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Lucian Matis - Fashion Desinger -Toronto

Romanian-born fashion designer Lucian Matis grew up in his mother’s tailor shop and started designing from a very early age. His first customers were his school teachers.  Lucian followed his studies in art with a specialization in painting and graphics. He moved to Canada in 1999 starting his fashion studies at Ryerson University in 2000, where he soon showed great talent and maturity leading to his early graduation in 2003. While studying in University, Lucian worked for the bridal fashion house “A CUSTOM AFFAIRE” where he designed his first collections of bridal and evening wear which showed a great sense of elegance, breaking the norms of the wedding gown.

While in University, Lucian won many different fashion awards including: The Fur Council of Canada Award (2002), Le Chateau’s Menswear Competition (2002), People’s Choice Award for Best Sketch in the Chinese Competition (2002), semi-finalist for the International Young Designer Competition (2002) and Alfred Sung Award for great design talent (2003).

Lucian’s first collection (which was part of his graduating thesis) was designed under his own label, LUCIAN MATIS, and had both futuristic and religious inspirations. It had “a different kind of aesthetic...the aftermath of the Third World War” and was entitled: PREMONITION OF WAR. It created astonishment within the international and local fashion industry, displaying a great sense of detail and style, with an unpredictable combination of shape, texture and use of unusual materials (such as animal bones and teeth). Hidden beneath the fizz of fantastic details like excessive accessories and lace cascades were unexpectedly wearable and exquisitely cut dresses. Presented on the sound stage of a battlefield, PREMONITION OF WAR not only pleased the eye, but also made people aware of the real deeds of war and the atmosphere behind it, giving Ryerson’s annual graduating fashion show a spectacular finale.
Lucian’s first professional collection was presented at L’Oreal Fashion Week in March 2007 featuring an eclectic vision for FALL/WINTER 07. The collection and Lucian were received with smashing success. Accolades and praise followed quickly including a special guest appearance on the highly rated, final episode of Canada’s Next Top Model wherein his entire collection was worn down the runway in a final competition by the two finalists. The collection was then featured in a group show during the FESTIVAL OF FASHION & DESIGN in Toronto’s Dundas Square.

As a result of this much deserved attention, Lucian was invited to participate on the first season of SLICE channel’s hit reality-TV show, PROJECT RUNWAY CANADA wherein he stole the hearts & minds of Canadians everywhere and took a very contentious second place. In addition to the above, Lucian was featured in an in-depth profile on FASHION TELEVISION in fall 2007 – an extraordinary achievement for someone so young and whose professional career has just started. Lucian’s fashions have also been in and on many magazines editorial pages & covers around the world including LUSH, FLARE, ELLE CANADA, ION, AMAZING CANADIAN, TRIBUTE (France), LAUNCHPAD (USA), APPLIED ARTS…to name just a few.
Having put out two more extremely successful collections: F/W 08 (“THE BLACK COLLECTION”) and S/S08 (both of which sold extremely well by the esteemed showroom and sales team at PLATINUM SALES AGENCY) Lucian Matis is now ready to launch his third “professional” and most mature collection ever -- Fall/Winter 09/10 called “CITY HUNTER” -- showing 20th March 2009 at LG Fashion Week!