DIMITAR BABKOV IS SKOPJE BASED FASHION DESIGNER. HE LAUNCHED THE BRAND SON OF SALOME IN 2020 AFTER FIVE YEARS OF WORKING EXPERIENCE WITH SOME OF THE MOST RECOGNIZABLE NAMES IN THE LOCAL FASHION INDUSTRY. BABKOV OBTAINED HIS FASHION EDUCATION AT THE AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF EUROPE - FON. HE WAS ALSO ONE OF THE FINALISTS AT THE REGIONAL COMPETITION FOR YOUNG DESIGNERS NOIZZ FASHION AWARDS IN 2017 ORGANISED BY BELGRADE FASHION WEEK. AT THE FOCUS OF HIS DESIGN WORK ARE THE DISTRUPED HUMAN VALUES. THIS IS ALSO THE BACKBONE OF THE SON OF SALOME CONCEPT: “MY WORK CAN BE BEST DESCRIBED AS A BALANCE OF GROTESQUE AND ROMANTICISM. PURE EMOTIONS AND HUMANITY ARE BECOMING SCARCE AND THUS WE ARE FACING MORE GLOBAL ISSUES THAT CONCERN ALL OF US. I STRIVE TO DENUDE OUR INNER SIDE AND SYMBOLICALLY PORTRAY THE EMOTIONAL INSTABILITY, LOVE, PAIN, FEAR AND IMPERSONALITY WE ARE ALL EXPERIENCING, THROUGH FORMS, COLOURS AND CUTS.” A GREAT PART OF HIS DESIGNS ARE HANDMADE EMBROIDERED AND KNITTED DETAILS.