Gints Bude (born 23 April 1971, Riga) is a Latvian fashion designer and an expert of clothing and dress code.[1] He was the first Latvian designer who established his fashion house in 1990. Also was also the first one to start tutoring young models in Latvia.[2]
Biography edit
Gints Bude graduated from college, qualifying as a tailor. After that he studied Fashion garment pattern making and sewing technology in Riga Technical University. In 1988-89, he worked as a tailor in clothing company "Rīgas modes" (Riga fashions) experimental factory as a new collections tailor.
On 2 November 1990, he founded Gints BUDE fashion house and the first professional modeling school in Latvia.[1] He has been a member of Baltic Fashion Designers association since 2004.[3]
Bude is a designer of men's and women's fashion collections presented in international fashion forums, fairs and events since 1994 - men's clothing fair in Europe "Herren-Mode-Wöche-Köln". Co-creator and organizer of Latvian festival "Mode. Māksla. Mūzika." (Fashion. Art. Music.) and "Zelta adata" (Golden needle) award.[4]
His clothing collections have been presented in Riga Fashion Week
In 2005, he participated in a Latvian fashion presentation in Paris, France, within the framework of the Latvian cultural project “Amazing Latvia”.
On November 2, 2006, he founded the fashion house “Bude” (current name - Gints BUDE fashion house) and the first professional model school in Latvia “Bude” (current name - Gints BUDE Costume Demonstration Studio).
Gints Bude has participated in Latvian fashion presentations during Latvian culture project Etonnante Lettonie[5] (Surprising Latvia) in year 2005 that took place in Paris, France. Bude is an expert of clothing and dress code for "Vakara ziņas" (Evening News).[6] and "Privātā dzīve" (Private Life)[7]
References edit
- ^ a b Latvijas Enciklopēdija (Encyclopedia of Latvia) vol.1, Riga: Valery Belokon's Publishing House, Ltd., 2002, pages 814-815. ISBN 978-9984-9482-0-1
- ^ "MANIFESTATION OF LATVIAN NATIONAL IDENTITY THROUGH CONTEMPORARY LATVIAN FASHION" (PDF).
- ^ SSPOON.ME, Olegs Krisons @. "Riga Fashion Week / SS13 / Gints Bude". www.rfw.lv. Retrieved 2021-11-19.
- ^ Kas ir kas Latvijā (Who is who in Latvia) 2003-04 Riga: Valēri Belokoņs Publishing House, Ltd., 2003; ISBN 9984-9134-9-X
- ^ Gints Bude on Etonnante lettonie Archived 2011-07-23 at the Wayback Machine official website
- ^ Vakara ziņas, Riga: Mediju Nams, Ltd.; ISSN 1407-4931
- ^ Privātā dzīve, Riga: Izdevniecība "Žurnāls Santa" Ltd., ISSN 1407-4311