438 designers from more than 40 nations have been motivated by this years Triumph International
Fashion Award to create modern fashion on the theme “Dress up for Mozart - Rock up Rococo!”.
We have asked the 3 Finalists Kirsten Hiller, Paz Soto Salinas and Tatiana Pogrebnyak about their
vision of Mozart, design and the future of fashion.
MOZART
Tatiana Pogrebnyak, your creations for the Triumph International Fashion Award look very
“flowerish”. What was the inspiration for your designs?
Tatiana Pogrebnyak: "My designs’ inspiration comes from a research on Rococo Paintings,
architecture and authentic clothes of the period. Numerous paintings of Boucher, Fragonard, Lancret,
Drouais, Marie Antoinette portraits of Louise-Elisabeth Vigee-Lebrun include flower motives as a
composition part, as well as a fashion attribute."
"Madame de Pompadour is frequently portrayed with live flowers pinned to her toilets. Different floral
motives majored in textile prints, embroideries, hairstyle accessories of the period… also many flower
elements appear in unity with “rocaille” architectural decorations."
"All these gave me a strong feeling of romantic, playful blossom. Choosing rococo elements for my
collection, I decided to make a tea rose in flower combination as a major motive of my designs. My
intention was also to interpret the “flowerish” atmosphere of Rococo women’s toilet into up to
date fashion.”
What kind of inspirations can we get from Mozart’s style for our lifestyle today?
Kirsten Hiller: „Milos Forman's film "Amadeus" left a deep impression on me. His costumes don't
come across as being so opulent, as is the case in way too many costume flicks, where it always
seems that princes and baronesses have just slipped into a brand-new costume without wrinkle and
blemish."
"In Forman's movie Mozart's clothing looks like it's been worn, but still looks good, comes across as
being urban in the sense of that time: elegant, but not dressed to kill; sexy, but not overdone; playful
and not at all stuffy."
"The fun Mozart had in his line of work also reflected his lifestyle. It was not main stream, and this
attitude may have seemed very provocative to certain people. With a similar attitude of "seemingly
unintentional provocative ness" you can also count on attracting quite a bit of attention in our day and
time.”
Paz Soto Salinas: "The zest for life he showed, even during hardship, is perhaps the most inspiring
about him. In terms of fashion he was a child of his times and mingling with nobles, he had to dress
as extravagantly as they did. It is often refreshing to be more playful, trying to be over the top in a
harmless way.”