“Dejan Despotovic is a young designer (born in 1986) who has managed to acquire a considerable experience and recognition in the last six years. In the period from 2001 to 2005, as just a student of the High textile school in Belgrade, he designed for hair fairs, television shows and for school representation. As one of the school representatives, in 2003, he received a Silver Doe Award at the Belgrade Fashion Fair. From the year 2005, he was a student at College for Design, Textile and Management in Belgrade at the Textile and Clothing Design Department. His career got an additional boost in 2006 when he created his first individual collection and presented it with fashion shows both in Belgrade and Berlin. This was followed by a new collection, two consecutive nominations for the best young designer at the Pantene Beauty Awards in 2006 and 2007, the winning of the first prize at the Nokia Awards competition for young designers at Fashion Selection and the winning of the Black & White competition at the opening of Belgrade Fashion Week in 2007. Currently, he is preparing a new collection and working as a stylist for the Serbian edition of Elle magazine.”
