Ingrīda is one of fashion designers in Latvia with longest professional experience. She acquired a professional education in the fashion design and has vast experience in creating standards for clothing and collections in a tailoring industry. Ingrida is a designer with an international experience from various competitions, exhibitions and personal shows, at the same time working on personal style and private collections for business and social elite in Latvia and abroad. Items, created by Ingrīda Drāzniece, are characterized by a high quality, professional attitude and exclusiveness. More information on: www.konu.lv.
Bruno Birmanis
Bruno Birmanis works in the fashion area since 1987. His first big show “Postbanālisma Balle” (Post-triviality ball) took place in 1988 and was created together with Ugis Rukitis. His collections have been shown in Riga, Tallinn, Vilnius, Moscow, Kiev, Prague, Venice, Rome, London, Birmingham, Paris and many other places. Bruno is the author of representation attires for team of Latvia for Olympic Games in Albertville and Barcelona, as well as worked on producing and managing the Russian Fashion week in Moscow. He has been a part of jury in many competitions for young designers in Riga, Vilnius, Moscow, London, Gorizia (Italy) and is the author of an idea as well as organizator of the Untamed Fashion Assembly. Currently he is involved in some other creative activities as well, like direction and production of various events/shows, designs environmental objects, does photography and works as a creative director in communication (marketing) agencies.
Keta Gūtmane
Keta Gūtmane is a Latvian fashion artist. She studied at the Art Academy of Latvia as well as has participated in several local and international competitions, events and exhibitions (a documentaryproject „Boundless – Cultural Diversity Media Awards”, exhibition of an international designers’ group „Generationen–Designparcours”). Keta created a concept of the short fashion movie „Lust Lust,” costume design for a creative short movies competition „Fashion is Passion” and became its laureate. Design of her individual and brave attires are characterized by merging different elements and things in unusual combinations. More information on: www.myspace.com/keta_gutmane.
Jānis Deinats
Jānis Deinats has graduated the Theatre department of the J.Vītola Latvian State Conservatory, Culture and Arts Science faculty. He has worked in a theatre, has been a photographer in the magazine „Parks”, then an independent photographer and is a participant of the Photographers Association „Fotocentrs” since 1997. His works are published in many newspapers and magazines, arts books and catalogues in Latvia. Jānis Deinats is a talented artist with a distinct manner. He has created portraits of culture, arts, business and political elite in Latvia for 20 years.
Lotte Tisenkopfa-Iltnere
Lotte Tisenkopfa is a co-developer and co-owner of an eco-cosmetics enterprise „Madara Cosmetics.” She studied at the UniversityofLatvia,Faculty of Modern Languages as well as the KansaiGaidaiUniversity in Osaka. Lotte stresses that initiative, patriotism and eco life style are important values in life. She evaluates young artists from Latvia with a pleasure, as they create attractive fashion collections from useless items, thereby saving nature resources and showing their ability to create an available eco-fashion. More information on www.madara-cosmetics.lv.
Mari Martin (Estonia)
Mari Martin is an author of the „ReUseRePublic” idea from Estonia. The idea of the „ReUseRePublic” is to offer unique designer’s attires for a pleasant price, thinking about environmentally safe products available for waste range of people. Mari daily activities are connected with searching for new and creative fashion designers, who would be able to create attires, accessories and to surprise „ReUseRePublic” supporters and promoters again and again. More information on www.reuserepublic.com.
Guntra Lipska
Guntra is an initiator of the „FIP New Cut” in Latvia, but this is not the only project, connected with the fashion in her life. She actively works and organizes a art, fashion and music performance [moment], nonetheless associates her professional activities with the development of the communications and marketing department of the shopping center „Domina Shopping” and managing of various projects. More information on www.domina-shopping.lv.