About Me
Hi, I’m Monika, a Fashion graduate from Kingston University.
Monika Pohorska is a Fashion graduate from Kingston University specialising in womenswear, printwear and fashion textiles. Born in Prague, the capital of the Czech republic and now based in London, she has acquired a deep interest and fascination towards different cultures and their unique approach to arts and crafts.
My fine art background has enabled me to approach fashion differently. I like to create simple yet contemporary silhouettes with bold textiles. Above all, I have cultivated a deep passion for fashion print. I’m primarily inspired by folk art and traditional print-making techniques, such as linocut or crosshatching. My prints are mostly digital or hand-drawn, and later screen/digitally printed. Besides print, I also employ a range of traditional textile approaches such as beadwork, patchwork, and embroidery.
INSPIRATION
Voices of Nature - a collection focused on print and textiles
“Voices of Nature” is a womenswear collection where print is the prominent factor. The prints are inspired by nature and mythologies that are explanations of nature's forces. They embody what was unexplainable for our ancestors; thunder, sea, spring, and fertility. By combining natural colours and prints inspired by patterns and figures from mythology, this collection captures the beauty and complexity of natural landscapes, as well as mythical qualities and the themes they influence.
My designs incorporate rich textiles and patterns inspired explicitly by my Czech background as well as other European, South American and African cultures. The dresses have elements of fantasy and mythology, including silhouettes inspired by folk costumes, geometric shapes inspired by trees and plants. The centrepiece of the collection is a series of dresses. These garments are elegant, sophisticated and modern, yet capture the mythical aspects of print design and the spiritual symbols of nature.
MY WORK
PORTFOLIOS
Research, inspiration and mood
Textiles
Beadwork
Toile process
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Look 1 - technical board
Look 5 - technical board
Collection line-up
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DETAIL
Ouroboros
This appliqué depicts a dragon swallowing its own tail. The appliqué is 2.30m wide and goes around the dress in a circle. It’s made from velvet and satin fabric. This ancient symbol, known as “ouroboros”, has been seen in ancient Egyptian iconography and in other ancient, especially European cultures. This symbol mainly interprets wholeness, infinity, and unity. It represents the eternal cycle of destruction and rebirth.
“Ars longa, vita brevis” - “Artists come and go, but their art endures.” Hippocrates
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