M a r g a r e t a S o p k o v a
Biography
EDUCATION
BA Via Design, TEKO, Herning, Denmark
August 2014 –December 2015
Focus: fashion design (womenswear, menswear, sustainability)
AP Teko Design and Business University VIA UC, Herning, Denmark
August 2012 - June 2014
Focus: Business and fashion design
Secondary School of Arts (SUSTN), Trencin, Slovakia
September 2008 – June 2012
Focus: fine arts and fashion design
Secondary Grammar School Andrej Kmet,Banska Stiavnica
September 2003 – June 2008
focus on languages and ecology
EXCHANGE PROGRAMMES
HUTECH University, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
April 2015
Focus: vietnamese culture, economy and fashion industry
Winchester School of Art, Winchester, UK
September 2013 – January 2014
Focus: fashion design
Ungdomshojskolen ved Ribe, Denmark
August 2010 - December 2011
Focus: art, fashion design, music, sports
EXPERIENCE
PPJ International, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
April 2015 - July 2015
Position: creating internal collection of denim and cotton bottoms
Viktorija Mironova, Herning, Denmark
November 2014 - December 2014
Position : seamstress
Minna studio (minna.co.uk), London, United Kingdom
July 2013 - September 2013
Position: intern, working with delicate fabrics for bespoke vintage wedding dresses
SKILLS AND INTERESTS
Technical skills
Lectra, Diamino, Modaris - advanced
CAD – advanced
Adobe (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Dreamweaver) - advanced
Microsoft Office (Word, Power Point, Excel, Outlook) - intermediate
Language skills
Slovak - native
English - fluent
Russian - conversant
French - basic knowledge
Danish - basic knowledge
Achievements
2012
- school-leaving collection- Voodoo doll – evaluated as the best final project in the design class
- collaboration with fashion show Fashionsplash vol.2 – McQueen dress
- designs chosen for Slovak prisoners uniforms - exhibition of final projects “Noc múzeí a galérii” in Trenčín, Slovakia
- 1.place MMT, category: free design (Dress inspired by Alexander McQueen)
- 1.place MMT, category: ready-to-wear (Bullfight collection)
- 1.place MMT, Internet voting (Dress inspired by Alexander McQueen)
2011
- exhibition “Ódy módy” . Trenčín, Slovakia
- workshop with Phd Mária Štraneková- exhibition “ Súhry “ , Trenčín, Slovakia
- 2.place MLM, category: accessories (Non-textile collars, collective project)
- 1.place MMT, category: ready-to-wear (collection for Trenčín ́s Miss 2011)
- 2.place MMT, category: accessories (KravaTy- recycled ties, collective project
2010
- 1.place MMT, category: accessories (Renaissance diadem)



