Unconventional Costume Collection Inspired by the Brancusi Art. From the Endless Column to the Endless Dress

Opinions about the complexity of the Brancusi inspiration sources revealed that the sculptor statuary is a transcript, in a modern manner, of the influence at a stylistic and thematic level that Romanian folklore and folk art have exercised over his artistic genius. Starting from various native elements found in the sculptor's work, a shift was made from the shape of the popular objects, from the functionality and the decorative intimacy of the peasant interiors, directly connected with the spirituality and the ancient background, to the artistic essentialization and conceptualization characteristic to Brancusi. A transposition of Brancusi's work characteristic elements in an unconventional costume was achieved with the personal collection, through various experiments, modifying the materiality, the texture, the volumetry, the color and the transparency. Using the derridean example, the Endless Column became the Endless Dress. The garment - objects collection “Endless Dress”, in its various versions, worked equally for fashion shows, costume exhibitions and for a play staged on “Masca” Theatre in Bucharest. The present research is an example of transposition of the high Romanian cultural spirituality in fashion and costume, which certainly may go further through stylization and simplification in a more functional, commercial direction, explored by the local creative industries.