Could you tell us about your work environment? What’s your interest in music, book, etc. for your spare time?

Miercurea Ciuc, the place I live and work, is a small town in Transylvania. My studio is warm and austere in the same time, with chocolate brown walls and massive wood benches and table. A lot of old frames, paintings, white porcelain, fur. And of course, manically ordered objects on my huge working table.

I’m chaotically eclectic in my music choices, from electronic minimalism to the syrupy and foolish flamboyance of the ’80s. The weirdly beautiful music of the Swedish duo “The Knife” was the inspiration for the Rozalb de Mura FW 07/08 collection, “A cracked smile and a silent shout”. I was entranced by their wicked and strange universe, their elaborate sounds.

Recently, gorgeous Sabina from the Brazilian Girls visited us in Paris. She picked some Rozalb de Mura pieces to wear on their North American tour promoting the forthcoming record – New York City. I got the secret password and listened to the stunning, eclectic album. There are three songs that blew me – L’interprete, St. Petersburg and International. I’m excited, it seems we’ll work together again quite soon.

Rozalb de Mura show at the Unit F festival (June 2006)

What (things, people, fashion, etc.) were you influenced by?

Every time I start a new collection, I try to discover a “place” I’ve never been to. It can be disconcerting at the beginning; nevertheless this feeling of being lost in a totally new world pushes me a bit further. Although my collections are generally built around a concept, there is an immense pleasure in letting myself guided by intuition and sudden gusts of inspiration. That could come from unexpected sources, a strange face or an exciting laugh, a dashing personality, a leaf, a beautiful room, light patterns, a colour that haunts me. Details that smilingly and fleetingly present themselves before me, waiting to be picked up and exploited. Certainly, the experience of living in Romania could not but leave a mark on me and my work.

What is the most important thing in your fashion? And what is fashion for you?

A fascinating way of expressing myself: from love fantasies to exuberant curiosities or austere minimalism. Searching for answers. Allowing myself to be wondered. A way of submerging into other worlds. Quite close to acting, in a strange way.

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There’s a lot of wisdom and beauty in nature. This is what I yet again realized while chopping logs in the yard of my house near the woods. It’s both physically exhausting and hypnotically relaxing just to chop wood and let your thoughts wander about. Time is indeed the greatest luxury of all.

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