For five days, Sibiu became the place where fashion, heritage, education, and the creative industries came together in an international dialogue. Feeric Fashion Week concluded this year’s edition after a program that brought together dozens of fashion presentations, educational projects, artistic installations, and collaborations between designers, universities, and professionals from around the world, held in some of the most spectacular spaces in the city and its surroundings. The program included Feeric Hub, individual presentations, university shows, sustainability-focused projects, and the traditional Gala Feeric in Piața Huet.
The edition debuted with Feeric Hub, the festival’s educational platform, which brought masterclasses and debates dedicated to commercial photography, media production, communication, fashion education, and creative entrepreneurship to CineGold Promenada Sibiu. Florin Opriș, Cornel Crișan, Adriana Chiru, Mitichi Preda, and Rita Sarkis opened the dialogue about the future of the creative industries, and one of the central moments of the program was the masterclass “Fashion Education and Creative Direction”, delivered by Giovanni Ottonello, Art Director of IED – Istituto Europeo di Design. During the session, one of the most respected European specialists in fashion education spoke about the role of creative direction, the relationship between the academic environment and industry, and the way designers capable of responding to the challenges of an ever-changing industry are trained. Feeric Hub thus confirmed once again that Feeric Fashion Week is more than an event dedicated to fashion, being a platform for education, dialogue, and professional development for the new generation of creatives.
The series of fashion presentations began with Cardinalia Models x Dharug, a project built around authenticity and the redefinition of beauty. Cardinalia Models, the agency dedicated to women over 35, and Dharug, the platform that explores vintage archives and promotes emerging designers, demonstrated that contemporary fashion means diversity, experience, and the discovery of new creative values.
Over the course of the three days dedicated to presentations, Feeric Fashion Week brought together on the runway universities and educational institutions from Romania, the Republic of Moldova, Serbia, India, Egypt, Montenegro, Ukraine, and other countries, confirming the event’s role as one of the most important European platforms dedicated to fashion education. The collections created by the University of Art and Design Cluj-Napoca, the West University of Timișoara, “Aurel Vlaicu” University of Arad, the National University of Arts Bucharest, the University of Oradea, Galala University, New Giza University, International Balkan University, the University of Arts “George Enescu” Iași, UPSC “Ion Creangă”, and International Design Academy with Burgo India illustrated the cultural and creative diversity that defines the new generation of designers.
One of the most appreciated moments of the edition was Hooldra – Visible Transformation, a project coordinated by Daiana Stancioiu in partnership with Humana. Twenty students from eight universities and three countries demonstrated that circular fashion can become an authentic form of artistic expression, transforming recovered clothing items into contemporary collections made from reused materials, vintage textiles, and deadstock. The “See Now, Buy Now” concept, implemented through the Dharug platform, offered the audience the possibility of purchasing the creations immediately after the presentation, bringing independent fashion closer to the end consumer.
Feeric Fashion Week continued to promote cultural heritage as a source of inspiration for contemporary design. The Artisanal Jopoi × Haide project, held in Porumbacu de Sus, created a dialogue between the textile traditions of Paraguay and Romania, demonstrating that crafts and cultural identity can build bridges between communities thousands of kilometres apart.
At the same time, the individual collections addressed current themes such as sustainability, resilience, and the relationship between people and nature. Chinese designer Yulu Xia brought to the forefront the cultural heritage of Yunnan province and the use of innovative biomaterials, while Rita Sarkis, through the Raffiné collection, built a discourse about adaptability, elegance, and self-confidence. The Mild Power collection explored the emotion of the act of giving, transforming packaging elements into a contemporary fashion language.
Faithful to the concept that has established it, Feeric Fashion Week once again this year transformed apparently ordinary spaces into spectacular settings for fashion. The Immersive Museum, Promenada Sibiu, the parking areas of Promenada Sibiu shopping center, industrial halls, the Sigemo rubber warehouse, Boromir Mill, Piața Huet, and partner cultural spaces became stages for presentations that demonstrated that fashion can dialogue with architecture, industrial heritage, and urban space.
The culminating point of the edition was the Gala Feeric, held in Piața Huet, where some of the most representative collections presented throughout the entire week were brought together. On the runway appeared the creations signed by Daiana Stancioiu, Mild Power, MB11, MMAX by Muslima Makhkamova, Raffiné by Rita Sarkis, Yulu Xia, alongside the collections of the participating universities, in a show that synthesized the current directions of international fashion. Chinese designer Yulu Xia impressed through a visual discourse inspired by the cultural heritage of Yunnan province, exploring the relationship between tradition and innovation through the use of biomaterials and sustainable solutions as the language of contemporary fashion. At the same time, the MMAX collection, signed by Uzbek creator Muslima Makhkamova, was among the defining moments of the gala, consolidating the international dimension of Feeric Fashion Week and bringing together on the same stage designers from different cultures and creative schools, but united by the same vision for the future of fashion. Another important moment of the Gala Feeric was the awarding of the scholarship offered by Istituto Europeo di Design (IED), one of the most prestigious design schools in the world. This year’s winner is Dori Haskovcova, a student at VOSON SPŠO from the Czech Republic, who, at her first participation in Feeric Fashion Week, impressed the jury through the creativity and quality of the collection presented. The scholarship offered by IED includes participation in a mentoring program conducted alongside internationally renowned specialists from the fashion industry, offering the young creator the opportunity to develop her professional path in one of the most appreciated academic environments dedicated to fashion design.
This year’s edition confirms once again that Feeric Fashion Week is not just a fashion festival, but an international platform dedicated to education, sustainability, intercultural dialogue, and the promotion of the new generation of designers. Through the projects developed around Feeric Hub, collaborations with universities and international partners, and through the courage to transform urban spaces into stages for creativity, Feeric continues to consolidate Sibiu’s position on the map of major cultural and fashion events in Europe.
Feeric Fashion Week 2026 is an event co-financed by the Sibiu City Hall and supported by NEPI Rockcastle, Promenada Sibiu, Cinegold, Boromir, MG Mecatronics, Humana People to People, Buonavista, and Prima Driving School.
