Pavel Berky: I draw inspiration from my origins and prefer to sew my designs myself

Pavel Berky is one of the most talented fashion designers of the younger generation. He is a native of Rimavská Sobota, Slovakia who is proud of his Romani origins.

This successful fashion designer currently lives and works in London and recently was one of the four finalists in the Exalt Fashion Show. In November 2016 he presented his collections in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA at that show’s closing event and subsequently won the competition.

As a result, he now has an extraordinary opportunity to present his own creations in 2017 at shows in London, Milan, New York and Paris. The interview with him above was first published on 7 December 2016 – make sure to turn the English subtitles on to read them.

Berky previously presented his work in 2014 in Prague during the Mercedes-Benz Prague Fashion Week. In 2013, as part of the ninth annual prestigious Czech fashion show “Shooting Fashion Stars”, his collection won the award for “most photogenic”.

In the year 2012, Berky became the winner of the prestigious Czech fashion competition “TOP STYL DESIGNER” with his XY collection. That competition was part of the program of the international fashion fair “STYL a KABO”, which is regularly hosted at the exhibition grounds in Brno, Czech Republic.

A total of 23 candidates from four countries applied for that competition. That same year Berky also successfully presented his designs at the Dreft Fashion Week in Prague.