Dawid Tomaszewski

Dawid Tomaszewski (born 21 November 1979 in Gdańsk, Poland) is a Polish art fashion designer who divides his time between London, United Kingdom, and Berlin, Germany.

Life and works

Tomaszewski studied at London College of Fashion and Akademie der Künste Berlin. He also studied history of art at University of Fine Arts in Poznań.

In 2008 he took part in a TV show the next fashion talent and was selected to design a bag for Design Hotels. In the same year he designed a charity T-shirt for Hallhuber.

The following year brought the Designer for tomorrow competition, where he got into the final.

At the end of 2008 he launched a label under his own name. He was awarded with Young designer award ^[1] in January 2010. Additionally he exhibited at the Premium exhibition in Berlin. That collection brought him several publications in Vogue, Elle, Vanity Fair, and other magazines.

The Spring/Summer 2011 collection Torqued Ellipses,^[2]^[3] inspired by renowned artist Richard Serra brought a great deal of interest toward his label.^[4] It was presented at the Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Berlin and Fashion Week Poland in Łódź.

In 2022 he presented a wedding skirt for the first time on the european-known male model Felix Nieder with holding up the sign "Love is Love“. The German media was discussing this appearance whether men could also wear women's dresses.^[5]^[6]

Contests

2005 Awarded with „Zlota Kredka”, Lodz (Poland)
2008 Finalist at „Designer For Tomorrow“, Berlin
2009 Awarded with „Premium Young Designer Award“, Berlin
2011 Awarded with honorary Award „Golden Thread“, Lodz (Poland)

Collections

S/S 2010 “REFLECTION”
F/W 2010/11 “CREPSCULAR MAZE”
S/S 2011 "TORQUED ELLIPSES”
F/W 2011/12 "KALEIDOSCOPE“
S/S 2012 "VANITAS FLOWERS"
F/W 2012/13 "APOCALYPSE"

References

^ "PREMIUM EXHIBITIONS – NEWS — Young Designers Award". Archived from the original on 2010-06-28. Retrieved 2010-09-15.
^ http://www.spliteye.com/serra/installation ^{[permanent dead link]}
^ "MoMA.org | Interactives | Exhibitions | 2007 | Richard Serra Sculpture: Forty Years". www.moma.org. Retrieved 3 October 2023.
^ "Anna Wintour - VOGUE.COM". Archived from the original on 2010-09-08. Retrieved 2010-09-15.
^ "Felix Nieder im Interview: „In der Mode habe ich keine Grenzen und bewege mich fließend zwischen den Geschlechtern"" (in German). 2022-10-20. Retrieved 2023-02-01.
^ "Frankfurt Fashion Week: Nachhaltige, bunte Modeschau" (in German). Retrieved 2023-02-01.

External links

official website
Michal Martychowiec
Vogue.com
Elle Germany
Grazia Archived 2010-07-17 at the Wayback Machine

[1] "PREMIUM EXHIBITIONS – NEWS — Young Designers Award". Archived from the original on 2010-06-28. Retrieved 2010-09-15.

[2] ttp://www.spliteye.com/serra/installation ^{[permanent dead link]}

[3] "MoMA.org | Interactives | Exhibitions | 2007 | Richard Serra Sculpture: Forty Years". www.moma.org. Retrieved 3 October 2023.

[4] "Anna Wintour - VOGUE.COM". Archived from the original on 2010-09-08. Retrieved 2010-09-15.

[:1-5] "Felix Nieder im Interview: „In der Mode habe ich keine Grenzen und bewege mich fließend zwischen den Geschlechtern"" (in German). 2022-10-20. Retrieved 2023-02-01.

[6] "Frankfurt Fashion Week: Nachhaltige, bunte Modeschau" (in German). Retrieved 2023-02-01.

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