"DTR Modern Galleries Fashion has always loved to flirt with the Renaissance; Padina Bondar raids its workshop. She lifts the logic of the quattrocentoresourcefulness, revision, reverenceand welds it to a present tense that refuses waste. The result is a collection that does more than blur the line between canvas and couture; it dissolves it, then redraws a new border in gold leaf."
"Each piece begins with the orphans of culturethrift-store paintings, abandoned prints, textile remnantsrescued from the edge and reimagined as luxury. Materials are salvaged from the unglamorous places we pretend not to see, then revived through tattooing, painting, and embroidery until they move with the authority of haute dressmaking. hems whisper; lacquered appliques catch light like varnish; seams hold the memory of other lives."
"These are living worksgarments with pulse and provenancefusing the spirit of the old masters with the lineage of iconic couturiers. Bondar's discipline is the hinge that keeps this from tumbling into costume. Proportions stay exact; silhouettes speak in complete sentences. A graphite column interrupted by a single horizon line of paint; a razor-cut jacket corseted at the core and edged in hand-inked stitch; a trench with one salvaged panel set like a relicframed by severe tailoring, never overwhelmed by it."
Padina Bondar repurposes thrift-store paintings, abandoned prints, and textile remnants into luxury garments that merge canvas and couture. Salvaged materials are revived through tattooing, painting, and embroidery to create pieces that read as both art and high fashion. Visible repair and lacquered appliques function as ornament and provenance, while severe tailoring maintains precise proportions and cohesive silhouettes. Kozos practice extends tattoo and etching techniques across skin, canvas, and cloth to establish a unified visual vocabulary that fuses old-master references with couture lineage and contemporary sustainability.
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