ROSHI gets the CHLOE crown

all images by Etienne Tordoir, courtesy of Roshi Porkar

... I hope that you will excuse me for not writing about this definite fashion highlight earlier but I was travelling in China and Korea and could not pay attention to all that was going on fashion-wise in good old Europe. (Would you like another example of insufficient attention paying? I have been an assiduous watcher of the Euro Vison song contest, like, always, and the first time in years I don't watch it BECAUSE I AM ON A PLANE an Austrian contestant wins - absurd, right?).

Now, Hyères (yes, that's right, the Festival international de la mode et de la photographie de Hyères) is not the #ESC but it most definitely is a very important date on the fashion calendar and over the years quite some Austrian designers have done pretty well in the South of France. 

This year's edition was no exception and saw a notable success by a designer who studied fashion at Angewandte uni's "Modeklasse" - Roshi Porkar was one of two joint winners of the Prix Chloé. It was only the third time that the Prix Chloé was given to a finalist, the challenge is to create a look that reflects the aesthetics of the Paris-based fashion house.

As you can see from the images from Roshi's graduate collection, she did already bring a little bit of that Chloé twist to Hyères. So that's perfect. Another thing that should be mentioned: she has spent the past few months in Paris where she worked at Lanvin, so here we've definitely got someone reaching out for the international heights of the fashion world. Bravo, and to be continued ...

... c'est très Chloé ça, les silhouettes montrées ci-dessus, ne trouvez-vous pas ? Eh ben voilà. Et c'est donc tout à fait juste que la très douée créatrice Roshi Porkar, qui a terminé ses études de mode à la Modeklasse de l'Université des Arts Décoratifs à Vienne l'an dernier, ait gagné la troisième édition du Prix Chloé, décerné il y a peu au cours du Festival international de la mode et de la photographie à Hyères.

Vous voyez là quelques looks de la collection-diplôme de Roshi, et cette esthétique qui lui est évidemment très chère correspond tout à fait aux codes de la maison Chloé. Et puisque c'est exactement cela qu'on demande aux finalistes du festival, de créer un look qui reflète l'esthétique de Chloé, Roshi a gagné à très juste titre. Elle vient de terminer un stage chez Lanvin, à Paris, ce qui fait deux très grands noms dans sa poche, en quelque sorte, et l'on verra bien ce que l'avenir lui apportera ...