Asli Filinta Turkish Designer Show NYFW F/W 2020

Born and raised in Turkey , Asli Filinta graduated from Bilkent Economics in 2001 . Having worked in finance for one year, she moved to New York . Asli Filinta launched her own fashion line in 2009 in New York. The Look While Asli Filinta's collections may appear to be about femininity for young women, Filinta's interest is in creating clothes that are entirely unique and timeles, innovative and colorful . Asli Filinta is characterized by unexpected combinations of materials and its exquisite balance of light and delicate fabrics. Her pioneering approach uses overstock and unwanted fabrics to gather patterns of the garment and transform the pieces into unexpected shapes and silhouettes. Twisting, her biggest influence, Turkish culture and Islamic Arts, into a modern, distinctive formula balancing tradition and modernit. Asli Filinta was honored the Young Designers Fashion Award of Who’s Next organization of Paris in 2009. Asli was invited to design a mini - collection for Target from SS 2009 season and announced by the online - media mogul, Daily - Candy, as the genuine, the unique and the next among young international designers. End of her second collection, she caught the eye of Vogue Nippon and was invited to the Comme des Garçon's pop up store at Dover street Aoyama with the super brands Chanel, Dior, Fendi, Loewe, Celine, Lanvin, Martin Margiela, Pierre Hardy, Chloe, Marni and more. After getting featured at Vogue Nippon and Japanese Newspaper Nissen many times, and announced as the young talent for joining Turkish tradition with global fashion awareness at WWD, she was invited to do an exhibition at Joyce Gallery, Palais Royal in Paris and the Asli Filinta brand has been carried by Joyce, Isetan, Tomorrowland and many more worldwide. 

Words: The Bromley Group