confronting soft modulations which are very frequently expressed by piano and violin aiming an emotional impressions. The dresses are dominated by deeply strong colours, fulfilled with light shadows which represent music of longing, memories, and foreboding process of unstoppable creations emphasing the freedom of imagination.. Collection is created and based on recycled fabrics-especially handmade old lace, which is painted and embroidered keeping and transforming tradition into wearable art endevors one new ethical and eco-friendly caracter of houte coutue.

Collection is consisted of five unique peaces which is inspired by Serbian national costume from 19th century. Reduced silhouette and pure geometry represent the whole collection based in variations of two_dimensionality. Material obtain sculpural form through different overlapping which indicates strong shadows and lines. Most of outfits are made in wool which is used mainly in man national costume of that period. Regarding infuence from differetn nations around Serbia, it gave rich pallete of colors in man as well as woman clothin Intensive, strong colors present small painted details providing vivid atmosphere through variations of valer shades Researching rich serbian history through costume, paintings and sculpture collection Indigo brings one new estetic in terms of contemporary costume.