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.”

Paz Soto Salinas/Triumph International Fashion Award 2006

What is your association with the person Mozart?

Tatiana Pogrebnyak: "Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart …musician, composer … in one word, - a genius. For me, Mozart is associated with everlasting classics. The first association is music, gorgeous music; may be Requiem, for it is my favourite composer’s creation, very emotional and strong, whenever you listen to it. Due to the Triumph Fashion Award 2006 context, Mozart as a person was associated to me as a leading society personality, an artist of his field, less as a visual inspiration, but more as spiritual one. Mozart’s creations, especially those, inspired by Baroque musicians, reveal the Rococo playful atmosphere, on the other hand Mozart as a leading personality inspired me to think what Madame de Pompadour would choose to wear for her date.

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