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Designer Profile: Dilbar
In a small nation in the heart of Central Asia, Kyrgyzstan, there is a fashion power house called DILBAR. In my interview with Diblar Ashimbaeva I find out what drives and inspires Kyrgyzstan’s leading designer. Read my article I wrote for AGI Magazine (September 2012 issue) below.
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Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan: Return of the Prodigal Daughter
Every time I land in Bishkek, I am filled with mixed feelings – excitement and worry. On one hand I look forward seeing my family and friends, on another – I always wonder: will I connect with the city? Will it recognize and welcome me, the prodigal daughter who has left it in the end of the 1990s? I have visited Bishkek in the last couple years several times. I hardly go to new trendy places and popping everywhere Western-style cafes. Instead, I look for clues to put together in my mind the image of the city I used to know. I have grown up and moved on, so did…
