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 Bújj-bújj zöld ág collection centers around the concept of escape. It is inspired by the ongoing wars around us and the personal stories of those directly affected. Escape is both a physical and mental act—an urgent departure fueled by the need for change and the desire for liberation. This collection explores the paradox of fleeing: the moment of surrender where the perception of time vanishes, leaving only pure presence.
The development process is documented through draping experiments performed on the designer's own body, captured on video and analyzed through still frames. These frozen moments embody a state of timelessness, where movement—and thus time itself—ceases to exist. Throughout the experiments, the designer worked with transparent, lightweight materials that transform fluidly during motion, at times becoming sheer, at others impenetrable. The resulting garments are made from white base fabrics, with construction lines and textures bearing the traces of an escape.
The name Bújj-bújj zöld ág (Hide, Hide Green Branch) refers to the resilient force of life—the idea that no matter the circumstances, the will to live always finds a way. The garments envelop the body, narrating fragile yet hopeful stories of escape and presence through their frozen forms.