On Saturday the 24th May, the New Designers Fashion Show will take place as part of Malta Fashion Week 2014. This is the show in which emerging local designers have the chance to show the country their designs and basically get noticed, it is also a form of competition as one designer will win the best new designer award at the Malta Fashion Awards one week alter. In anticipation of this event, (one of my favourite in the whole week), I will be shining the spotlight on each of these ‘new designers’.
Today we shine the spotlight on Rosemarie Abela (RMA) a brand creating WOMENSWEAR with a difference.
Upon meeting Rosemarie, my impression was that although she is still young, she is very ambitious and determined – she is now 22 years old, she left Malta at the age of 18 and travelled to Florence to begin her studies in fashion. She spent four years studying there and describes it as a fantastic experience, studying with fellow students from all over the world, she graduated last year and returned to Malta.
This is her first collection that she has worked on independent of her time at the university, however whilst at university, she also presented two solo collections. The brand RMA was launched two years ago and her dream and plan is to have her own studio/shop which will open by appointment. Although her primary religion is catholicism, she also upholds the buddhism religion and this is reflected in her use of the enso circle in her logo (first pic).
This her first time presenting at Malta Fashion Week and she describes her collection as inspired mainly by asia but also by three different themes Twiggy, China and Samurai and here is her sneak peek:
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