My story

I’m Gitka Kriston. Designer. My name is also my trademark. I founded the brand in 2012 which is a self-identical, sophisticated, unique entity. It dresses tradition in a new robe, giving the wearer a sense of comfort and a special look in a rushing world.

Since I was a little girl, folk art, Hungarian motifs and matyo embroidery have been a part of my life. I was born in Mezőkövesd where under the influence of my Grandmother who deals with folk art, I have been drawing matyo roses since I was 6 years old and I have been embroidering these astonishing decorative motifs since I was 8 years old. In the early 2012s to refresh my own wardrobe I made some embroidery for my simpler clothes for which I received a lot of positive feedback. A few years later in 2014 I had the opportunity to collaborate with the Hungarian painter Zsuzsanna Udvarhelyi who lives in the Principality of Monaco. I decorated the clothes and jewelry of the female figures depicted in her paintings with self-made embroidery. An exhibition of the works was created, hosted by the Le Metropole Center in Monaco, the Szent Gellért Bath in Budapest and the Kempinski Hotel.