NEW YORK - Turkish fashion designer Nedret Taciroglu's collection inspired from the traditional Turkish art of paper marbling has drawn great interest during the Haute Couture Fashion Week in New York, the United States.
Fashion designers and critics, Turkish and foreign diplomats, journalists and renowned names watched Taciroglu's fashion show in the Starlight Roof of the Waldorf Astoria Hotel.
Taciroglu's 2010 fall-winter collection is composed of 35 pieces including cashmere coats as well as silk, satin and chiffon dresses embroidered with crystals.
She said after the show that it was a great pleasure to promote Turkey in the world.
"Turkey has a rich heritage coming from the Ottoman Empire. For instance, the art of paper marbling is not known in the world. I want to apply this elegant technique in garments. It took three months to make them," she said.
Taciroglu made her USA debut during New York's Couture Fashion Week in September 2008 with a collection entitled "Istanbul: The City of the Sultans."
After earning a degree in interior design at the Mimar Sinan University in Istanbul, Taciroglu entered the fashion industry as a model in 1976, and few years later founded Nedo Leather, where she worked designing, producing and exporting fine leather garments to clients in Paris, New York, Dallas and Houston.
Her loyal clientele numbers in the thousands around the world and she was proud to create an 18-piece collection for former First Lady Nancy Reagan. In early 2002, with the encouragement of many friends in the fashion business, Taciroglu launched Nedo Collection, which quickly came to be appreciated by international buyers for its special fabrics and accessories. She is the only Turkish designer to stage her own show in Milan for three consecutive years, where she received rave reviews.
Nedo Collection is targeted at the elegant, confident, well-traveled and successful woman. Fabrics are predominantly fine all-natural wools, cottons and silks made in Turkey. Nedo Weekend is a complimentary line of casual wear consisting of linen suits, sporty shorts, bottoms, and jeans with a target customer that appreciates comfortable and elegant clothes for less formal occasions. Taciroglu also designs home accessories.
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