LADO BOKUCHAVA is a Georgian brand founded in 2017 by young Georgian designer Lado Bokuchava. Brands signature is 80’s underground style mixed with contemporary world. Every collection is a mix of classic and urban style with futuristic details, different directions together. Color defines lots of things. The most important part of creating process is a pattern. Most of the complex looks consist of many details that are detachable, which makes them multifunctional and comfortable to wear for any type of body, and also on different occasions. The designer uses classy and minimal materials.
The sources of inspiration for designer are always different movies or books that are expressed in the mood of collection. Use of colors are always vibrant and miscellaneous, highlighting a perfect balance between elegance and serenity. Designer adores synthesizing delicateness with harsh shapes, making looks posh yet savage, for someone showing her uniqueness unabashedly and unconditionally. The brand’s first collection was SS 2018 which made a huge success not only in Georgia but outside
country as well. The collection has been featured in magazines such as Vogue and Dazed.
Lako Bukia was born in the city of Tbilisi, Georgia. She did her first BA at A. Kutateladze Tbilisi State Academy of Art, where she graduated with a BA in Fashion and Textiles Diploma. After graduation Lako went to London and did a second BA at the prestigious London College of Fashion specializing in Womenswear. Meanwhile, she started her own luxury label LAKO BUKIA, which has been shown at London Fashion Week for 4 seasons as well as various catwalks and showrooms in Paris, Berlin, Kiev. In 2012 Lako opened her boutique in Tbilisi, Georgia The same year Lako moved to New York to do a Master’s Degree at Parsons, The New School for Design. In the summer of 2014 she successfully graduated from the MFA and moved back to Georgia.
Lako Bukia is a unique label, made for women who want to express their individuality and stand out from the crowd. To achieve this for its clients the brand focuses on extravagant
shapes and also specializes in unique use of colors and fabrics mainly created by digital printing. Every collection has its conceptual identity for which Lako uses a different print derived from the designer’s photographs usually taken during her travels or while exploring her common surroundings. Fabrics are also usually sourced from several different countries. From three season now brand doesn’t work on leather anymore and has become animal friendly. This is why in the S/S 2021 collection main emphasize is put on the use of vegan leather as an alternative to the natural one, how beautifully this material can be worn.
Serving a confident statement, while wearing the brand garments, INGOROKVA woman adopts their explicit style with a concise allegation, representing individualism and underlying her distinctiveness in the strongest possible way.
The voice of the brand is heard by a woman who is modern, dynamic and intelligent, who is certain about her values and adopts a brand that shares them with her, chooses quality over quantity and synthesizes style with her firm ethical and principal approaches.
She translates the primary focus of the brand concept and is determined to stand out, while the team behind it continues to reinforce their commitment to quality fused with strong identity creation.
George Keburia is a womenswear and accessories label designed and made in Tbilisi, Georgia. The self-taught designer founded his fun-loving eponymous label in 2010, presenting a surrealist collection saturated with fantastical references and outlandish concepts.
For his debut collection, George Keburia was awarded the ‘Best Newcomer’ Award at a local fashion contest. Two years later, Keburia achieved recognition with his capsule collection “Bird Nest”, winning the design contest Be Next 2012 in Tbilisi and the Community’s Choice Muuse x Vogue Talents Vision Award.
In 2013, George became a designer at Fashion House Materiel, creating collections for the brand for two years. In fall 2017, George Keburia was selected among the six worldwide designers to showcase their SS18 collection during Milan Fashion Week and participate in Vogue Talents x Swarovski Project by creating a special piece with Swarovski crystals. In September 2018, George Keburia presented his first SS19 collection within official Paris Fashion Week schedule.
Mixing masculine elements and feminine classiness, with voluminous lines and a minimal design, collections of George Keburia aim to go beyond the functionality of clothing, offering a sense of fashion escapism. Sharply constructed pieces are rooted in classic elegance, while still subversive enough to look cutting-edge. Collections of George Keburia represent a modern interpretation of femininity by creating raw-provoking silhouettes with exaggerated shapes and synthesis of heavy and light fabrics.
“Like everyone else, naturally, I was also affected by the current world situation. I was thinking and reflecting a lot and found comfort in familiar scenarios and aesthetics. After all these ongoing hardships, I realized that it was crucial for me to stay true to myself and created a collection, which follows all the principles that are so important to me, such as being risky, sexy, masculine, and strong.
I found inspiration in the surroundings and objects that have been with me for the whole of my life. They are a part of me and bring calmness and comfort to me. This inspiration includes everything, such as childhood memories, jewelry pieces, and more.
The materials I used for the latest collection were mostly cotton and viscose consisting. We tried our best to have an eco-friendly collection (taking into consideration the current world economic situation and crisis).
Another important topic that I would like to cover is that for this collection, I didn’t take into account any of the current tendencies and wasn’t influenced by any decade – I just gave myself total freedom to create pieces that would have some of my signature touches to them (such as asymmetric and futuristic details, bustier, corsets, sleeves, etc.). It is noteworthy, that unlike my previous collection, this time, I decided to change up the details a little bit, for example, instead of buttons I decided to use hooks. This kind of small details always makes me happy.”
Gvantsa Janashia is a Georgian fashion designer, who studied Fashion Design and Styling at the Paris American Academy in Paris, France. Later on, she established her own brand “Janashia”. From January 2015, Janashia started promoting and exporting her collection abroad.
The GUDU brand was founded in 2015 by the Georgian designer Lasha Mdinaradze who lives and works in Kiev. In 2011, he won the Be Next competition for young designers, and then worked on the Merali by GUDU and UGLY (You Gotta Love Yourself) labels. The brand focuses on bright and self-sufficient images that do not need extra accessories. Lasha Mdinaradze actively works with black color and deconstruction, loves to experiment with shape and color, while not forgetting about the verified cut. The designer calls GUDU’s heroine a blue-blooded punk, offering her sensual and dramatic silhouettes. ‘A woman is always in the center of attention for me’, says Mdinaradze. ‘I want to create things for her that reveal her strength and character’.
Datuna Sulikashvili debuted in 2005 as a fashion designer with his first collection while being a student at Tbilisi State Academy of Arts. It was the beginning of his successful career full of applauded collections and fashion shows by various buyers and critics from different parts of the world. Datuna Sulikashvili has participated in various fashion events, such as Benext Fashion Design Contest, Tbilisi Fashion Week, Georgia Fashion Week, Mercedes-Benz fashion Days, Almaty Fashion week, Baku Fashion Week, Astana Fashion Week, Tallinn Fashion Week, Madrid Fashion Week where his collections are highly appreciated by famous critics. This is how Godfrey Deeny describes one of his shows: “Georgia’s best staged show was very much by Datuna Sulikashvili, who presented his gothic screen goddess show in a great Constructivist style theater, where models appeared out of the floors on hydraulic platforms and staged precariously at a 45 degree angle as an Oscar winning style star emoted in a diaphanous white dress in a surreal shower made of pages from a novel. Sulikashvili’s strict black pants suits with jade finishes and layered chiffon dresses in burnt orange were also the weekend’s best-cut ideas”. His famous customers include politicians, actresses and singers like Lady Gaga, Sharon Stone and others. It is worth mentioning that the First Lady of Georgia chose Datuna to design her inaugural outfit as well. His current and future clients shop Datuna’s collections In Tbilisi, Moscow, Minsk, Paris, Almaty, Astana, Sochi, Kiev.
Datuna Sulikashvili is the designer who is constantly involved in different social issues. In 2019, the designer created a special capsule collection for the editorial against sexual harassment featured in Amarta international edition. Thematic words and terms dedicated to the sexual harassment were printed on the unique pieces of the collection worn by Belgian model Leila Nda.
Georgian designer Aka Nanitashvili was born in Tbilisi . After graduating from the Tbilisi State Academy of Arts, where she completed a bachelor’s degree in fashion design in 2000, Aka has been actively participating in various fashion projects.
Aka Nanitashvili debuted in 2008. Since then, she has become one of the most prolific and highly professional designers in Georgia. Starting from 2009, she has owned and run the AKA NANITA Fashion House.
Aka Nanitashvili is developing and creating exquisite items. Her brand is presented in various cities including Kiev, Almaty, Moscow and Batumi. Moreover, her range of clients is further growing now, as AKA NANITA has recently launched a baby line, MAIA.
AKA NANITA has opened online store, as online shopping has taken off internationally and AKA NANITA’s clients have opportunity to purchase her designs from the convenience of their homes all over the world.
Celebrities who wear AKA NANITA : ANNIE STARKE, Priyanka Chopra, Kourtney Kardashian, Emmy Raver-Lampman,
Avtandil Tskvitinidze is one of the pioneers in Georgian fashion scene. The definition of feminity has been a trademark of designers in unpredictable ways since 2000s. Avtandil an artist himself, gives each collection a unique meaning. Over the years his muses have been different eras, cultures and iconic women of his visual perception. The designer has four stores in Tbilisi and one in Batumi.
Avtandil first steps in fashion are linked with the Avant-garde festival in 1995, where the designer first presented his collection – a mixture of fine arts and contemporary fashion. The same year he graduated from Tbilisi State Academy of Arts. In 2000, The brand Avtandil was established, which has been followed by the first store and fashion house. Besides presenting his collections in his home country, he also participated in several fashion weeks across the globe. Avtandil held personal shows in Paris, London, Rome, Monte Carlo etc.
At the present time, Avtandil has two clothing lines – the classy and casual one.
Besides fashion, He entered to a field of new interests – Furniture and interior design. And also returned to his well-forgotten work on oil painting.
Current SS21 collection of Avtandil is successfully presented in Milan showroom.
AKA PRODIASHVILI is 25 years old Georgian, Tbilisi-based designer, who has started his career as a stylist at the age of 15. He has worked with multiple local and worldwide magazines and participated in notorious projects like Be Next and Young Talents Competition in Kyiv, Ukraine.
He debuted with SS19 collection at Mercedes Benz Fashion Week Tbilisi, which has brought him a huge success, Aka was seen in Vogue and Dazed Magazine, the cover of Re-edition Magazine and many more, artists such as: Lady Gaga, Arca, Paris Hilton and others.
Few days before FW20 collection Runway, Aka was listed in Dazed 100 most influential people of 2019.
He presents colorful and flamboyant collection, where all the details are exploring the queer culture, his work combines manly tradition with a feminine aesthetic, pushing the boundaries with masculinity and continuing the aesthetics of drag queens, mixed with black comedy fantasy. Prodiashvili`s collections are an exotic forest, which turns everything into contemporary, gender blurring interpretations. Innovation comes together in every sketch and it is all based on the duality of culture and identity, he develops a hybrid wardrobe, carefully staged in daring theatrical show.
