BIOGRAPHY

B R A N D I D E N T I T Y
Umit Unal was established in Istanbul in 1992, dedicated to personal collection design, project and fashion consultancy. International exhibitions and sale offerings of the brand's collections started in 1998 in Istanbul and Dusseldorf. Thenceforth, the masterwork has regularly been offered to fashion buyers from the centers in Dusseldorf, Paris, and New York City. Umit Unal designs that view creating real silhouettes taken from life as the prime tenet shape-wise, with the most special techniques belonging to the past, remind and interpret anew male and female life postures towards their own preferences. The fashion sense has a protest stance far from flashy shapes. It frees itself with a shape closer to thoughtful narratives of contemporary art, music, and design. collections under UMITUNAL,umitunalMAN brands sell in concept stores in countless countries and cities.


U M I T U N A L

“I assign a new identity to all details related to the tailoring that I was introduced to in my childhood by small sartorial ateliers squeezed into narrow streets.” Completes his fine arts fashion education, having studied archaeology and art history in Istanbul. Creating fashion is accommodated in the heart of his life. Grows up in his family's atelier. In the following years, strengthens his designs through various technical and aesthetic education programs. As the starting point of his collections, preferring monochromatic colorlessness in the designs of his chosen people, biographies or alternative lifestyles, pastoral expressions prevail in forms and themes. A designer who cannot find sincerity in the system of fashion and habits, creates new interpretations and freedom areas. Creates common shared design products for women and men. There comes a feature of transforming old male clothing culture of Anatolia and Istanbul into female and male forms with a universal comprehension. He created a serene and darkly romantic world with an intriguing mix of edgy rebellion and sophistication. A designer who has carried out plenty of projects in Istanbul and Turkey and regards fashion in terms of living facts rather than a mere apparel, through partnerships he has created with powerful universal brands, is well-known as one of the key players in the sector. He is representative of Turkey, INTERCOLOR *international and interdisciplinary platform of color expert.