Gala UAD Fashion Design (the graduation fashion gala of University of Art and Design Cluj-Napoca) is definitely the most prominent fashion event in Romania. Selected BA and MA graduation collections are shown every year at the end of June in a professional fashion show. Over the years (the event has already reached its 24th edition now!) UAD Fashion Gala became an excellent promoting platform for Romanian young fashion talents. With remarkable media coverage and serious support from partners in the industry, the event has the great merit of connecting the young graduates with the real fashion world.

This year the BA collections were coordinated by Prof.Dr. Anca Pia Rusan, and the MA collections were coordonated by Prof.Dr. Elena Basso-Stanescu and Conf.Dr. Lucian Broscatean.

I would like to congratulate the students and their professors, they did good job! Here are some of my favorite looks as shown on Fashion Gala’s catwalk this year / photo credit: Emil Costrut

Raul Lazar, Glam Anarchy (MA)

Madalina Stan, Eon (MA)

Bianca Ilonca, Almost Famous (MA)

Smaranda Buc, Psycho Kitsch (MA)

Bogdana Firu, Red is the New Black (MA)

Ferencz Borbala, The Return of the Shreds (MA)

Alexandru Manuel Pop, the virAGOs (BA)

Paul Paduraru, Power (BA)

Paula Clitan, In My Secret Garden (BA)

Alexandra Burtiuc, Divergent (BA)

Stefan Toma, Zaz Zuh Zas (BA)

Andrada Morutan, Debandada (BA)

Diana Cojocariu, FunKey aka MonKey (BA)

Radu Hasmasan, Be.have (BA)

Bogdan Benea, Outside the Box (BA)

Vlad Pavel, Salba (BA)

Diana Turc, It’s Personal! (BA)

Naomi Turcu (BA)