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Bali Beckons Designer
Nadya has a fashion philosophy that transcends the contrived. It is clean and simple in line, basic in approach. It's the fabric that speaks to you, in a way that makes what she designs irresistible......The fabric that was woven has a story to tell. There was magic in the coloring, uniqueness in the individual look of each piece woven (since it is all done by hand, no two pieces are alike).....Mosaic prints, which look different because each material takes the dye differently, create a montage of feeling that can be mixed and matched, to give your wardrobe ongoing outfits that never go out of style. Your own sense of self-expression comes out as you build a Nadya wardrobe. If you have never owned a piece of the Nadya collection, you should start with one of her jackets. Simple in design, its uniqueness is in its wearability.
- Chicago Woman Today, Sandy Kagan

Bali Evokes Exotic Nadya Designs
The clothes come from halfway around the world, shipped on a Third World airline packed in cigarette crates. They are headed for Chicago, Los Angeles and New York -- and about 14,000 loyal customers who carefully mark the designer's twice-a-year showings on their calendars. They know when she's coming because she sent them a post card from her home in the rice fields....The clothes she designs evoke all of the elements of her life on Bali, she says. The color, the energy; the freedom... and the strong challenge to "some of our conditioned responses to things."
- Flair Magazine, Anna Madrzyk

Nadya's Bali Creations Awash in Island Colors
The clothes Nadya makes.....draws customers who enjoy standing out in a crowd and who like to tell the world a little bit about themselves through their clothing. Her customers range in age from 13 to 75, but all of them are "interested in communicating with the world around them", said Nadya.....In New York, she has a loyal following among theater people, writers and editors. In Los Angeles, those in the film and TV business respond best to her clothes. Nadya has seen her clothes turn up on TV shows including "Babes," "Family Ties," and "General Hospital." In addition, to Ellen Burstyn, Nadya has sold clothes to Susan Ruttan of "L.A. Law," Tuesday Weld and ballerina Natalia Makarova...Her clothing is one-of-a-kind because its made by hand....Most of Nadya's clothes don't come in sizes. Many of her styles are easy-fitting and rely on drawstrings, ties or elastic. Quilted wrap-around belts pull tops and bottoms together and give the outfit an identifiable Nadya look.....At one point she sold the clothes to Bergdorf Goodman in New York, but decided that she preferred working with clients directly. "I love the direct input," Nadya said. "People make suggestions all the time. The fun part for me is coming back here, getting a shot of adrenaline and going back to my island."
- The Chicago Sun-Times, Lisbeth Levine

Thinking Globally, Selling Locally
For many entrepreneurs, life on the road means lonely nights in dreary hotel rooms. But not for Nadya, an American designer who lives and works in Bali but sells her one-of-a-kind clothes in hotel rooms across the United States....At a recent showing at the Mayflower hotel, dozens of shoppers arrived to try on clothes....within an hour, three fashion models, a photo researcher, an attorney and a columnist (yes, I bought a jacket) were among the shoppers.... "In the beginning, the people in Bali thought I must have been kind of an eccentric and generous person because they thought the clothing was so crazy...Now they look at it with more interest and are actually wearing it themselves."
- The Los Angeles Times, Jane Applegate