Dimana Nakova/ Spring Issue

Dimana Nakova holds a Bachelor's Degree in Fashion & Textile Design from UTS, Australia. During her studies, she interned with some Australian fashion designers and worked as a fashion designer assistant and a couture dressmaker for some of the most prestigious bridal boutiques in Sydney. In 2003, Dimana Nakova established her label, IXTYS, and opened a boutique in Sofia, Bulgaria. The atelier produced couture wedding and ball gowns, and evening and cocktail dresses. IXTYS has done a great number of fashion shows in Bulgaria and Serbia. Dimana Nakova has collaborated as a fashion journalist and consultant for Bulka Magazine and PARI Newspaper. Her collections are shown on Bulgarian National Television, NOVA TV, and CHANEL 3. Since spring 2013, Atelier Ixtys has focused on producing ready-made collections consisting of going out, cocktails and special occasion dresses. The unique gowns are characterized by exclusive machine embroidery, designed by the creative director and made specifically for the brand, as well as the handmade couture finishes. From spring 2023, Dimana Nakova has started a whole new approach to her fashion collections for IXTYS and has introduced one-of-a-kind textile artworks with each one of them. The textile paintings are originals, made personally by the Creative Director. Most of the one-of-a-kind artworks have been chosen by an international jury to be part of highly professional, multinational exhibitions- Hilaku Voices VIII Textile Art Exhibition, Spain; The VIII International Triennial of Textile, Hungary; 15th International Textile and Fiber Art Biennial “Scythia”, Ukraine; Bulgarian Triennial of MINI TEXTILE 2023, Bulgaria; FORGET ME (K)NOT, Perugia, Italy. The textiles serve as a starting point and a concept for the created afterward gowns. The author's textile technique is a collage of hand, free motion, and digital embroidery, as well as appliqué and hand beading. The atelier uses only new high-quality, Italian designer excess fabrics, left after the cutting and the embroidery process of the dresses and German certified recycled threads and backings and this process makes the textile paintings incredibly sustainable.