THE DESIGNER
Szarvas Valentin is a fashion designer working at the intersection of conceptual and functional design. He graduated from the Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design in 2023, receiving the Rector’s Special Prize for his MA collection Leaning Into Myself. He is the co-founder of Terike from Budapest, a community-based fashion workshop.
In 2024, he was awarded the Kozma Lajos Craft and Applied Arts Scholarship. His work has been featured in the Transylvanian Design Week, the What Will Be Worn in the Future? exhibition in Baku, and the Robert Capa Contemporary Photography Center’s Eastern European Beauty – Contemporary Fashion Photography & Eastern European Aesthetics exhibition.
For Szarvas, clothing is more than functional—it’s a medium between body and presence. His work often reflects on emotional and social themes, creating garments that act as personal spaces—protective layers that carry stories.
THE BRAND
For Szarvas Valentin, fashion is a language of the human condition. His design process investigates how garments shape, reflect, and mediate our physical and emotional experiences. Each piece is part of a broader reflection on presence, transformation, and the silent decisions that define us. In his work, fashion functions less as product and more as gesture—quiet yet deeply intentional, mapping the relationship between the inner and the external self.
THE COLLECTION
The AW26/27 collection investigates the interplay between humans, clothing, and silence, exploring the unspoken, limitless fullness that shapes decisive moments.
These moments occur quietly, and silence itself is a fundamental tone—the alpha and omega of sounds—giving meaning and dissolving it. Each garment becomes a personal and protective space, reflecting emotional and social narratives that cannot be expressed in words.
The collection considers absence and presence, the dialogue between body and environment, and the paradox of fashion as both a medium of desire and a space beyond ownership. Silence, here, is alive: it is constant, yet often concealed by the multitude of external sounds, existing independently of time. It can be understood as a kind of perpetual motion, always present and constantly in flux. Everyone can experience silence, but not everyone can truly engage with it. Silence is the home of deep understanding and emotions that cannot be fully expressed in words; by the time they are articulated, they often lose their edge. Therefore, those seeking truth must do so in silence.
Inspired by philosophical reflections on silence, the collection translates these concepts into visual and material form through clothing. It emphasizes the tension between fashion—a tool of desire and possession—and silence, which articulates emotions while remaining beyond ownership. The collection transforms conceptual ideas into tangible garments, exploring the subtle interplay of light, shadow, texture, and movement. Each piece invites introspection, reflection, and a timeless presence, creating wearable narratives that communicate what cannot be said, yet can be experienced.
Through layered silhouettes, restrained forms, and carefully considered textures, the AW26/27 collection encourages a deeper understanding of self and presence. It highlights the silent dialogue between the individual and the world, where absence, reflection, and stillness converge. The collection does not simply present clothes; it offers a space for contemplation, a medium for experiencing the unspoken, and an invitation to inhabit moments where presence and silence coexist.