Nikola Eftimov
Nikola Eftimov (Macedonian: Никола Ефтимов, born 06 October 1968 in Skopje, Republic of Macedonia) is Macedonian fashion designer and visual artist. He graduated at the Faculty of Fine Arts in Skopje (Graphic Art and Fashion Design, 1993) and completed the master studies at Accademia Italiana in Florence, Italy (Fashion as Art, “The Eccentric male costume in the last three centuries”, 1998). Currently he works as an academic manager and professor at Accademia Italiana Skopje. He has a wide range of professional interests (fashion as art, fashion as communication, theory and history of costume and fashion, experimental fashion techniques, men’s wear, theory of collection, haute couture, photography) and his work is focused on research of gender, cultural and social issues of the costume and fashion. From 1994 to 1997 he participates in group exhibitions of graphic art and drawing (1997, Macedonian Drawing ’96 - Award from the National and University Library Skopje). The period between 1992 and 2007 is marked with intensive work in the fields of fashion and costume design. In 2005 he won “The Coca Cola light fashion design award” that enabled him presentation of the wining design in Florence and the position of professor at Accademia Italiana Bangkok (2005-2006).
Sani (Macedonian fashion journalist) wearing Eftimov’s outfits. Photos by Ivan Blazev, 2003
Photos from the project "Entangled Fragments: ABC of Curatorial Black", Nikola Eftimov, 2007
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December 2001, (scan of the cover), photo Boro Rudic
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December 2001, (scan of the pictorial page), photo Boro Rudic
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May 2003, (scan of the pictorial page), photo Filip Kondovski
Nikola Eftimov, published works in the “Zena Nova” magazine
References
1. http://www.msuskopje.org.mk/?sid=485&lid=1 The Large Glass Magazine 12-13 (Text by Sonja Abadjieva) 2. http://www.filipkondovski.com/ See the listed fashion gallery 3. http://www.templum.com.mk/margina/online.htm See Margina magazine #49, 2000
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- Theater Bremen Dandy World: Bild der Woche (German text)
- Eftimov in Florence (Macedonian text)