After I have outlived the "mandatory" part of my life by many preset standards, brought my kids do the point when I think I'm no longer physically needed as i used to be, I felt the need to express myself trough clothes design and understood that it gives me so much joy and fulfillment. I actually met sewing machine in my early years by sewing clothes to myself, because the offer in stores in my small home town was not that "peachy". Trough long hard working years for others I gathered much experience. My mind was occupied with lot's of ideas, but they seemed so distant for the time being. I prefered the casual style outside of preset frames with a little twist as in life, so in design!
My starting idea was creating tunics,but when you make it a bit longer you get a dress... So that's that. :D I also wanted some trousers, so I throw them in the mix and so I "go with the flow" ...
Most of my creations is hand-dyed, some are painted or hand bleached, and some are original textile color with a crazy unusual pattern.
I prefer to use materials which are mostly natural fabric because they are more submissive to natural based coloring.
My dream became reality in 2013 when I started with designing! My brand name is d.klea and i hope you like it ! <3
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Nakon što sam prošla kroz "obavezni" dio života prema unaprijed postavljenim standardima i dovela svoju djecu do faze kada smatram da više nisam fizički neophodna kao nekada, osjetila sam potrebu da se izrazim kroz dizajn odjeće. Shvatila sam da mi taj izraz pruža nevjerojatnu radost i ispunjenje.
Upoznala sam šivaći stroj još u ranim godinama, šivajući odjeću za sebe jer ponuda u trgovinama mog malog rodnog grada nije bila baš obilna. Kroz dugi niz godina posvećenog rada za druge stekla sam obilje iskustva. Iako su moje misli bile ispunjene mnoštvom ideja, one su se činile dalekima u to vrijeme. Preferirala sam ležeran stil izvan uobičajenih okvira, s malim dodatkom kao u životu, tako i u dizajnu!
Moja početna zamisao bila je stvaranje tunika, no kad ih malo produljite, dobijete haljinu... Tako je to ispalo. :D Poželjela sam i neke hlače, pa sam ih ubacila u miks, "puštajući da ide kako ide"...
Većina mojih kreacija je ručno obojana, neke su oslikane ili ručno izbijeljene, a neke imaju originalnu boju tkanine s ludim neobičnim uzorkom.
Radije koristim materijale koji su većinom prirodni jer su podložniji bojanju na prirodnoj osnovi.
Moj san postao je stvarnost 2013. godine kada sam krenula s dizajniranjem! Brend nosi ime d.klea, i nadam se da će vam se svidjeti! <3