Toni Matičevski

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Toni Matičevski
Born	1977 Melbourne, Australia
Nationality	Macedonian Australian
Education	University Graduate
Labels	Maticevski

Toni Maticevski runway presentation, NY Fashion Week (Fall 2007)

Toni Matičevski (Macedonian: Тони Матичевски) (1977-) is a Melbourne-based fashion designer.

Matičevski's parents migrated from Macedonia. He grew up in Seddon, an inner-western suburb of Melbourne with a sizable Macedonian community.^[1]

Matičevski studied fashion at RMIT University graduating with First Class Honours. After graduating he won a Fashion Group International Award resulting in a placement with Donna Karen in New York. Matičevski shockingly turned down an extended position at Donna Karen, deeming the power house creatively draining. Matičevski left for Paris to work two seasons at Cerruti. Matičevski returned to Melbourne in 1998 to launch his own label. In 2002, Matičevski won Best New Designer at the L'Oreal Melbourne Fashion Festival with his debut demi-couture collection. The same year saw his preliminary participation in the Mercedes-Benz Australian Fashion Week spring and summer collections. Most recently he was tied with Kit Willow for the 2005 Pris De Marie Claire Best New Designer award.

Matičevski designs emotively, rejecting the norm to create such designs as his elegantly skeletal dresses, held together (or to hold you together) with a bondage system of raw edged silk straps. These ‘nonchalantly needy’ dresses result in the wearer appearing like an intricately tied up cloud.

Each season Matičevski recreates his elaborate gowns in different styles and materials while retaining a similar silhouette. Matičevski has recently added a men’s line to his label with fluid draping neutral jackets and trousers.