Profession / role:

Designer/ Lecturer

Company / organisation:

Raffles Design Institute

Website (if you have one):

www.andraclitzan.com

My primary role in relation to fashion is:

Designer

I am looking to discover or buy

To develope my brand

About me / About business or organisation:

What inspires me are my origins, my home country and my culture, but also traditional wear and ethnic elements from different cultures around the world. Furthermore, the idea of multiculturalism helps me to use different elements but in the same time to keep the essence of my origins.I love to combine old with new and I believe fashion is an art, as I'm very interested in the "cputure" technique.

Currently I finalized my PhD with a thematic autumn/winter collection. For it I used traditional tailoring techniques with hand made embroidery and craftsmen work. The central theme is the funeral ritual and its symbolism materialized in a modern design, making use of couture techniques.

Career history / Company history:

I was born in 1983 in Baia Mare, Romania. Grew up and studied in my hometown until 2002, when I decided to move to Cluj-Napoca to study at the University of Art and Design.I started my career by specializing in textiles, with a Major in Fashion Design and a Minor in Printing.

Later on,I studied at L’Ecole Superieure des Artes Decoratifs de Strasbourg, France (2004) and in 2008 I was granted a scholarship at Central St. Martins College of Art and Design London.
* Reference points in my career were: Romanian Fashion Week Iasi (2006-2008), Summer Fashion Week by Fashion TV (2007), The Pasarela Festival (2009) by French Embassy Bucharest, Romanian Fashion Week (2010), Berlin Fashion Week (January 2013).