Porcelain dolls were never innocent. In “Lucid Dream”, Romanian designer Ana Samira Naomi rips them out of the glass cabinet and lets them strut in oversized satin, lace masks, and exaggerated silhouettes that flirt shamelessly with kitsch. This is not nostalgia, it’s a fever dream stitched into couture, a playful distortion of childhood memories until they look too glossy, too fragile, too alive.

The collection, created as part of her coursework at West University of Timișoara, reimagines the delicate world of porcelain dolls as wearable fantasy. But instead of treating them like relics of a soft childhood, Ana blows them up into strange, theatrical forms: half fairytale, half fashion glitch. Pink folds bloom like artificial flowers, golden fabric twists into sculpted armor, faces hide under lace masks that refuse to stay sweet.

The collection is playful, yes, but also cocky, an unapologetic reminder that fashion can be memory, satire, and performance all at once. Ana Samira Naomi doesn’t just design clothes, she stages a scene where fragility walks like it owns the place.

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Coord: Lect. Univ. Dr. Cristina Lazăr
Assist. Univ. Dr. Andreea Pleșa
Models: Kiemes Models, Lawinne Models, Raw Models
Photos by: Hanna F. Photography

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Nicoleta Raicu

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Still can't tell exactly my origins because of my suspiciously ‘Chinese eyes’.