In 2023, the head of the organizing committee of IBEFF ETNOMODA, Natalia Koter, attended a show of graduation collections of students of the international school of costume design — MSKPU, and interviewed one of the students, whose collection included elements of Polish folklore.
Natalia z Ambasador Republiki Indonezji w Polsce, J.E. Siti Nugraha Mauludiah, kuratorką Muzeum Karoliną Krzywicką oraz Yoon Kla — w Muzeum Azji i Pacyfiku w Warszawie na pokazie mody indonezyjskich projektantów „Batic and beyond”
Social ties are what connect sporadic fragments of life into a comprehensive picture and create that image of one’s own self that largely determines our lives
Natalia Koter
Head of the IBEFF Etnomoda Organizing Committee Natalya Koter and art director of Cracow Fashion Week — Rafal Stanowsky.
Natalia Koter and Angelika Ozdzynska
NeSpoon (Elzbieta Dymna) is a Polish street art artist. She depicts lace on the facades of buildings around the world. At the beginning of April 2021, the IBEFF Etnomoda project made a live stream with Elzbieta and IBEFF Etnomoda director Natalia Koter in the artist’s studio in Warsaw.
NeSpoon and Natalia Koter
Natalie Koter and Beata Bojda
The information about the upcoming live stream with NeSpoon (Elzbieta Dymna) was published in March 2021 by the “Etnomoda IBEFF” project.
Screenshot from IBEFF Ethnomode archiveScreenshot from IBEFF Ethnomode archive
It’s been nice to meet Angelika Ozdzynska again, last time we saw each other was White Nights Fashion Week 2019 in St. Petersburg by #ibeff, where Angelika took the prize in the Avantgarde category.
33 publications were made during the period from 2016 to 2023 about 20 Polish artists in social networks by the Etnomoda IBEFF project. The resources on which the publications were made have 9,332 subscribers and approximately 18,000 views in total.
Agnieszka Osipa
Three posts were published about Agnieszka Osipa.
The first and second posts are entirely devoted to her. Polish photographer MARCIN NAGRABA is also mentioned in the second post.
The third post is devoted to comparing her style with photography made by ULDUS BAKHTIOZINA.
Posts were published in December 2016, January 2020 and October 2023
Agnieszka Osipa is a costume and fashion designer from Poland. Agnieszka finds inspiration in Russian and Norwegian folklore. She creates amazing dreamlike outfits and headdresses.
Katarzyna Niwińska
Two publications were posted in social networks by “Etnomoda IBEFF” about the photo project “The Tale of the Three Gifts” of Katarzyna Niwińska. Posts were made in December 2017 and January 2022.
Katarzyna Niwińska is a creative Polish photographer known for her photo project “The Tale of the Three Gifts”. She found inspiration in Slavic folklore. The photographer collected subjects and models for three years, created costumes herself focusing on Eastern European designs, made wigs. Separate dresses for forest sorceresses (white and green) were created by a designer from Wrocław — Małgorzata Motas. The photographer invited Karolina Burian, Anna Niczyporuk and Ewa Idzikowska as models.
Zofia Stryjeńska
The publication about Zofia Stryjeńska in social networks was done in October 2019.
Zofia Stryjeńska — is a Polish artist, author of the painting «Kobieta w stroju ludowym z Małopolski». The work was done using gouache technique.
Anna Slawinska
The publication about Anna Slawinska was published in social networks in January 2019.
Anna Slawinska is a master quilter who presented her work at the Textile Targi exhibition in Warsaw. The publication about this topic in social network by “Etnomoda IBEFF”.
Tamara De Lempicka
Tamara De Lempicka is a Polish and American artist. The post about Tamara De Lempicka was published by “Etnomoda IBEFF” in April 2020 in social networks.
Karol Bąk
Karol Bąk is a Polish artist. in December 2021 “Etnomoda” published the post describing artist’s biography and presented his art.
Malgosia Bela
The publication in social network by “Etnomoda IBEFF” about Malgosia Bela in October 2022.
Malgosia Bela is a Polish model who appeared on the cover of Let’s Panic, a fashion and art magazine that offers a creative viewpoint on the fashion industry.
Krakow Fashion Week
The publication by “Etnomoda IBEFF” in social networks about Krakow Fashion Week 2020 in September 2020.
Mentions about Krakow Fashion Week 2020.
Patricia Segedyn is a Polish designer who won first place in the SAPU design school graduate competition with her “Cuban” collection “La Belezza”.
Agnieszka Wolnica is a Polish designer who presented the “Fartuszek” collection inspired by grandmothers’ aprons and home clothes.
Anna Sokołowska is a Polish designer who presented the “LoomAnn” collection inspired by carpets woven on looms.
Beata Bojda
“Etnomoda IBEFF” posted seven publications about Beata Bojda. Posts were made in May 2015, January 2019, March 2019, May 2019 and June 2019 in social networks.
Beata Bojda is a Polish designer, stylist, and makeup artist. She was twice awarded the title «Artist of the Year». In 2015, she received the prestigious national Beauty Industry Icon Award. Her project ETNO, in which she combined elements of folk art, contemporary fashion and innovative make-up, has received worldwide acclaim and has been shown at THE BRICK LANE GALLERY in London, in Paris as part of a presentation of Polish art and culture and in several cities in Poland: Krakow, Ustka, Lodz and Bielsko-Biala. Beata Bojda became a member of the international jury of the White Nights Fashion festival and took part in evaluating the works of participants in the online competition “White Nights Fashion” on behalf of the IBEFF Etnomoda project in 2018.
The head of the Organizing committee of the project, Natalia Koter (Livshitc), has been running cultural projects on intercultural communications for about 15 years.
Born in St. Petersburg in 1971, she resides in Poland since 2018, that is why Polish culture and Polish artists make a special impact on the project’s development.
Natalia Koter otwierająca festiwal
Pani Koter z małą modelką (kolekcja ukraińskiej projektantki Mariny Venedi z Kijowa)
Natalia Koter i Daria Razumikhina otwierają pokaz marki Razu_Mikh (2017)
Natalia Koter managed to form a brilliant international jury board for fashion and art contests that involved many talented fashion designers and artists from many countries of the world.
Initially, she received a legal education, but then her personal interests and hobbies related to art grew into something more and forced her to leave legal practice and begin organizing cultural events — this opened the beginning of a 20-year-long journey.
Natalia Koter (Livshitc) z międzynarodowymi modelkami i projektantami ETNOMODA
She has about 50 successful cultural projects, primarily related to the dialogue of cultures, and although the main focus of her activity is fashion in the context of ethnic connotations, Natalia also used to produce theater performances, dance and jazz festivals.
Her main brainchild is the ETNOMODA festival, International Baltic Ehnic Fashion Festival, abbreviated as IBEFF.
Exploring national heritage of their cultures, many artists and designers were inspired to join IBEFF ETNOMODA to share their creations with audience of the Festival.
Natalia Koter (Livshitc) z międzynarodowymi modelkami i projektantami ETNOMODA
Natalia Koter (Livshitc) z międzynarodowymi modelkami i projektantami ETNOMODA
Gradually, with the growing involvement of international participants and an increasing number of countries, it was decided to create a new resource — ETNOMODA.EU that would correspond to the spirit of the project and to the center of vital interests of the project leader herself, Natalia Koter, and that’s why the site is relatively a fresh initiative, meanwhile the history of the project itself goes back many years.
Natalia Koter’s interests are varied, ranging from ballroom dancing, Argentine tango (participation in dance competitions and organizing dance festivals was an important milestone in her creative life), and ending with her activities as a lecturer in areas related to intercultural communications, organization of fashion shows, and algorithms for practical research in the fashion industry.
During her stay in Poland, Natalia Koter managed to establish relationships with the organizers of the Textile Fair in Warsaw, outline plans for further cooperation, and also took part in the work of Krakow Fashion Week as a jury member in 2020.
Interest in Polish designers, especially young talents, does not leave Natalia Koter in Poland. For example, she is eager to interview Polish fashion graduates and mature artists in order to popularize their work among an audience that has been formed throughout the festival history.
Her leave stream with outstanding Polish artist, NesPoon, in 2021, or recent interview with fashion graduate of MSKPU is a part of her activity in the way of exploring intercultural communications.
Interviews, organising events, and being in jury of international contests, and other initiatives like these, are aimed at ensuring that creative people from different countries learn more about each other’s activities and, first of all, about the activities of talented young people from the country that has become Natalia’s home in recent years.
Natalia Koter (Livshitc) z projektantami ETNOMODA-2019, goszcząca przedstawicieli różnych krajów, w tym Polski, w Akademii Sztuk Pięknych w St. Petersburgu
Designers from Poland who took part in festivals and competitions organised by the project «Ethnomoda IBEFF» under the direction of Natalia Koter:
Agnieszka Krogulec
Polish designer Agnieszka Krogulec brought her collection to the live event organized by Etnomoda in St. Petersburg in 2018.
Two posts about her collection were published in “Etnomoda” social networks about the “AgaaK Fashion” brand.
The “FUKS” collection was presented in the “Ethnic Style” category.
Posts were published in May and June 2018.
Agnieszka Krogulec is a Polish designer, founder of the AgaaK Fashion brand. Agnieszka is inspired by the costumes of the Polish nobility of the 18th century. She took part in “White Nights Fashion week” in 2018 – special project of the “IBEFF Etnomoda” in St. Petersburg with the “FUKS” collection. The collection is based on fabrics of different structure and volume such as fur, lace and felt.
Angelika Anna Odjinska
The young Polish designer Angelika Anna Odjinska visited St. Petersburg in July 2019 being invited to the IBEFF Etnomoda s[ecial event — @White Nights Fashin Week”.
Angelika Anna Odjinska is a Polish designer, author of the “ART! C.» This collection was presented by the designer at White Nights Fashion 2019 where she took second place in the Avantgarde award.
Anna Surowiec
Polish designer Anna Surowiec participated in “Etnomoda IBEFF” oline contest in 2019, the respective publication was made in December 2019.
Anna Surowiec
Anna Surowiec took the second prize in the “Mono Costume” category of the online competition IBEFF AUTUMN 2019. She presented her “Step into the future” costume.
Larysa Rabinska
Larysa Rabinska is a Polish designer, founder of the LAROL brand. In the fall of 2017, she took part in the IBEFF 2017 festival in St. Petersburg. Two publications were posted in the Etnomoda IBEFF group regarding this information in December 2017 and December 2022.
Patricia Pakula
In 2023, the head of the organizing committee of IBEFF ETNOMODA, Natalia Koter, attended a show of graduation collections of students of the international school of costume design — MSKPU, and interviewed one of the students, whose collection included elements of Polish folklore.
