MBR SS26
DELIA NINA
An independent fashion designer and visual artist focused on innovation design and sustainable fashion.
Instagram 84’–85’
84’–85’ is a capsule collection built as a subtle satire of the so-called “precious” decorative elements that once dominated Romanian interiors. These objects, proudly displayed in living rooms across the country, carried a specific kind of domestic grandeur. Ornamental wall carpets such as “The Abduction from the Seraglio” or the iconic peacock tapestry, alongside heavy vintage curtains, became silent symbols of aspiration, nostalgia, and inherited taste.
This collection takes those familiar relics and relocates them from the wall to the body.
Through creative recycling and upcycling, dense woven carpets and translucent draperies are transformed into contemporary garments. The tension between materials becomes central: opacity meets transparency, heaviness contrasts with fluidity, ornament clashes with modern tailoring. The thick, almost immovable texture of the carpets is cut and reconstructed into sharp silhouettes, creating a deliberate aesthetic dissonance between traditional materiality and present-day form.
By fragmenting, rearranging, and reframing these once-static compositions, the collection shifts perception. What was once considered kitsch or overly decorative is recontextualized as bold, conceptual fashion. Color palettes are preserved yet recomposed, ornamental scenes are cropped and repositioned, and familiar motifs gain new meaning when placed in motion.
84’–85’ is not merely about garments. It is about memory, irony, and transformation. It reclaims domestic nostalgia and turns it into contemporary commentary, proving that even the most unexpected materials can be reframed into something strikingly modern.
COLLECTION OVERVIEW
84’–85’ is a capsule collection built as a subtle satire of the so-called “precious” decorative elements that once dominated Romanian interiors. These objects, proudly displayed in living rooms across the country, carried a specific kind of domestic grandeur. Ornamental wall carpets such as “The Abduction from the Seraglio” or the iconic peacock tapestry, alongside heavy vintage curtains, became silent symbols of aspiration, nostalgia, and inherited taste.
This collection takes those familiar relics and relocates them from the wall to the body.
Through creative recycling and upcycling, dense woven carpets and translucent draperies are transformed into contemporary garments. The tension between materials becomes central: opacity meets transparency, heaviness contrasts with fluidity, ornament clashes with modern tailoring. The thick, almost immovable texture of the carpets is cut and reconstructed into sharp silhouettes, creating a deliberate aesthetic dissonance between traditional materiality and present-day form.
By fragmenting, rearranging, and reframing these once-static compositions, the collection shifts perception. What was once considered kitsch or overly decorative is recontextualized as bold, conceptual fashion. Color palettes are preserved yet recomposed, ornamental scenes are cropped and repositioned, and familiar motifs gain new meaning when placed in motion.
84’–85’ is not merely about garments. It is about memory, irony, and transformation. It reclaims domestic nostalgia and turns it into contemporary commentary, proving that even the most unexpected materials can be reframed into something strikingly modern.
COLLECTION OVERVIEW