Women in Art 278 Magazine July 2015 | Page 45

bulgarian artist Yana Dvoretska fashion design Clothes produced under the label YOD combine natural fabrics with the timehonored techniques of hand-creating and tactilely treating textile surfaces. Hours of handwork and the implementation of knowledge handed-down from generation to generation is applied toYOD’s one-ofa-kind pieces. A softer palette of true hues is achieved through dyeing with leaves, roots, and blossoms carefully harvested from Bulgarian nature. The resulting effect offers a unique connection to fashion via the tactile expression of natural fabrics and wearable organic design that transcends the whims of fleeting styles. wom en ART page 45