Dilara Çiçek

Hi, I'm Dilara. a fashion designer from The Netherlands.

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Hi, I'm Dilara. a fashion designer from The Netherlands.

Latest work & projects

Throughout every project, creativity and care come first. Combining thoughtful design with genuine feeling helps shape work that not only looks good but also truly connects with the brand and its story.

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Soft Precision

This shoe design was an independent project focused on experimenting with various styles, materials, and recycled components.

Soft Precision

This shoe design was an independent project focused on experimenting with various styles, materials, and recycled components.

Nature in Structure / Boot Design Concept

This shoe design was an independent project focused on experimenting with various styles, materials, and recycled components.

Nature in Structure / Boot Design Concept

This shoe design was an independent project focused on experimenting with various styles, materials, and recycled components.

Reclaiming Waste into Desire

This shoe design was an independent project focused on experimenting with various styles, materials, and recycled components.

Reclaiming Waste into Desire

This shoe design was an independent project focused on experimenting with various styles, materials, and recycled components.

Fashion Technical Drawings – Maicazz

technical drawing

Fashion Technical Drawings – Maicazz

technical drawing

Behind The Scenes

Capsule Collection Project

Behind The Scenes

Capsule Collection Project

Convertible Sweatshirt Design – Inspired by The Creation of Adam

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Convertible Sweatshirt Design – Inspired by The Creation of Adam

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Open for Projects

Open for Projects

Technical Drawings

I create detailed technical flats suitable for production and tech packs. These are ideal for design teams needing clear communication with pattern makers, manufacturers, or overseas production partners.

Technical Drawings

I create detailed technical flats suitable for production and tech packs. These are ideal for design teams needing clear communication with pattern makers, manufacturers, or overseas production partners.

Sketching for Collection Development

I support the early stages of collection building with hand or digital fashion sketches that explore silhouettes, variations, and design directions helping design teams visualize and refine ideas before sampling.

Sketching for Collection Development

I support the early stages of collection building with hand or digital fashion sketches that explore silhouettes, variations, and design directions helping design teams visualize and refine ideas before sampling.

Accessory & Branding Design

Brand perception lives in the details. Together, we explore design opportunities for branded accessories, trims, tags, packaging, or custom visual elements that strengthen your identity. After discussing your brand needs, positioning, and budget, I prepare a concept presentation to review and refine collaboratively.

Accessory & Branding Design

Brand perception lives in the details. Together, we explore design opportunities for branded accessories, trims, tags, packaging, or custom visual elements that strengthen your identity. After discussing your brand needs, positioning, and budget, I prepare a concept presentation to review and refine collaboratively.

Mood Boards & Storyboards

I develop seasonal mood boards and narrative driven storyboards based on your brand DNA and market positioning. These are useful tools for internal concept alignment or presenting a creative direction to buyers and stakeholders.

Mood Boards & Storyboards

I develop seasonal mood boards and narrative driven storyboards based on your brand DNA and market positioning. These are useful tools for internal concept alignment or presenting a creative direction to buyers and stakeholders.

Social Media Management

Digital presence is an extension of your brand’s voice. I offer support in curating and managing social media content that aligns with your aesthetic, engages your audience, and maintains consistency across platforms.

Social Media Management

Digital presence is an extension of your brand’s voice. I offer support in curating and managing social media content that aligns with your aesthetic, engages your audience, and maintains consistency across platforms.

Content Creation

From lookbook layouts to styled social media visuals, I bring a creative and strategic eye to content creation. The result: strong, on brand assets that communicate your story across channels.

Content Creation

From lookbook layouts to styled social media visuals, I bring a creative and strategic eye to content creation. The result: strong, on brand assets that communicate your story across channels.

Freelance Styling

Styling is storytelling. Whether for a campaign, lookbook, or collection reveal, I offer styling that aligns with your brand narrative and elevates the way your pieces are presented.

Freelance Styling

Styling is storytelling. Whether for a campaign, lookbook, or collection reveal, I offer styling that aligns with your brand narrative and elevates the way your pieces are presented.

Photoshoot Styling

Collaborating with creative teams, I bring vision and cohesion to editorial or product shoots. From pre-shoot planning to on-set execution, I ensure the styling direction amplifies the mood and message of your collection.

Photoshoot Styling

Collaborating with creative teams, I bring vision and cohesion to editorial or product shoots. From pre-shoot planning to on-set execution, I ensure the styling direction amplifies the mood and message of your collection.

Personal Shopper (Client Services)

For brands offering client styling or VIP retail experiences, I provide personal shopping support with a tailored approach. After an initial consultation, I develop a mood board based on individual style and brand alignment followed by a focused, curated shopping experience.

Personal Shopper (Client Services)

For brands offering client styling or VIP retail experiences, I provide personal shopping support with a tailored approach. After an initial consultation, I develop a mood board based on individual style and brand alignment followed by a focused, curated shopping experience.

About me

Hi, I’m Dilara, a Turkish fashion lover with a background in design, textiles, and making things by hand. I studied Fashion and Textile Design at Izmir University of Economics with a full scholarship. In my last year, I joined an Erasmus exchange in the Netherlands at Saxion University, where I learned more about textile tech, marketing, and the business side of fashion.

Over the years, I’ve worked in different roles like stylist, brand assistant, and junior designer. Each one taught me something new and helped me grow in the fashion world.

Right now, I’m looking for new work opportunities in the fashion industry where I can keep learning and creating.

I also run Merak’i, my own brand of handmade bags. You can check it out here. In my free time, I love crocheting, cooking with friends, and traveling to at least two new places each year.

Hi, I’m Dilara!

I’m a fashion designer with around five years of experience in womenswear design and product development.

I moved to the Netherlands to study Fashion & Textile Design at Saxion University of Applied Sciences and decided to continue building my career here after graduating.

Over the years, I have worked across different areas of fashion, from womenswear design and product development to styling, branding and content creation. I used to work at L. Ten Cate, where I was responsible for private label and beach collection design and development. Before that, I worked for a womenswear company as a Designer and Product Developer, where I was involved in the full process from trend research, moodboards and fabric sourcing to supplier communication and production.

I enjoy the whole journey of creating a product: searching for inspiration, developing an idea, playing with colors and materials, sketching, and seeing it eventually become a real product.

For me, inspiration can come from anywhere. It can be fashion, art, music, architecture, people, or simply a color or detail I notice somewhere. I like exploring different ideas and bringing my own perspective into what I design.

Besides my professional experience, I also have my own recycled crochet bag brand, Merak'i and design accessories such as bag charms. It gives me another space to experiment, create freely and turn my ideas into products.

Hi, I’m Dilara!

I’m a fashion designer with around five years of experience in womenswear design and product development.

I moved to the Netherlands to study Fashion & Textile Design at Saxion University of Applied Sciences and decided to continue building my career here after graduating.

Over the years, I have worked across different areas of fashion, from womenswear design and product development to styling, branding and content creation. I used to work at L. Ten Cate, where I was responsible for private label and beach collection design and development. Before that, I worked for a womenswear company as a Designer and Product Developer, where I was involved in the full process from trend research, moodboards and fabric sourcing to supplier communication and production.

I enjoy the whole journey of creating a product: searching for inspiration, developing an idea, playing with colors and materials, sketching, and seeing it eventually become a real product.

For me, inspiration can come from anywhere. It can be fashion, art, music, architecture, people, or simply a color or detail I notice somewhere. I like exploring different ideas and bringing my own perspective into what I design.

Besides my professional experience, I also have my own recycled crochet bag brand, MERAK'i and design accessories such as bag charms. It gives me another space to experiment, create freely and turn my ideas into products.

Let’s Connect

Contact Info

Based in Enschede, Netherlands

dilaracicek9@outlook.com

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