Ester Vaceva

A timelapse of feelings.
A love letter to Ljubljana and a homage to herself.

The graduate collection explores themes of migration, identity and personal growth, all through the prism of the designer's experiences in Ljubljana. The research involves examining the evolution of her emotions and relationships over time, the challenges and difficulties she has encountered in the migration process, and all of the blessings that came after that, divided in six periods.

The first period "The ARRIVAL" simbolyzes her arrival in Slovenia and the beginning of her depression, the second period "THE FIRST STEP" is the period of numbness, the third period "THREE STEPPED WATER"is the time where the hope gives a sneak peek. The following periods are the lighter side of the journey, "FIVE STEPS LEFT" - the fourth period, the fifth period presents one's personal blooming "IN THE EDEN", and THE sixth and final step of the journey "THE FINISH LINE". Only three silhouettes were made into reality, the second, the third and the fifth period.

The base for the collection was made by abstracting feelings into autobiographical poems that serve as the basis for experimentation with unusual materials, such as silicone, plexiglass and resin.

The overarching objective of the collection was to create an experimental clothing collection that pushes the boundaries of conventional fashion, while also forging a connection between psychology and fashion.