ANIMA
BLOOM Fashion Festival launches its open call for designers for the fifth edition, taking place September 4–6, 2026, at the Palace of Culture in Ploiești.
This year’s edition is built around the curatorial concept ANIMA — an exploration of the relationship between interiority, body, and form in contemporary fashion.
Within this framework, BLOOM becomes a space dedicated to fashion as inner expression, seeking collections that move beyond decorative aesthetics and establish an authentic connection between creation, identity, and emotion.
Fashion is approached as a living language — a medium through which the inner universe takes shape in form, texture, and movement. The runway becomes a narrative space, and the selected collections are seen as coherent works, not merely stylistic exercises.
The selection focuses on clear and self-assumed voices, capable of building a relevant, contemporary, and deeply expressive fashion discourse.
In this context, fashion is no longer an object. It becomes a form of translating what cannot be seen, but can be felt.
We are looking for designers who do not create to illustrate, but to express. Collections that emerge from a genuine need for expression and construct a coherent dialogue between idea, form, and body.
At BLOOM, the runway becomes a performative space. Each appearance is conceived as a state, not simply a presentation.
The open call is addressed to:
Applications proposing a clear, articulated, and coherent vision are strongly encouraged.
Eligible collections:
Collections may include:
The curatorial jury will evaluate:
Conceptual coherence
Clarity and depth of the proposed idea
Emotional expressivity
The ability of the collection to convey emotion and tension
Originality of vision
A personal discourse, distinct from commercial formulas
Quality of design and execution
Construction, materiality, and detail
Relationship with the body and movement
How the garments function in motion
Artistic and contemporary relevance
The ability to engage with the present without losing authenticity
BLOOM does not seek commercial perfection, but creative truth.
The selection focuses on authentic voices capable of constructing a coherent fashion language, where form is not the final goal, but the result of an inner intention.
Selected designers will benefit from:
To apply, please submit:
JUNE 30 2026
Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis. Places are limited.
