PMFA has a casual Q and A with the fabulous
Lady Petrova
- What's
playing on your iPod at the moment?
Dirty
Dancing Soundtrack, No Doubt, Shangri La's, Diplo, TLC and Kate Bush
- What book are you currently reading?
A
True Crime Book on Serial Killers
- What item in your wardrobe is getting the most wear at
the moment?
The
Turkish Delight fuchsia velvet dress from my Winter Collection and my lilac
leather platform boots.
- Where do you buy most of your clothes?
Lady
Petrova Boutique of course!
- Do you have any favourite current trends?
I
love that ladylike fabrications, accessories and bright cosmetics are becoming
acceptable for everyday wear.
Wearing lace, flowers in your hair and lipstick is no longer saved for special
occasions.
I hate saving...... you should always wear what you buy straight away.... even
if it is just around your house!
- Can you describe what your workroom looks like?
On
the walls I have theme boards, Mucha posters and 1920's magazines, on the floor
at the moment is a sea of brown pattern card, while I finish pattern making my
current collection.
- Is there anyone you'd like to see wearing your designs?
I
love seeing fabulous girls walking down Flinders lane in my designs, especially
when they have added a bit of their own personality by wearing the garment in a
totally different way than I designed it.
A couple of weeks ago Lana Del Rey wore my designs when she was in Melbourne
and that was amazing!!
- Where or when do you feel most inspired? I can get inspired pretty much anywhere, I have to be careful where I
go, or I might end up designing a collection based on an Air Supply Concert and
buildings in Shanghai (like my Peace Hotel collection a couple of Summers
ago...)
I feel most inspired when I am draping in my studio.
- Could you give us any tidbits about your
next collection?
Oh I am so excited by my A/W collection....
It is inspired by two interior designers and socialites from the 1950's Dorothy
Draper and Sister Parish, who were actually cousins.
Dorothy
Draper was very anti-minimalist <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minimalism>
, she would use bright, exuberant colors and large prints that would encompass
whole walls. She incorporated black and white tiles, rococo <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rococo>
scrollwork, and Baroque <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baroque>
plasterwork.
The collection has a real clash of colours and patterns and the
styles are much more tailored than my usual draped garments.
- What's the best fashion advice you've been given?
To
stay true to yourself.........
- What's
playing on your iPod at the moment?
Dirty Dancing Soundtrack, No Doubt, Shangri La's, Diplo, TLC and Kate Bush
- What book are you currently reading?
A True Crime Book on Serial Killers
- What item in your wardrobe is getting the most wear at the moment?
The Turkish Delight fuchsia velvet dress from my Winter Collection and my lilac leather platform boots.
- Where do you buy most of your clothes?
Lady Petrova Boutique of course!
- Do you have any favourite current trends?
I love that ladylike fabrications, accessories and bright cosmetics are becoming acceptable for everyday wear.
Wearing lace, flowers in your hair and lipstick is no longer saved for special occasions.
I hate saving...... you should always wear what you buy straight away.... even if it is just around your house!
- Can you describe what your workroom looks like?
On the walls I have theme boards, Mucha posters and 1920's magazines, on the floor at the moment is a sea of brown pattern card, while I finish pattern making my current collection.
- Is there anyone you'd like to see wearing your designs?
I love seeing fabulous girls walking down Flinders lane in my designs, especially when they have added a bit of their own personality by wearing the garment in a totally different way than I designed it.
A couple of weeks ago Lana Del Rey wore my designs when she was in Melbourne and that was amazing!!
- Where or when do you feel most inspired? I can get inspired pretty much anywhere, I have to be careful where I go, or I might end up designing a collection based on an Air Supply Concert and buildings in Shanghai (like my Peace Hotel collection a couple of Summers ago...)
I feel most inspired when I am draping in my studio.
- Could you give us any tidbits about your next collection?
Oh I am so excited by my A/W collection....
It is inspired by two interior designers and socialites from the 1950's Dorothy Draper and Sister Parish, who were actually cousins.
Dorothy Draper was very anti-minimalist <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minimalism> , she would use bright, exuberant colors and large prints that would encompass whole walls. She incorporated black and white tiles, rococo <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rococo> scrollwork, and Baroque <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baroque> plasterwork.
The collection has a real clash of colours and patterns and the styles are much more tailored than my usual draped garments.
- What's the best fashion advice you've been given?
To stay true to yourself.........
Dirty Dancing Soundtrack, No Doubt, Shangri La's, Diplo, TLC and Kate Bush
- What book are you currently reading?
A True Crime Book on Serial Killers
- What item in your wardrobe is getting the most wear at the moment?
The Turkish Delight fuchsia velvet dress from my Winter Collection and my lilac leather platform boots.
- Where do you buy most of your clothes?
Lady Petrova Boutique of course!
- Do you have any favourite current trends?
I love that ladylike fabrications, accessories and bright cosmetics are becoming acceptable for everyday wear.
Wearing lace, flowers in your hair and lipstick is no longer saved for special occasions.
I hate saving...... you should always wear what you buy straight away.... even if it is just around your house!
- Can you describe what your workroom looks like?
On the walls I have theme boards, Mucha posters and 1920's magazines, on the floor at the moment is a sea of brown pattern card, while I finish pattern making my current collection.
- Is there anyone you'd like to see wearing your designs?
I love seeing fabulous girls walking down Flinders lane in my designs, especially when they have added a bit of their own personality by wearing the garment in a totally different way than I designed it.
A couple of weeks ago Lana Del Rey wore my designs when she was in Melbourne and that was amazing!!
- Where or when do you feel most inspired? I can get inspired pretty much anywhere, I have to be careful where I go, or I might end up designing a collection based on an Air Supply Concert and buildings in Shanghai (like my Peace Hotel collection a couple of Summers ago...)
I feel most inspired when I am draping in my studio.
- Could you give us any tidbits about your next collection?
Oh I am so excited by my A/W collection....
It is inspired by two interior designers and socialites from the 1950's Dorothy Draper and Sister Parish, who were actually cousins.
Dorothy Draper was very anti-minimalist <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minimalism> , she would use bright, exuberant colors and large prints that would encompass whole walls. She incorporated black and white tiles, rococo <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rococo> scrollwork, and Baroque <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baroque> plasterwork.
The collection has a real clash of colours and patterns and the styles are much more tailored than my usual draped garments.
- What's the best fashion advice you've been given?
To stay true to yourself.........
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