SLAVNA
MARTINOVIC
costume design
Slavna Martinovic is a costume designer and a theorist of dress and subculture. Her work in visual arts is a symbiotic dance between theatre, film, music (videos), and fashion. Slavna’s work spans across cities where she grew up and new ones she adopted. In Hong Kong she absorbed the eclectic visual contradictions of Cantopop and punk rock, early raves and high fashion glossies, skyscrapers and knock-offs; all fuelling her undying love for dressing up. She was a devoted club kid and follower of fashion during her studies at the London College of Fashion, engrossed in 90s nightlife, embodying dress as a way of being in the world. She moved to Los Angeles in 1998 where she continued her career in styling for fashion magazines and celebrities, gradually becoming a versatile costume designer under the mentorship of Theadora Van Runkle, the last of the golden era of Hollywood costume designers, who became her mentor and a friend.
Slavna continues designing for films, commercials, opera, and theatre and has collaborated with celebrities like Ella Blue Travolta, Sasha Luss, Terrence Howard, James Cromwell, Jorja Fox, Chloë Sevigny, Famke Janssen, Tori Spelling, Pink, Usher, and bands like Travis and A Perfect Circle. Martinovic's works are not confined to performance and fashion; they inhabit the space of museums and galleries, such as the exhibition "The Costume at the Turn of the Century 1995-2015" at the Bakhrushin State Theatre Museum in Moscow, and the Women's Museum in Wiesbaden, Germany.
Her sartorial style is guided by the practice of subculture and dress, knowledge of fashion histories, and an appreciation for the beauty of the unexpected, discarded, and precious. She meticulously produces pieces that transcend both costume and fashion, becoming at times invisible, at times palpable, but always some kind of wonderful.
Slavna Martinovic is a costume designer and a theorist of dress and subculture. Her work in visual arts is a symbiotic dance between theatre, film, music (videos), and fashion. Slavna’s work spans across cities where she grew up and new ones she adopted. In Hong Kong she absorbed the eclectic visual contradictions of Cantopop and punk rock, early raves and high fashion glossies, skyscrapers and knock-offs; all fuelling her undying love for dressing up. She was a devoted club kid and follower of fashion during her studies at the London College of Fashion, engrossed in 90s nightlife, embodying dress as a way of being in the world. She moved to Los Angeles in 1998 where she continued her career in styling for fashion magazines and celebrities, gradually becoming a versatile costume designer under the mentorship of Theadora Van Runkle, the last of the golden era of Hollywood costume designers, who became her mentor and a friend.
Slavna continues designing for films, commercials, opera, and theatre and has collaborated with celebrities like Ella Blue Travolta, Sasha Luss, Terrence Howard, James Cromwell, Jorja Fox, Chloë Sevigny, Famke Janssen, Tori Spelling, Pink, Usher, and bands like Travis and A Perfect Circle. Martinovic's works are not confined to performance and fashion; they inhabit the space of museums and galleries, such as the exhibition "The Costume at the Turn of the Century 1995-2015" at the Bakhrushin State Theatre Museum in Moscow, and the Women's Museum in Wiesbaden, Germany.
Her sartorial style is guided by the practice of subculture and dress, knowledge of fashion histories, and an appreciation for the beauty of the unexpected, discarded, and precious. She meticulously produces pieces that transcend both costume and fashion, becoming at times invisible, at times palpable, but always some kind of wonderful.
Current work:ALICIA IN WONDERLAND - feature film in post production

Daniela Amavia
GET LOST

Daniela Amavia
GET LOST

Daniela Amavia
GET LOST

Daniela Amavia
GET LOST

Daniela Amavia
GET LOST

Daniela Amavia
GET LOST

Daniela Amavia
A BEAUTIFUL NOW

Daniela Amavia
A BEAUTIFUL NOW

Daniela Amavia
A BEAUTIFUL NOW

Daniela Amavia
A BEAUTIFUL NOW

Daniela Amavia
A BEAUTIFUL NOW

Daniela Amavia
A BEAUTIFUL NOW

Saar Magal
TEN ODD EMOTIONS

Saar Magal
TEN ODD EMOTIONS

Constanza Macras
CARMEN

Constanza Macras
CARMEN

Styling
A PERFECT CIRCLE

Styling
FAMKA JANSEN, FLAUNT MAGAZINE

Art Direction and Design
MY DEMIGOD, BERLIN

Art Direction and Design
MY DEMIGOD, BERLIN

Miroslav Momcilovic
SEVEN AND A HALF

Miroslav Momcilovic
SEVEN AND A HALF

Miroslav Momcilovic
SEVEN AND A HALF

Miroslav Momcilovic
SEVEN AND A HALF

Miroslav Momcilovic
SEVEN AND A HALF

Miroslav Momcilovic
SEVEN AND A HALF

Spencer Craig
ETSY

Spencer Craig
ETSY
SLAVNA
MARTINOVIC
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Born in Yugoslavia. Lives in Berlin, Vienna and Los Angeles. She is currently a visiting lecturer at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna, where she is also a PhD candidate.
SLAVNA MARTINOVIC
Born in Yugoslavia. Lives in Berlin, Vienna and Los Angeles. She is currently a visiting lecturer at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna, where she is also a PhD candidate.
FILM &
STAGE
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- FEATURE FILM
- THE AFFAIRS OF LEONARD Daniela Amavia, US (PRE PRODUCTION)
- ALICIA IN WONDERLAND (GET LOST) Daniela Amavia, US (POSTPRODUCTION)
- A BEAUTIFUL NOW Daniela Amavia, US
- SEVEN AND A HALF Miroslav Momcilovic * GOLDEN MIMOSA
Best Costume Design Award, SERBIA - AWAKENING FROM DEAD Milos Radivojevic, SERBIA
- OUT OF THE CLOSET : OFF THE SCREEN : LIFE OF WILLIAM HAINES
Fenton Bailey and Randy Barbato, US - STAGE
- HUNGER Constanza Macras, Volksbühne Berlin
- CARMEN Constanza Macras, Theater Basel
- (OB)SESSIONS Saar Magal, Burgtheater Wien
- DEMONS Felix Hafner, Volkstheater München
- ROMEO AND JULIA Guy Weizman & Roni Haver, Konzert Theater Bern
- LA MODE Tomato Mukaizama, Taichung Metropolitan Opera House
- NAKED LUNCH Guy Weizmann and Roni Haver, Le Théâtre National de Chaillot
- MEIN HERZ DEIN BUNKER Paula Thielecke, Deutsches Theater Berlin
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EVENTS
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COMMER
CIALS
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- MAGAZINES
- VOGUE UK
- VOGUE GERMANY
- GQ ITALY
- HARPER'S BAZAAR HONG KONG
- VANITY FAIR GERMANY
- FLAUNT USA
- US USA
- ANOTHER MAGAZINE UK
- NY TIMES STYLE MAGAZINE JAPAN
- EVENTS
- AMERICAN MUSIC AWARDS, US
- BILLBOARD MUSIC AWARDS, US
- MTV MUSIC AWARDS, EUROPE
- MTV ICONS, US
- LATIN GRAMMYS
- 150 YEARS OF CARTIER HONG KONG
- PLATINUM GUILD SHOW, US
- COMMERCIALS
- ETSY
- TELENOR
- MOTOROLA
- VIP AUSTRIA
- DELTA GENERALI