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FASHION
has been the sponsor of my first
collection and show I held in Austria,
the Modeexposition Istanbul held
under the auspices of the Dean
of Vienna Economy University
where I was studying. Next year, I
made my second show, A Turkish
Flair, held in historical building of
Turkish consulate in Vienna under
the auspices of our Consul Erdem
Erner and his wife Gokçen. Following
the press reviews I started to design
for celebrities in Austria. Popular
music star and also the wife of Vienna
Mayor Helmut Zilk Dagmar Koller,
wife of foreign minister Edith Mock
and many other celebrities began to
prefer my designs and productions.
I was elected as the youngest best
fashion designer in the Munich
fashion week. As one of the six
successful young stylists chosen by
Austria Chamber of Trade, we were
sent to Dusseldorf, Milano and Paris
to make shows. My works have all
been preferred the most.
How did your story begin in
the US?
Once I pick my case and my latest
collection then I went to the USA.
The collection that I exhibited in a
suit of a famous hotel in New York
was immediately ordered by one of
the prestigious chain of stores and
was praised by fearful fashion editor
of New York Times, Bernadine
Morris at the same time. Besides he
published a half page news in New
York Times. During the following
ten years I have been living mostly in
New York, I shuffled between the US
and the Europe. I then was included
in Turquality program of Turkish
Ministry of Trade, and in their official
agenda as the only Turkish fashioner
in New York Fashion week. I held
exhibitions every year for 9 years.
56 August/2016