© Ildikó Dudás
Alternative use of material (not textile) object designing and creating. Used cut PVC material in order to create a superhero costume.
Cord String experiment
Experimenting with the pattern of cord string
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SPONGE: Deformation and the rethinking of this special material RUBBER STRING: Used them in several formations and ways, which resulted in special textures. New shapes and forms were born on the dress through which they were further damaged and also decorated with bubble wrap, glue, and textile strings.
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Use of elastic material by free cutting Mainly with cut outs with the style jungle jogging
Women’s blouse design
with the free cutting design and plaiting
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The function of hood in a new concept of umbrella, thus was born the “festival coat”
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New conceptualization of the corset with the use of one thousand eyelets
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Haute Couture inspired by the HungarianTraditional Costume Evening dress with the technique of handmade crouchet using 5 kilometers of wool, used the string motifs of Bekecsalj
TAIL COAT inspiration of the 18th century French revolution and the fashion line of the age inspiration of the 18th century French revolution and the fashion
BOY GEO RGE costume design of the artist’s entertainment and show gardrobe Vivid colors and needlework using strong silhouettes
PROJEC RUNWA
A running TV show of creativ design for Hungarian celebr
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DONNA KARAN
The revivification of a brand
Call for fashion design tender, MARIE CLAIRE
“The dress, that brings out the most of us”
Depiction of my body is very important to me because I have not got the ideal shape dictated by fashion and media, but I feel myself pretty and I am satisfied with my fatty and large body. I would like to emphasize it with my nude paintings, be not afraid to accept yourself and enjoy your body! In my art I always use my body as a model, I do not depict other people’s bodies, because my body is the most suitable for depiction of my intentions and I have no will to depict other people’s bodies. A dress is made for me for every opening exhibition, set, performance, which I wear in order to express the messages of my pictures. From 2011 to 2013 I made these clothes myself but since 2013 they have been made by Ildikó Dudás.
The title of „Háj’m Vénusz” is a wordplay in Hungarian. „Háj” means fat. I am Venus and I have got fat, so I am a fatty Venus. There is a lot of fat on me, but I feel myself pretty. According to my body mass index I have got 30 kg-s extra fat, so I thought I would make it lard noodle. The butcher got me only 10 kilos of fat but beautiful pieces. I displayed some of them in the exhibition. The butcher allowed me to take photos of me in his shop on Sunday, on the meat counter and in the ice-room. I lay on the meat and in the ice-room with fat. These pictures were displayed. Fashion designer Ildikó Dudás has created me a haut-cuture dress, which depicts fat and meat, I was wearing it in the exhibition, I minced fat for the audience and they could eat the ready lard noodle. 10 kilos of fat was eaten up raw, minced and baked. 24 November 2012 was a one-day event. Then I repeated this event in the MQ, Vienna in April 2013. There I displayed only two photos, which were taken in the iceroom and I held the fat proudly naked. I took up a table in the yard and I baked, minced and filled lard noodle for 4 hours and they could have been eaten freshly-made. But people had to wait a lot for the cakes because they always ran out fast. During this time the passers-by helped me with baking, I talked to them, someone learnt the recipe too. There were people who spent there an hour, there were people who only minced fat or brought some fat.. It was really great and I enjoyed it. I will repeat it in August. I will bake a lot of pieces of lard noodle in advance, because in the gallery there is not an oven and I will share the raw noodle there.
The Sachertorte performance is a gift for Vienneses. The typical sweet of Vienna is the Sachertorte, so it is evident that I made an eat-art event with this food speciality too. I filled the Sachertorte with green tomato jam instead of apricot jam, so I formed it myself and the public could taste it. I discussed with the Sacher firm in order to bake me some original Sachertorte filled with my jam, but they rejected my request. So I bought a big Sachertorte and I took out the apricot jam, then I filled it with my jam, it was the performance that the audience could watch. The Sachertorte filled with my jam was a big success. I was wearing a black dress, because Vienneses always wear black clothes.
Mincing is an important factor of lard noodle. After cleaning it you have to mince it in order to be scummy and after watering it with some vinegar you have to put it into the noodle. When it comes out of the mincer, it looks like marshmallow and I feel like tasting it, but its smell rejects me. So I chose marshmallow. In the opening exhibition I will mince some fat and marshmallow. At the end of it there will be a model for the clip of Vénusz Karafiáth Orsolya’s new book, in the closing event the marshmallow Venus statue can be eaten. The origin of Hi’m Grace comes from that the depiction of The Three Graces always took effect on me and I can show my beautiful fatty body from more aspects in one picture. I have read that the Graces were kharis and goddesses of grace, charm, goodness, creativity and fatness. All these are true of me and I am in my most prolifical status and I am planning to be pregnant. They embody joy and love, and I always try to depict them in my paintings. Nevertheless the Graces always exude satisfaction for me, that is why the title of the exhibition is The Three Graces. Rafaello’s Three Graces hold apples in their hands. When I planned the pictures, my apple tree was growing in my garden and it had a big influence on me. Since I have got a vegetable garden, a tomato garden around my apple tree, I work every day, I water them in order to make more jam, so I watched my apple tree every day. As a result of Raffaello’s picture I painted apples in the landscape. Then the depiction of the apple tree and the naked woman made obvious that I must paint an Eve who picks an apple from the tree. So I have got a painting with the title of Eve where I stand on a lot of apples and I reach for an apple.
DAIGE
is a Hungarian star tup brand which has kicked off its own label in 2012 by two young creatives, Melinda Toth and Ildiko Dudas in their graduation year. DAIGE draws inspiration from sports, nature, contemporary arts and movies, and combines these impressions with real sophistication. The main characteristic of the label is the creative usage of printing; funky prints combined with smart cuts and edgy style are the essence of the DAIGE aesthetic - and of course a big portion of humor: we observe the world as well as ourselves with bit of irony.
Although it is a newborn child, our label is getting popular very quickly both in Hungary and abroad. Our collections and pieces have drawn the attention of and have been awarded by the leading forums of the Hungarian fashion industry such as Marie Claire Hungary, Instyle Hungary, Glamour Hungary, ELLE Hungary.
THE LEAGUE 2012-13 autumn-winter
AW12 lookbook
FLO
2013 summer spring
HIKE!
2014-14 autumn-winter
AW13
campaign
AW13
lookbook
ENTER THE DAIGE 2014 spring-summer
I’M
M FROM The source theme of this collection is porn, in which I have done an extensive research within contemporary art of Eastern Europe and specifically Hungary. The base inspiration consists of names such as Dorottya Vékony, Gábor Gehes, Ákos Bánki, Ádám Dallos, Géza Szöllösi, Krisztián Zana. They have created such erotic works with which I can draw a parallel between the society of Budapest. I have mainly examined my generation (20-30 year-olds), I have collected music videos, which try to represent porn and distaste with humor. Distaste is a common feature for a social layer in Budapest, who can be found in the 8th and outer districts. Moreover, the subjects of those educated on mass media, whom I see on a daily basis in the city. I have also made a collection based on the target persons’ clothing habits. Since I used inspiration from the street it was inevitable to come to the realization that everything seems to be going down: homeless people, poverty and social depression. The collection pieces therefore are mainly jumpers, comfortable and functional clothing. I have used print pattern on plush, which I put together from my own drawings that were also born from the inspirational topic mentioned, porn and masturbation. I have had patches made that also symbolize porn and the gender of female and male. Nevertheless, I aimed to get over the depressive factors and represent humor and positivity with the use of styling and color.
© Ildikó Dudás