Marinova
The central theme of this collection is the pocket — a sacred space where our most intimate treasures are hidden, held, and kept safe to be rediscovered: identity, intimacy, and all that is truly valuable.
Inspired by the traditional “fruit-gathering pockets” sewn into the garments of rural women in generations past, this collection reimagines the pocket as a powerful feminine symbol — an emblem of the vagina, the foundation of female identity. It is the primal, motherly archetype of the receiver, the gatherer, the safe-keeper, and the lover.
The original role of the woman — to collect, to nurture, to protect, to hold — is one I witnessed often in childhood. I spent long days in the countryside, visiting my grandparents during harvest season in a small rural village. There, I was surrounded by women embodying these timeless roles, women who carried the beauty and strength of the feminine through the rhythm of everyday life.
Those memories are still alive in me. This collection is my way of bridging the past and the present — a dialogue between memory and modernity.
Each piece is shaped by a personal, innovative aesthetic that reinterprets the traditional through contemporary design. The silhouettes, color combinations, and handcrafted prints — inspired by the sensual floral visions of Georgia O’Keeffe — serve as a visual language between then and now.
The heart of this collection lies in the creation of a new kind of elegance — one that is rooted, sacred, sensual, and timeless.
Marinova is an invitation to return to the body with reverence. To rediscover the quiet power of what it means to be adorned in clothing that honors the essence of femininity.
It is designed to awaken the joy of wearing something that not only beautifies — but remembers.
