Paula Mihovilovic: My personal hope for the future is that I will be able to take my work and my voice and create a brand or a career in fashion, which is individual and purely myself. Within the current fashion industry, independent brands are often pushed out. It would be great to see an alternative landscape where independent brands do not suffer as much financially for not wanting to compromise on their vision.
I think that’s why I have a fairly distinct design style, because my own narrative abstracts the references and concept to a point where the garment does not directly reflect my starting point.PM: Authentic, dualistic, exciting.PM: Community means quite a lot to me, I grew up in Croatia where there is a very strong sense of loyalty and tradition.
Source: News Formal (newsformal.com)