Roksanda Ilincic

Serbian-born designer Roksanda Ilincic brings an avant-garde, couture sensibility to her eponymous line, which debuted in London in 2005 as part of Topshop's New Generation initiative. The Central Saint Martins grad showed a small collection of voluminous fifties-inspired frocks with an Eastern European flavor, and detailing like brocade, tiered sleeves,... Read More

Serbian-born designer Roksanda Ilincic brings an avant-garde, couture sensibility to her eponymous line, which debuted in London in 2005 as part of Topshop's New Generation initiative. The Central Saint Martins grad showed a small collection of voluminous fifties-inspired frocks with an Eastern European flavor, and detailing like brocade, tiered sleeves, and rosettes. But what makes Ilincic's work especially unique is that her clothes are hand-sewn by a seamstress in her native Belgrade. The collections have won the hearts of critics—Vogue, and the like—and PYTs with edge (i.e., Margherita Missoni and Kate Hudson). For a small, burgeoning label, Ilincic's dresses in shiny fabrics (silk and satin) with Empire cuts and retro embellishments (poufs, trains, fur) have also done well commercially in the U.K. at big-league retailers like Harvey Nichols. See Less