NATALIE
DUFKOVÁ
*1995
Foto: H. Slavík
BIO
Natálie Dufková is the founder of the independent Czech fashion brand Naniche (2019). Her clothing collections are characterised by an enthusiasm of form that embodies the richness of life.
Designer and co-founder of the Czech independent brand NANICHE. She is a graduate of the Academy of Arts and Crafts in Prague, specifically the Clothing and Footwear Studio led by Professor Liběna Rochová. With her bachelor collection "Neverending Masopust" she celebrated success at Shanghai Fashion Week SS2020 and at the prestigious European event for young creative designers Fashion Clash in Maastricht under the auspices of the Czech Centre in Rotterdam. She has also repeatedly presented her models at the Bunka Fashion Graduate University show in Tokyo and completed a four-month Matohu internship in Tokyo, Japan.
https://forbes.cz/dvacet-metru-sifonu-a-spoluprace-s-levis-kdo-je-studentka-natalie-dufkova/
https://www.elle.cz/moda/potrebujete-saty-na-ples-svatbu-ci-na-gala-sezenete-je-u-naniche
CV
Designblok 2021 Diploma Selection Levis Award winner
Ceny a ocenění:
1. Czech Grand Design nominee 2021 (kolekce HER)
2. Designblok 2021 Diploma Selection Levis Award winner
3. Czech Grand Design Finalist 2020 (kolekce Nymphae)
4. VAN GRAAF JUNIOR TALENT 2016 finalist
Overview:
-November 2019 founding of NANICHE - founders Natalie Dufková (designer) and Věra Linhartová (management)
-March 2020 Mercedes-Benz Prague Fashion Week - the show where the MULTIVERSE autumn/winter 2020/21 collection was to be presented had been cancelled due to the pandemic
-August 2020 first public show of NANICHE - NYMPHAE Spring/Summer 2021 dress collection at Mercedes-Benz Prague Fashion Week - at St. Gabriel's Convent
-September 2021 HER spring/summer 2022 collection - show at Mercedes Benz Prague (collaboration with Czech company Topak, the collection is an extension of the thesis which focused on upcycling traditional Czech lace) -Designblok
- October 2021 HER Spring/Summer 2022 collection presentation of the show at St Gabriel's Convent as part of Diploma Selection
-March 2022 collaboration with Levi's - collection "Levi's reworked by Natalie Dufková"(presentation of upcycled collection in Levis flagship store)
-October 2022 NOCTURNO spring/summer 2023 collection - show in Sacre Couer church during Designblok
ARTPIECE
The spiral of life
molten glass sculpture
Klumpar glassworks
2022
co-operation with Vladimíra Klumpar-Pavlik (*1954)