Dorka Lili Szabo

I am Dorka Szabo, a 25-year-old graduating student from Artez University of the Arts who is originally from Hungary. I believe in hard work, humility, and the respect of traditions and craftsmanship. As a designer, I specialize in menswear, focusing on tailoring combined with special fabrications and meticulous attention to details. I aim to create garments that are timeless and built on traditions while emphasizing the beauty of craftsmanship through minimal yet perfectly executed and detailed silhouettes combined with a contemporary approach where every single piece is carefully crafted with at least 20 hours of meticulous handwork. Designs that stripped down to their essence to capture the quiet authenticity and elegance of things as they are, while drawing attention to slow down, look deeper, and bring back the value of human hands’ touch. I desired to create garments for men of any age who have shown the signs of having lived, who scarred, and who have been moving forward in the circle of life while representing lowliness and discipline. For those who appreciate traditions, yet accept to grow and age, which altogether go beyond the realm of standard ‘beauty’, instead, embrace uniqueness and the graceful process of natural cycles.