PIASILEC
Fashion design work shaped through strong silhouettes, styling, visual storytelling, and a sensitive approach to form, movement, and atmosphere.
ABOUT
I am a fashion designer focused on garments, collections, styling, and fashion image-making. My work moves between runway pieces, editorial moments, and visual concepts with strong attention to silhouette and mood.
I am interested in clothing that carries atmosphere: pieces shaped by proportion, contrast, gesture, and the relationship between the body, the garment, and the camera.
PROJECTS
Clothing in Cyclicity
A fashion concept shaped around repetition, circularity, and renewal.
Illusion
A study of perception, distortion, surface, and visual ambiguity.
Deconstruction of the past
A contemporary reinterpretation of historical clothing codes.
Tropical diversity
Organic color fields and asymmetrical lines inspired by natural forms.
CV
Profile
Fashion designer from Slovenia with experience in high-end fashion projects, runway production, styling, prototype sewing, and designer retail. Ambitious, detail-oriented, and adaptable, with strong organizational skills and a refined sense for silhouette, styling, color, and presentation.
Education
Faculty of Natural Sciences and Engineering
Fashion Design, Ljubljana, Slovenia
2022-2025
Faculty of Design
Fashion Design, Ljubljana, Slovenia
2018-2022
Vocational High School of Design
Fashion Design, Maribor, Slovenia
2014-2018
Experience
ZOOFA, Ljubljana
Retailer of clothing, 2024-now
Designer retail, client styling, communication with designers and clients, and visual organization of garments in store.
Ljubljana Fashion Week
Backstage Coordinator, 2025
Coordinated models, designers, and hair and makeup teams; managed line-ups, schedules, and show flow under runway time pressure.
Sewist’s Appetite, Ljubljana
Prototype sewing, 2024
Sewing prototypes and documenting cutting and sewing processes.
RTV, Ljubljana
Stylist Assistant, 2023-2025
Garment preparation, ironing, sewing support, and styling assistance.
Vesna Mirtelj, Ljubljana
Stylist Assistant, 2023-2025
Garment and shoe organization, sewing support, preparation of looks, and styling assistance.
Lidija Kolovrat, Lisbon
Fashion Designer Assistant, 2022
Assisted with fashion design, Adobe Photoshop pattern work, Lisboa Fashion Week preparation, exhibition installations, and textile research.
Benedetti Life, Ljubljana
Assistant, 2021
Styling support, model dressing, garment preparation, Photoshop pattern work, and technical sketches for production.
Sportina d.o.o., Milano
Computer Systems Designer, 2017
Fashion illustration, sewing, Adobe Illustrator design work, and collaboration with the team.
Skills
Fashion design
Garment design
Styling
Concept development
Construction techniques
Research
Organization
Time management
Communication
Multitasking
Software
Illustrator
Photoshop
InDesign
Lightroom
Premiere Pro
CLO 3D
DaVinci Resolve
Blender
Optitex
Microsoft Office
Languages
Slovenian, mother tongue
English, B2
German, A1
PRESS
Budapest Central European Fashion Week
Latest press release, 13 February 2026. Presented as part of BCEFW, with coverage by Hungarian fashion and culture media.
ELLE Hungary
C Hungary
C Hungary English
Ljubljana Fashion Week 2025
Presentation and press coverage connected to LJFW 2025, with references across Slovenian and international fashion media.
Style / Zurnal24
Siol.net
Delo
Forbes
OnaPlus / Delo
FashionEVO
STYLO23 finalist
Finalist at STYLO fashion event in Koper, 20 October 2023. Featured by STYLO with collection presentation and Instagram finalist announcement.
cmk.si/pages/stylo
Perspektivni 2022, Mesec oblikovanja
Selected for Perspektivni 2022 / Month of Design, October 2022.
zavodbig.com/perspektivni-pia-silec
Marketing Magazin feature
LJFW WOW, Best Student Collection
Awarded Best Student Collection at LJFW WOW, April 2022, for the collection Tropska raznolikost.
Goodlife Magazine award and publication
Awarded for publication of the collection Tropska raznolikost in Goodlife Magazine, 2022, issue 58, supplement to Delo.
Daljnogled recognition, DOS awards
Recognition by Drustvo oblikovalcev Slovenije, November 2021, connected to Pia Silec: Tropska raznolikost at Cankarjev dom.
Cankarjev dom exhibition page
RTV Slovenija article
GLOSS editorial publication
Editorial publication in GLOSS magazine, November 2021, featuring fashion work by Pia Silec.
CONTACT
For collaborations, styling, design inquiries, or portfolio requests, get in touch.
