Designing his way to the future...

[Diri]

Now I told some of you about my interest in fashion - and I even told you I was gonna put up my own website...
Well - that hasn't happened yet!

And since I feel a bit bad about that! ( ) I am gonna share a little of my fashion with all of you...

KEEP IN MIND, THAT THIS IS FROM 2004!!!


On the right hand - you will see - "Video: Sohrab" - click on my name and enjoy the enjoyable ( ) fashion show - but don't blame me for the bad directing... Although I did the coreography and chose the light and setting - I didn't direct the cameramen!

http://web.ukm.no/magasin/2004///detaljer.php?id=298&mid=33&did=S25.11.2003-18:55:01-1201

And guess what - I was wondering wether or not I "should post this in the "famous Kurds" thread??"!







My style has evolved a great deal since this collection - which I called "Baran" - "Rain" in Kurdish...

Now - I do a more ethnic and more Kurdish style... Before I used to do "Modern with a touch of Kurdish" - and I see I am steadily going to a "Kurdish with a modern touch" style...

Love to have some feedback...

Ah! Hell... Who are we kidding?!! I just love the attention... LOOL

[dyaoko]

sorry that I have no knowldge about your field, would u please explain me what did u do exactly ?

did u design the cloth for those girls ? and did u made it for them ?
I will watch the movie , when my internet is back, now I am not my internet.

+ by the way are those chicks kurdish?

[Diri]

sorry that I have no knowldge about your field, would u please explain me what did u do exactly ?

did u design the cloth for those girls ? and did u made it for them ?
I will watch the movie , when my internet is back, now I am not my internet.

+ by the way are those chicks kurdish?

Well - a little background info:

My interest in fashion started to take form when I was 15 - I started on my first collection "Seher" - "Sunrise"... So I have been doing fashion design for 6 years now! I have participated in several competitions and occasionally been hired to do fashion shows for people at conferances on culture and youth...

What I did? Well - what does a fashion designer do?
I design the clothes and I make them myself - in e.g. I do all the work alone, with my own hands... And I am currently working on my third collection...

The ladies at the fashion show you see here, are Norwegian - with the exception of one, whom is Bosniac...

If you have anymore questions... Feel free to ask...

[dyaoko]

wow that seems cool ,
do you also choose the ladies and hire the hall (room or whatever it is) ?
and do you invite those ppl to watch you ? how do u invite all those ppl to watch your ladies?

[sorgul]

I'm ....Speechless

how do u invite all those ppl to watch your ladies?

haha u crack me up diako

[sorgul]

And guess what - I was wondering wether or not I "should post this in the "famous Kurds" thread??"!

HAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHHA..Why not?

[heval]

Wow Kak Dîrî, great to see another side of you. This is some impressive stuff birakem.
Keep the videos and pictures coming. Serkeftin!

[Fortuna]

Diri, this is amazing it really is, i didnt know you were so talented. I watched the video and its really cool. You must be so proud of yourself, and your family must be too.

Ther outfits are great. where do you get your ideas from?

Well done and keep up the good work, im sure one day you will be famous.

Will you still speak to us when you are? LOL

[dyaoko]

cool , so I can order some nice clothes for my wife , from Kak Diri
how much would you charge me and my wife for 2 compelete kurdish clothes for our wedding?

by the way do u design men clothes too ?

[Diri]

I'm ....Speechless

Does that mean my parents can come ask for your hand nooooowww...?





Thank you...

[Diri]

Wow Kak Dîrî, great to see another side of you. This is some impressive stuff birakem.
Keep the videos and pictures coming. Serkeftin!

Ser chawan birayê hêja...

If you like this collection, then you will love my new collection - It is so much more "Kurdish" than this collection... And I have put more work into the details etc...

Supas û bijî kak Heval!

[dyaoko]

Does that mean my parents can come ask for your hand nooooowww...?

no I am sorry she will not marry you , but your will be honored to make her wedding cloth !

[Diri]

Diri, this is amazing it really is, i didnt know you were so talented. I watched the video and its really cool. You must be so proud of yourself, and your family must be too.

Ther outfits are great. where do you get your ideas from?

Well done and keep up the good work, im sure one day you will be famous.

Will you still speak to us when you are? LOL

Thank you darling! Very flattering words - you are too kind!

Believe it or not - my whole reason for starting with fashion, is a political one...

In Holland, six years ago - we visited an Azeri-Iranian family-friends... They showed this video-tape of their daughter, where she had done a show, with music, dance, songs and a fashion show...

Guess what? The whole show was done in the name of "Iranian-Azeri culture"... And guess what else? Yes, exactly, she had Kurdish Duhol û Zurna music, translated Kurdish lyrics into Azeri and Persian for the songs and the ladies were wearing Kurdish clothes at the fashion show..

Believe me I got mad... It was VERY rude of them - making us watch what they called "Azeri-Iranian culture" - while most of it was Kurdish disguised as "Azeri-Iranian"...

So that was what woke me up in a way... When we left - I had decided that this wasn't gonna be the end of it... "People are stealing our culture and not even paying any respect, or crediting us for it"...

A lot of people sing in Kurdish... A lot have organized Kurdish dance groups... But how many Kurds design and lay claim to Kurdish fashion?

Only one person I know of - http://www.dellalondon.co.uk - does fashion... and I only found out about her two years ago...

For Kurds - culture and politics are so to speak the same... At least in the still occupied areas... Because practicing Kurdishness/being Kurdish (in e.g Kurdish culture) - is banned to various degrees... So we are politicized, if we like it or not... Some stand up and face this, others are like sheep...

I am not part of the pack of sheep...

My ambition is to make Kurdish fashion into popular fashion - to strenghten the position it already has, and to counter the influence the west has on Kurdish youth - concerning fashion...

It is my personal oppinion, that Kurdish clothes are the most beautiful clothes... And I am shocked each and every time I see Kurdish girls in western clothes at a Kurdish celebration or party...

Girls at this forum - for GOD's sake, PLEASE wear Kurdish clothes to Kurdish gatherings... It looks a BILLION times more beautiful, AND it looks DECENT...


That's my two cent, anyway...

[Diri]

cool , so I can order some nice clothes for my wife , from Kak Diri
how much would you charge me and my wife for 2 compelete kurdish clothes for our wedding?

by the way do u design men clothes too ?

Your previous question - regarding the audience...

This fashion show was done at a competiotion... So - there were other contestants, media, people from the entertainment buisness etc. who acted as audience...

Well - soon, if you aren't in a hurry to get married, you might just find a Dara Sor boutique in Sine...

Did you watch the video? In the video you will see two male models... But as you can see - I focus mainly on clothes for the ladies... You know ladies love fashion...

[Piling]

You follow a good way Dîrî. Kurdish traditionnal clothes were very beautiful, and the standardization of the same Western fashion is dull, as I dislike the new "islamic" clothes, hijeb and long coat and skirt... It would be fine to have a revival of beautiful Kurdish rengerengîn clothes, adapted at a current time.