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Thursday 6 May - Saturday 12 June
As part of IV Polish Cultural Week at the Ulster Museum Teresa Seda looks at contemporary fashion design in Poland.
Teresa gained her practical skills in New York while working on such Broadway productions as The Phantom of the Opera, Shogun, The Crucible, Guys and Dolls, as well as film productions including Green Card, Mambo Kings, etc. For many years she worked closely with Ann Roth (the Oscar winner for costume design for The English Patient, and Hair).
Since 1994 Teresa Seda has been a member of The Polish Association of Artists and Designers. She designs costumes for movie, theatre and TV stars, as well as for art, business and diplomatic figures. From 2001 to 2002 she worked with the New York store Barneys.
In fashion she values simplicity as well as “theatricality.” She is in favor of harmony in life and designs. She doesn’t
like mass culture. In her designs she doesn’t go off topic. Her trademark is perfection and good taste. She has worked on many fashion shows, press publications and TV programs. In 2000 she won the ELLE prize – the public award for the best designer. In 2005 she was recognized as the best designer of the last 15 years according to Twoj Styl magazine. Her last fashion show in 2008 was dedicated to children with cancer.
The images above show examples of Teresa's design, click images to enlarge.
In 2009 she participated in Downtown Collection, a fashion show that featured disabled children. “She was first to take part in shaping of esthetic changes in Poland after 1989”– Barbara Czartoryski Tygodnik Polski, London 2007. Currently she is working on a new collection inspired by Polish folklore.
- Entry to the Ulster Museum as well as this exhibition is free.
- This exhibition is displayed in the Ulster Museum's Discover Art Zone.
The exhibition is part of POLSKA! YEAR and IV Polish Cultural Week.