Alan Hranitelj was my first favorite designer when I was a child. When he's not working for Cirque du Soleil or on other projects in exciting places like China and New York, you often see him around Ljubljana, always impeccably dressed and radiating an aura of genius. That's just what it's like with some people! Every time I see him I feel starstruck, although we've never established eye contact, let alone talked (*gasp*).
I found this interview by accident in a book titled Fashion Statements last summer. It was originally published in Virus Mutations magazine, no. 6, March 1999, in Italy. It seems to me that he talks about his work much less vaguely than usually in this interview. Maybe it's a matter of language?
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Glamorous and arduous!
I used to meet him in Ljubljana very often. It seemed strange to me because I'm not fashion fan. :-)
It was (and I suppose it still is) always a bit strange to me that such a Person exists in the same city as me, being close and far at the same time.
P.S. I think he's not a fashion fan either :)
Omg am i shameful if I say I had never heard of him? Now that I've seen his creation and I've become aware he's got to do with Cirque du Soleil I have somthing more to study and to worship!!
Thnk you Eva!!
You had a favourite designer as a child? Wow, you are a fashionable gal. This is my introduction to this designer; thank you. I admire his costume esthetic: a beautiful escape.
When I was little, he was my favorite designer more in terms of design (very broad spectrum), not really fashion. His work is one of the most important reasons why I'm into fashion today though.