54 | / Setila se glavnog jedra koje su morske milje potrošile i umorile i pretvorila ga u tačno deset haljina. Povukla ju je autentična priča njenog, a ne pozajmljenog jedra i jednog vremena punog avantura. Kao što su putovanja morima bila avantura, ništa manja bila je izrada haljina. – Kolekcija je nastala u dahu. Sve skice samcrtalahemijskomolovkom nadlanu. Pucalesu igle i konci, poštovale se zakonitosti krojačkog zanata, ali jedro je vodilo igru. Rad sa prijateljicamaGordanomRadnić iManjom Buktenicom, skojima samprošla svaki ubodšilom, svakualku i konop, bio je jedno od najlepših iskustava u životu. Neke komade smo čak krotile pištoljem! Onim sa silikonskim lepkom. Bezmnogo reči, pustile smo da nas jedro vodi. Da bi modeli bili autentični, odlučile smo da na haljinama ostanu rđa, so, bure, lahori i nevere – priča Tonka. Kad su je pitali želi li da proda dve haljine, samo se nasmešila i rekla da tone dolazi uobzir jer nemože da razbija pričuna komade. Objasnila je nesuđenom kupcu da te haljine jedna bez druge ne mogu i da samo zajednomogu da ispričaju sve bure i avanture. Elegantna, elokventna, odmerena i tiha, Tonkapojavomneodaje utisak avanturistkinje. Kaže da se uvek trudila da u svim životnim situacijama bude dama, što nikako ne znači da nije uspevala da se izbori sa nedaćama uzbudljivih putovanja. – Meni nije bio dovoljan adrenalin, pa sam smislila svoj autentični hormon„nadrealin“. Kombinacijunadrealnoguumetnosti i adrenalinskog u meni. E, tu dozu mog „nadrealina“ tražim u svemu što radim. Prvi eksperiment s modom imala je pre 29 godina, i to u Beogradu. Iz čiste dosade je crtala skice haljina. To je video Dragoljub Golubović Pižon, čuveni novinar i čovek od stila. Pitao ju je da li bi htela da napravi modnu reviju za žene diplomata i ambasadora bivše države. – Onako mlada i blesava, rekla samda bih, iako omodi nisam znala ništa, a ni danas ne pratim trendove. Kolekcija se zvala Ne ličitenadruge i ljudima se dopala. Međutim, kada su novinari tražili daposavetujemJugoslovenke za predstojeću sezonu proleće/leto, rekla samdapomeni svako treba da nosi šta hoće i to je bio kraj mojih modnih saveta. A onda je došao rat i više nije bilo mode. With her unusual exhibition “From the sails under which I’ve voyaged,”Tonka Alujević has told an exciting fashion and life story about oceans, seas, waves, winds and salt. She told her own unique story in Belgrade’s prestigious Singidunum Gallery... “Withmy then sailingpartner in2001, I set out to sail to the Caribbean and back under the sail that has now been transformed into dresses. That voyage lasted nine months and covered seventy thousand miles. I’ve been sailing for 15 years on various boats and sometimes it seems tome that I wasn’t evenme. They say that a day at sea is like three on land. Those are many facts, happenings, craziness, dangers, happiness and sadness, experiences. Inshort, at sea theseahappens,”saysTonka. This native of Dalmatia is easiest to present as a multimedia artist, because whatelsecouldsomeonebewho lmsdocumentaries, publishes books, writes short stories, dealswithperformance, performs a mono-drama she wrote herself, creates mosaics, shoots photography, presented theTV show“Nemiren duh”[Restless Spirit], in which she sought out beauty in nature and people... She says that she’d never present herself as a fashion designer, because she doesn’t know about or follow fashion. When asked how, then, her restless spirit dealt with dresses and fashion, she responds in her own style, with a short story. “I’ve traversed many miles at sea, whether oceanic, Mediterranean or Adriatic. I have one fault, though some say it’s a virtue – I have a maniacal love of resolving things I don’t use. That’s why I wanted to throw away that old sail under which I crossed the Atlantic, the Adriatic and the Mediterranean. Luckily, it remainedhidden away in the tavern and awaited the moment when I was invited to design somethingforMontura, a fashionfestival inSplit.” Sherememberedthemainsail thathad beenspent andweatheredby theseamiles and transformed it intoprecisely tendresses. Shewas drawn in by the authentic story of her own sail, andnot aborrowedone, and a time lled with adventure. Just as voyaging the seas hadbeenanadventure, the making of the dresses was no less so. “Thecollectionemergedinonebreath. I wrote all the sketches with a pen on my palm. The needles and threads broke, the correctnessof the tailor’s craftwas respected, but the sail led thedance.Workingwith my friends Gordana Radnić andMaja Buktenica, with whom I went through every prickofneedle,everyringandrope,wasone of themostbeautiful experiencesofmy life. When they asked her to sell two dresses, she said there was no way, because she couldn’t break the story into pieces Kad su je pitali želi li da proda dve haljine, rekla je da to ne dolazi u obzir jer ne može da razbija priču na komade
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