SS25
20-22 MARCH 25
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mbr SS25 JURY MEMBERS
Below you can read more about our jury members. These jury members will make the final decision as to which brands will present their new collections at Moldovan Brands Runway during the upcoming season. Such selection is necessary to keep the choice objective as well as provide relevant feedback to applicants from global industry professionals.
Valerie specht
Fashion Journalist at vogue germany
Valerie Specht is a fashion journalist and stylist based in Munich. Since December 2023, she has been working in the fashion department at VOGUE Germany, where she writes articles for both online and print and also conceptualizes and styles fashion shoots. Prior to this, she worked as a freelancer for commercial clients and publications such as Monopol Magazine, Harper's Bazaar, and Numéro, with additional experience at Achtung and Süddeutsche Zeitung Magazin.
Instagram: Valerie Specht
Photo: Maximilian Bridts
Instagram: Valerie Specht
Photo: Maximilian Bridts
MARTYN ROBERTS
FOUNDER AND CREATIVE DIRECTOR, FASHION SCOUT
Martyn Roberts founded Fashion Scout in 2006 and over the past fifteen years he has developed it into one of the world’s most recognised and acclaimed independent platforms for international fashion designers including Iris Van Herpen, Gareth Pugh, David Koma, Eudon Choi, Phoebe English, Angel Chen and many more. Fashion Scout London is held during London Fashion Week, each season showcasing over 20 catwalk shows and presentations from emerging and pioneering designers.
Martyn is also a regular attendee of international fashion weeks and a member of numerous judging panels, mentoring programmes, including the International Fashion Showcase at London Fashion Week and FashionClash in the Netherlands. In 2016 the International Woolmark Prize awarded Fashion Scout the esteemed status as an Official Nominating Body for 37 countries.
In 2012 Martyn was appointed Managing and Creative Director of Graduate Fashion Week. Under his management the charity event saw massive growth, becoming a must visit event for any fashion and design graduate as well as industry and recruiter. Featuring graduates from 80+ universities from across the globe GFW is the world’s largest event for fashion graduates and attracts 30,000 guests to its annual event. During his tenure, GFW has won the patronage of Dame Vivienne Westwood, Victoria Beckham, Diane Von Furstenberg, Nadja Swarovski, Christopher Bailey and Nick Knight, and has helped thousands of graduates secure jobs in the industry.
Under Martyn’s creative direction, Fashion Scout has won number of international consultancy bids for Business Accelerator & Showcasing Programmes, delivering projects with the British Council, Slovak Fashion Council and Fashion and Design Chamber of Armenia.
Martyn is also a regular attendee of international fashion weeks and a member of numerous judging panels, mentoring programmes, including the International Fashion Showcase at London Fashion Week and FashionClash in the Netherlands. In 2016 the International Woolmark Prize awarded Fashion Scout the esteemed status as an Official Nominating Body for 37 countries.
In 2012 Martyn was appointed Managing and Creative Director of Graduate Fashion Week. Under his management the charity event saw massive growth, becoming a must visit event for any fashion and design graduate as well as industry and recruiter. Featuring graduates from 80+ universities from across the globe GFW is the world’s largest event for fashion graduates and attracts 30,000 guests to its annual event. During his tenure, GFW has won the patronage of Dame Vivienne Westwood, Victoria Beckham, Diane Von Furstenberg, Nadja Swarovski, Christopher Bailey and Nick Knight, and has helped thousands of graduates secure jobs in the industry.
Under Martyn’s creative direction, Fashion Scout has won number of international consultancy bids for Business Accelerator & Showcasing Programmes, delivering projects with the British Council, Slovak Fashion Council and Fashion and Design Chamber of Armenia.
MARTYN ROBERTS
FOUNDER AND CREATIVE DIRECTOR, FASHION SCOUT
Martyn Roberts founded Fashion Scout in 2006 and over the past fifteen years he has developed it into one of the world’s most recognised and acclaimed independent platforms for international fashion designers including Iris Van Herpen, Gareth Pugh, David Koma, Eudon Choi, Phoebe English, Angel Chen and many more. Fashion Scout London is held during London Fashion Week, each season showcasing over 20 catwalk shows and presentations from emerging and pioneering designers.
Martyn is also a regular attendee of international fashion weeks and a member of numerous judging panels, mentoring programmes, including the International Fashion Showcase at London Fashion Week and FashionClash in the Netherlands. In 2016 the International Woolmark Prize awarded Fashion Scout the esteemed status as an Official Nominating Body for 37 countries.
In 2012 Martyn was appointed Managing and Creative Director of Graduate Fashion Week. Under his management the charity event saw massive growth, becoming a must visit event for any fashion and design graduate as well as industry and recruiter. Featuring graduates from 80+ universities from across the globe GFW is the world’s largest event for fashion graduates and attracts 30,000 guests to its annual event. During his tenure, GFW has won the patronage of Dame Vivienne Westwood, Victoria Beckham, Diane Von Furstenberg, Nadja Swarovski, Christopher Bailey and Nick Knight, and has helped thousands of graduates secure jobs in the industry.
Under Martyn’s creative direction, Fashion Scout has won number of international consultancy bids for Business Accelerator & Showcasing Programmes, delivering projects with the British Council, Slovak Fashion Council and Fashion and Design Chamber of Armenia.
Martyn is also a regular attendee of international fashion weeks and a member of numerous judging panels, mentoring programmes, including the International Fashion Showcase at London Fashion Week and FashionClash in the Netherlands. In 2016 the International Woolmark Prize awarded Fashion Scout the esteemed status as an Official Nominating Body for 37 countries.
In 2012 Martyn was appointed Managing and Creative Director of Graduate Fashion Week. Under his management the charity event saw massive growth, becoming a must visit event for any fashion and design graduate as well as industry and recruiter. Featuring graduates from 80+ universities from across the globe GFW is the world’s largest event for fashion graduates and attracts 30,000 guests to its annual event. During his tenure, GFW has won the patronage of Dame Vivienne Westwood, Victoria Beckham, Diane Von Furstenberg, Nadja Swarovski, Christopher Bailey and Nick Knight, and has helped thousands of graduates secure jobs in the industry.
Under Martyn’s creative direction, Fashion Scout has won number of international consultancy bids for Business Accelerator & Showcasing Programmes, delivering projects with the British Council, Slovak Fashion Council and Fashion and Design Chamber of Armenia.
Diane Pernet
ASVOFF Founder/Director
Along with pioneering the advent of fashion blogging via her blog ‘A Shaded View on Fashion’ (ASVOF), celebrated fashion writer Diane Pernet is also credited with spearheading the fashion film genre, providing a new interactive medium through which artists, photographers and designers can collaborate on creative projects.
Along with founding A Shaded View On Fashion Film (ASVOFF) – an international travelling showcase holding competitions for short films within the fashion, style and beauty genres – Pernet has also curated film projects such as CineOpera in 2010 held at the Corso Como in Milan and NOOVO in Santiago de Compostela in Spain.
Prior to launching ASVOF in 2005, Pernet was a digital fashion editor for Joyce, Elle France and Vogue Paris. The American, having initially designed for thirteen years under her namesake brand, had relocated to Paris in the early nineties, landing her first role as a costume designer for the film Golem l'Esprit d'Exile in 1992.
In 2006, Pernet was commissioned by Mark Eley of Eley Kishimoto to make a film for the brand's menswear launch. Along with filming the documentary, Pernet blogged about the entire journey from London to Monte Carlo and the project served as the impetus for launching a fashion film festival. Pernet’s first festival, entitled ‘You Wear it Well’ debuted in Los Angeles at CineSpace in 2006, laying the foundations for the ASVOFF in 2008, with the festival’s first edition launched in September in the Jeu de Paume national museum in Paris.
Pernet has also produced documentaries such as Swiss Textile Designer Profiles, 8 Years of the Making of the Festival d’Hyères, Portrait of a Consumer, and Fashioned Out, and has served as a talent scout for the Festival d’Hyères in the South of France. The multi-talented creative holds a degree in filmmaking and communications from Temple University in America and has also attended both Parsons and FIT.
Photo credit: Ruven Afanador
Along with founding A Shaded View On Fashion Film (ASVOFF) – an international travelling showcase holding competitions for short films within the fashion, style and beauty genres – Pernet has also curated film projects such as CineOpera in 2010 held at the Corso Como in Milan and NOOVO in Santiago de Compostela in Spain.
Prior to launching ASVOF in 2005, Pernet was a digital fashion editor for Joyce, Elle France and Vogue Paris. The American, having initially designed for thirteen years under her namesake brand, had relocated to Paris in the early nineties, landing her first role as a costume designer for the film Golem l'Esprit d'Exile in 1992.
In 2006, Pernet was commissioned by Mark Eley of Eley Kishimoto to make a film for the brand's menswear launch. Along with filming the documentary, Pernet blogged about the entire journey from London to Monte Carlo and the project served as the impetus for launching a fashion film festival. Pernet’s first festival, entitled ‘You Wear it Well’ debuted in Los Angeles at CineSpace in 2006, laying the foundations for the ASVOFF in 2008, with the festival’s first edition launched in September in the Jeu de Paume national museum in Paris.
Pernet has also produced documentaries such as Swiss Textile Designer Profiles, 8 Years of the Making of the Festival d’Hyères, Portrait of a Consumer, and Fashioned Out, and has served as a talent scout for the Festival d’Hyères in the South of France. The multi-talented creative holds a degree in filmmaking and communications from Temple University in America and has also attended both Parsons and FIT.
Photo credit: Ruven Afanador
Alessio Cian Seren
Marketing & Communication Advisor
Alessio Cian Seren, a graduate of International Political Science and a master's in Fashion Brand Management, is a professional with over 25 years of experience in fashion marketing and communication.
For over 20, he has held various roles within the Italian-based international fashion group OTB (Diesel, Maison Margiela, Marni, Jil Sander, Viktor&Rolf, Amiri, Staff International, and Brave Kid).
His last position within the group was OTB Head of Corporate Communication while maintaining contemporaneously the responsibility of Staff International and Brave Kid companies as Head of Communication.
For about 2 years he was also appointed as interim Chief Marketing Officer for the brand Maison Margiela in Paris.
Currently, he collaborates as a Marketing & Communication Advisor for some Italian luxury brands.
In Polimoda is a professor and project leader for the Masters in Fashion Marketing and Communication.
For over 20, he has held various roles within the Italian-based international fashion group OTB (Diesel, Maison Margiela, Marni, Jil Sander, Viktor&Rolf, Amiri, Staff International, and Brave Kid).
His last position within the group was OTB Head of Corporate Communication while maintaining contemporaneously the responsibility of Staff International and Brave Kid companies as Head of Communication.
For about 2 years he was also appointed as interim Chief Marketing Officer for the brand Maison Margiela in Paris.
Currently, he collaborates as a Marketing & Communication Advisor for some Italian luxury brands.
In Polimoda is a professor and project leader for the Masters in Fashion Marketing and Communication.
Alessio Cian Seren
Marketing & Communication Advisor
Alessio Cian Seren, a graduate of International Political Science and a master's in Fashion Brand Management, is a professional with over 25 years of experience in fashion marketing and communication.
For over 20, he has held various roles within the Italian-based international fashion group OTB (Diesel, Maison Margiela, Marni, Jil Sander, Viktor&Rolf, Amiri, Staff International, and Brave Kid).
His last position within the group was OTB Head of Corporate Communication while maintaining contemporaneously the responsibility of Staff International and Brave Kid companies as Head of Communication.
For about 2 years he was also appointed as interim Chief Marketing Officer for the brand Maison Margiela in Paris.
Currently, he collaborates as a Marketing & Communication Advisor for some Italian luxury brands.
In Polimoda is a professor and project leader for the Masters in Fashion Marketing and Communication.
For over 20, he has held various roles within the Italian-based international fashion group OTB (Diesel, Maison Margiela, Marni, Jil Sander, Viktor&Rolf, Amiri, Staff International, and Brave Kid).
His last position within the group was OTB Head of Corporate Communication while maintaining contemporaneously the responsibility of Staff International and Brave Kid companies as Head of Communication.
For about 2 years he was also appointed as interim Chief Marketing Officer for the brand Maison Margiela in Paris.
Currently, he collaborates as a Marketing & Communication Advisor for some Italian luxury brands.
In Polimoda is a professor and project leader for the Masters in Fashion Marketing and Communication.
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