The story of Nymph Dresses begins with the dream of founder Lesia Kaplan to work in a place where artisans will be united in a creation of something that is especially beautiful. While studying at school Lesia is mastering the batik technique – the technology of painting on the fabrics and continue to study it in student years. Upon graduation at the University, Lesia searching for the job of her dream but doesn’t find any. So she decided to create her own.
A distinctive feature of Nymph Dresses brand is author’s drawings applied on cloth with the use of ancient Indonesian technique called batik. As a result of artists’ handiwork, each dress is distinguished by its uniqueness.
The desire to inspire women around the world has led us to the creation of a product that will emphasize their inner world, multifaceted as art.
For the sake of true beauty, we unite talented artists aiming to create things that will fit inner and outer beauty of each woman.
Projects
- ND Creation ProcessNymph Dresses is a women’s clothing brand with custom hand-made drawings. We create patterns based on our exclusive designs and transfer them to fabric using an ancient batik technique and special paints. We stretching the fabric in between of special frames, which make it more convenient to apply paints When designs of illustration are ready, we create pattern templates based on our sketches. They have to be transferred to a cloth using special pencils. There are several types of batik: hot, cold one and a free painting technique. In hot batik we use wax to prevent paints from penetrating the cloth. With cold batik we use glue resist to prevent paints from spreading around the contour in an unfavorable way. In a free painting technique we use hair dryer to quickly dry paint and not to let it spread. After the pattern was transferred to the fabric, a paint should be secured by a hot iron to prevent it washing out. When using hot batik a fabric should be covered with a wax throughout. This will prevent any fat stain to appear on the item. Later all the wax should be removed using the same hot iron and hot water. When all painting works are over, the items end up in the hands of tailors and embroidery artists. The later ones create beautiful embroidered designs, while former ones cut the fabric and tailor items
Work history
Creative Director&Designer
Kyiv, UkraineFull Time
Skills
- Illustration Painting
- Art Fashion
- Luxury Womenswear
- Women Fashion
- Printed Textiles
- Textil Designer
Education
Architecture
Kyiv, Ukraine