You might have seen her work already on Kanye’s blog. Mojzes Dora is a Hungarian fashion designer who received her degree in Textile Design in 2008 at the Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design in Budapest. She has a wide interest in design, and aims to create a harmony in her work by not only creating clothing, but accessories as well.

For more on Dóra’s background, an interview, and her work, continue reading.

Her works specialize in creating the image of the “modern” in the 21st century, who is both demanding, and refined when it comes to herself and her surrounding; is open to new things, is confident, successful and can retain the qualities of a true woman even during the monotony of the everyday. She labours to create garments that show the true, unique style of the person wearing it; to express her feelings, and to showcase her own outlook on fashion. She considers her clothes a mode of expressing herself. At the foundation of all of her creations is the ideal female body, and an aim at emphasizing true female qualities. Her use of colours is rather dark, so we see a lot of shades of greys, and blacks, contrasted at times by its polar opposite: stark whites. As far as outfits go, she likes to keep it to one colour, or use tone-in-tone shades of one colour.

Besides clothing, she enjoys designing, and producing accessories as well. Before university, she studied leather crafts in high school, and spent a semester studying it in university as well. Her affinity for leather comes from her mom, who began her career specializing in leather crafts.

She further expanded her knowledge and experience by receiving a scholarship to study at the London College of Fashion, where she spent a semester.

Why did you choose to get into fashion? Was this something you were always interested in?
Ever since I was a child, fashion played an integral part of my life since my mom was also a fashion designer, among other things. Both of my parents studied applied arts in university, so it was sort of obvious as to what path I would take. They never tried to persuade me in either direction though, and always fully supported my decisions. It was from about High School though, that I began to consciously prepare to join the field of fashion design.

What are your thoughts on Hungarians and their relationship with fashion?
Well, uummmm… I’m starting to see some improvement :) And I’m really happy to see so many young, and talented people in this field. The more talent, quality, and originality one sees, the less the chance that they’ll end up choosing a garment that is sub par.

Kanye West wrote post about you on his blog (Click here for the post). What kind of feedback did you get from this? We heard Rihanna’s stylist got in touch with you. Did she really?
Yes, she did. She wanted to use one of my pieces for a photoshoot, but she wasn’t aware that I live in Hungary, so shipping would have complicated things quite a bit. But we still keep in touch, so who knows. You might see Rihanna wearing one of my creations sometime soon:)

Thankfully though, many people from abroad have been getting in touch with me, and there’s been a bunch of positive feedback. There are a lot of opportunities, but until now, I haven’t really been able to take advantage of them, mainly due to financial reasons. I now have a financial investor/partner, so hopefully it will be easier now to expand. Most recently, I sent out some stuff to a girl band to wear them on stage at their show in London.

Recently you had a joint project with Madame Peripetie. What can you tell us about this?
Madame Peripetie also stumbled onto my work through a blog, and told me she’d like to shoot my clothes. I immediately sent out my stuff to her because I love her style. She also asked for my new collection too.

Here in Budapest, your collection was a big hit at the Marie Claire Fashion Days event. Tell us about your new collection.
The collection is based on’80s style and is inspired by such people the David Bowie, Grace Jones and Blondie of that era, with a touch of the future. Much of the emphasis has been placed on the shoulders, as well as highlighting a small waist to maintain the ideal female figure, which has always been the basis for my work. In this collection, the colour black and gold was used combined with pink linings. I like to use matt and shiny surfaces together. The main material which gave the basis for the collection was sequin tulle. The playful glitter helps to break the stiff silhouettes. The items are already available at Catwalk in Budapest, or directly through me, custom-tailored for the buyer! Really the feedback has been very positive, which is why I might have been nominated for Cosmopolitan’s annual „You’re the Best!” award.

What do you feel is your biggest success to date?
My first big success was being awarded first prize by the Hungarian National Artists Association for my thesis collection, which was a big surprise for me. Besides that, being nominated at the Hungarian Fashion Awards as well as the nomination by Cosmopolitan was also a great accomplishment for me. This means that my name is starting to get known in Hungary, and thankfully – as I’ve said before – the positive feedback from abroad has been much more than I expected. Photographers and stylists from all around know my name, which is weird since I’ve never advertised myself or my collection. My thesis collection appeared on some blogs, and the rest came by itself. It spread like swine flu:) These blogs including the fashion blogs are read by a bunch of people, so the photos were seen by many. After this, the magazines came calling. I really didn’t do anything to have people write about me. I guess I was lucky:) The funny thing is that here at home everything moves at a much slower pace, but thankfully it’s starting to come around here too. Before the Marie Claire fashion show, no one really showed any interest. The problem here in Hungary is that if you’re not some sort of celebrity, you have pretty much no chance in the world; regardless of whether Kanye West writes about you on his blog or not.

Are you planning to open your own showroom in the near future?
Yes, I am, but I’ll know more in the coming months as to when it will come to fruition. But for now, I’m more focused on getting my collection into stores around the world.

What other plans do you have for the future? Where do you see yourself in a few years?
Well, there’s the showroom I’d like to open, and I’d like for the Doramojzes brand to expand, but I still have a lot of work to do before that. I’m just really happy now for all that I’ve been able to accomplish so far.

New collection 2009
photo: Viszlay Márk
make up: Fazekas Richard
hair: Tüzes Tamás (Hairclub)
model: Bianca (Icon)

Madame Peripetie
photo: Madame Peripetie

Tags: Dora Mojzes, Young Hungarian Talent