Dress up, Bulgaria!

Or why Bulgarians are always a bit too sexy

Photography by Ibrahim Kyoseyumer

The ever-certain fashion trend in Bulgaria is called ‘rebellion’.

Let me give you some historical background. Until the mid-eighties, communism painted my country in one very peculiar color. It’s called gloominess. Gloomy buildings, gloomy clothes, gloomy hairstyles, gloomy furniture. Don’t get me wrong. It wasn’t always gloomy; there were, of course, other…