LUCIAN MATIS SPRING/SUMMER 2013

By Eva Fydrych
Photos by Owen McLeod

Photos: Owen McLeod for Fashion Studio Magazine

TORONTO - Lucian Matis Spring/Summer 2013 collection, shown during World MasterCard Fashion Week, was full of bold patterns and bright colours. The designer took his inspiration from as far as Morocco and its colourful mosaics and tiles. Pencil skirts, fitted dresses and a lot of trendy peplum were the most characteristic elements of the collection.

�I love the job mainly because of its diversity. I love every element� there�s photography, makeup, hair, textiles, illustration. I create my own fabrics so there�s a lot of painting as well. It�s very exciting." - said Lucian Matis about being a fashion designer. - �It�s a very demanding job, and I don�t have a life outside of fashion� which doesn�t upset me because I love what I do."

Photos: Owen McLeod for Fashion Studio Magazine

Designer Lucian Matis (Photos: Owen McLeod for Fashion Studio Magazine)

ABOUT

Romanian-born fashion designer Lucian Matis grew up in his mother's tailor shop and began designing at a very early age, with his first customers being his school teachers. 

Prior to moving to Canada in 1999, Matis studied art and completed a specialization in painting and graphics at the Sibiu Art Institute in Transylvania. In 2000, Matis continued his education in the Fashion Design program at Ryerson University where his talent was very quickly noticed. Along with being granted an early graduation in 2003, he also received multiple awards including: The Fur Council of Canada Award (2002), Le Chateaus Menswear Competition (2002), Peoples Choice Award for Best Sketch (2002), Semi-finalist for the International Young Designer Competition (2002) and Alfred Sung Award for great design talent (2003).

Photo by Peter Nguyen

Lucian's first professional collection was presented at L'Oreal Fashion Week Fall/Winter 2007 shows, and was received with great accolades and praise from the Canadian industry. 

Matis has gone on to secure an unmatched presence in television, online and print media. He was requested for a special guest appearance on the season finale of the highly rated Canada Next Top Model. Matis was also invited to participate on the first season of Slice networks hit reality TV show, Project Runway Canada where he gained a vast fan base across the country, and took a contentious second place. In addition, Matis has been featured in several in-depth profiles on Fashion Television, and has done regular on-air runway reports on his collections for Etalk, Entertainment Tonight Canada, Breakfast Television, CityLine, Marilyn Dennis, Global Television, CBC World News, and CP24. 

Matis collections have graced the pages and covers of numerous national and international publications including Flare, Elle Canada, Lush, Applied Arts, Globe & Mail, The Toronto Star, The National Post, ION, Tribute (France), Womens Wear Daily (USA), and Launchpad (USA).

Source: Lucian Matis

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