#petermovrin

(images via bfw)

this season in belgrade has been particularly enticing in terms of getting to meet some new designers, and although each usually also finds me grumbling that the serbian and visiting names aren't getting the attention they deserve (and they're still not), i suppose we ought nevertheless be pleased fashion weeks such as bfw allow us a platform to be introduced to them at all.  no? so with that in mind, let's take a look at the still-fairly-mysterious ljubljana-based designer, peter movrin, whose s/s 2013 range i found absolutely stunning and alluring. 

anyway, mr. movrin was part of a segment called 'zona 45', or, as wannabe magazine explains, was essentially meant to introduce people to some new names (some of the other designers also hail from slovenia, as well as croatia, ireland, montenegro, and various parts of serbia), and to give a platform to those very creative emerging designers who need more space and attention to grow and develop their labels.  it's quite a noble effort, methinks, especially because belgrade fashion week is (unfortunately) still quite small itself, with even its more notable designers needing a little promotion of their own.  but it's the kind of thing i love and respect about these lesser well-known fashion weeks, and i'd much rather see brands grow here than hauling themselves--like everyone else--to new york or paris. 

but this isn't about me, and i should shut up about such things and get back to the designer at hand.  anyway, i was more than a little disappointed to learn that not many sites took the time to describe what mr. movrin was up to for spring, which at times reminded me of a more structured-and-wearable version of what storied russian designer yegor zaitsev turns out each season, combined with some of those animal prints roberto cavalli so loves, but really (and for the most part), his range almost defied description in that it was futuristic, wearable, and yet completely conceptual (maybe also a little alien, like alexander mcqueen's s/s 2010 range).  interestingly, the slovenian site fashion opined that mr. movrin represents (trans.) "one of the biggest hopes of the Slovenian fashion industry."  i suppose in the end, it's not hard to see why.