Tatyana Design Blog
Classic French Jacket - "creating a woolly mammoth" January 24, 2017 19:41
Day One begins January 23, 2017 19:15
Day One and no more dilemmas – just wonderful days of learning … Continue reading
Classic French Jacket - Dilemma #2 January 20, 2017 15:30
Dilemma #2 – picking the pattern and preparing the toile. … Continue reading
Classic French Jacket - Dilemma #1 January 18, 2017 11:32
As we get closer to the first day of the Classic French Jacket course, things need to be organised … Continue reading
Tatyana Design competes in China January 16, 2017 11:30
A few months ago Tatyana Design entered an Innovation competition - in China! We did not have to travel to China to be part of the competition... Continue reading →
Sketching the Candy Crush way January 3, 2017 14:38
When I was first invited to submit some sketches to Wowcracy for its Candy Crush project I was initially a little hesitant. My designs are usually at the maximum end of the glamour barometer. How would I interpret my nightwear … Continue reading →
Happy New Year!!! January 1, 2017 02:21
Dear friends, supporters, colleges and customers wishing you happy New Year!!!!!
Divine Design with Candy Crush December 27, 2016 14:30
Taking Candy Crush from a game to a whole world of goodies that you can wear and use in everyday life has been a huge undertaking and a giant leap of faith for all involved. I am so proud to … Continue reading →
Merry Christmas!!!! December 25, 2016 13:37
Wishing all our friends, supporters and customers safe and merry Christmas!!!!
Candy Crush – Shooting day! December 12, 2016 14:10
Remember how I said that my collaboration with the Candy Crush Collection had been lots of fun plus a few(!) frantic moments? Well here’s a little insight into the day we shot the collection… Continue reading
Candy Crush inspirations! November 14, 2016 17:09
I am so pleased to be part of this novel collaboration!!! It has taken me in a new direction and has been lots of fun! Of course there have been a few frantic moments in the months since the first … Continue reading →
Candy Crush Collection launched!!!!! November 8, 2016 02:20
Incredibly excited today!!! After months of hard work behind the scenes under a HUGE cloak of silence I am finally able to tell you all my news. The Tatyana Designs Exclusive Candy Crush Collection has been launched! Candy Crush the … Continue reading →
Vampires October 31, 2016 18:52
One more year has passed… Halloween is here again… And we are remembering an amazing photoshoot by a fantastic team of creaives. Who would have believed that with my Venus robe can be so vampiric! The team: Stylist – Leonie Leonida … Continue reading →
Susan Khalje is coming to Australia October 18, 2016 21:48
Susan Khalje, renowned and much-sought-after teacher of Haute Couture is in Australia for the 2017 Teaching Tour. She is delivering Classic French Jacket in Melbourne!… Continue reading
Empress Dream by Luna July 21, 2016 15:44
Well-known Melbourne make-up artist and photographer Luna got to work on my Empress Dream nightgown from the collection of the same name. With her moody olde-worlde lighting and luxurious full-blown roses I feel she has really captured the essence of … Continue reading →
Divine Design with Candy Crush July 5, 2016 10:05
Some very special news today – our collection exclusively designed for Candy Crush and Wowcracy has been approved!!! Yay!!! What does this mean? Candy Crush is a game, an app and yet it is much more now… You can take … Continue reading →
Fortuna nightgown by day and by night July 1, 2016 13:22
One nightgown, two different models and two different photographers. How interesting to see the interpretation each photographer brings to the same nightgown. Two well known Melbourne photographers – Andrew Ashton and Luna who is also well recognised for her work … Continue reading →
The Fruit Cocktail Dress June 10, 2016 09:54
Finally I can show the project I was involved in last year!!! It all started with this photo … Continue reading →
Ethical Clothing Australia Re-Accreditation 2016 June 1, 2016 11:02
Tatyana Design has again been accepted as a member of Ethical Clothing Australia. ECA accreditation is only given to those companies which can demonstrate their commitment in practice to the ECA ideals. This means fair treatment of all who are involved in … Continue reading →
Toorak Village Sculpture exhibition May 15, 2016 11:38
This year it is 15th year of the exhibition where Australian artists will display their sculptures in Toorak Village shop windows, arcades and along the sidewalks of Toorak Road. We were there for dinner last night and spotted few very interesting … Continue reading →
Final Day of Transformational Reconstruction Workshop April 14, 2016 13:05
We are getting more adventurous! Adding volume everywhere and as if this was not hard enough, last garment – an origami Bamboo blouse!!! It is divine! even if a bit of a mind twister at the pattern stage. Can’t wait … Continue reading
More Transformational Reconstruction with Shingo Sato April 13, 2016 16:04
With all the excitement of yesterday, I missed all the technical details…. “Transformational Reconstruction (TR) is a method of pattern design that allows creative shaping and effects to be built into the cut of the garment as the pattern is … Continue reading
Transformational Reconstruction Technique = Fun Workshop April 12, 2016 15:47
Ever since I first saw the Transformational Reconstruction (TR) technique by Shingo Sato I have been experimenting and dreaming that one day I will join Shingo in one of the many workshops he runs across the globe. I almost flew … Continue reading
Ethical Clothing Australia new web site March 20, 2016 17:02
Ethical Clothing Australia‘s new website is now live! Here, at Tatyana Design, we wish ECA to achieve everything they were hoping and a bit more. We, as on e of the accredited companies, looking forward to meeting and interacting with similar … Continue reading
