KolchagovBarba

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kolchagovbarba

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london / United Kingdom

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United Kingdom

KOLCHAGOV BARBA -

Svetoslav Kolchagov was born in Plovdiv to an engineer Emil Kolchagov and Anna Ivanova, Svetoslav grew up in Bansko where under the influence of Luba Kolchagova, his dressmaker grandmother he became fascinated by clothes and design. To follow his father's footsteps he began engineering studies but he continued practising and refining his hobby which soon became his profession. The encounter and partnership with fashion designer Mariella Gemisheva represents the evolutionary phase in which Svetoslav's vision and creativity blossomed. In 2003 he moved to London where he flourished working for some of the most famous and influential designers and brands such as Alexander McQueen, Preen, Burberry and Vivienne Westwood.
Emilio Barba, born in Gaeta, Italy, to a surveyor Giovanni Barba and a treasury clerk Anna Padula the youngest of three children. He grew up between Salerno and Gaeta where he spent most of his summers with his seamstress grandmother Giulia Arzano it was here that he started showing passion and interest in fashion design and making dresses for his mother. He moved to the UK in 2000 where he began his marketing carrier collaborating with some of the leading fashion houses including Dior. In 2010 he designed his first bag collection which saw the use of expensive materials combined with sustainable and recycled ones. During Paris fashion week Spring/Summer 2011 he met the designer Svetoslav Kolchagov and soon after they began working on their new venture “Kolchagov Barba”

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