{"id":8413,"date":"2018-07-06T12:54:29","date_gmt":"2018-07-06T10:54:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.veronikakostkova.com\/about-me\/"},"modified":"2025-01-06T20:51:47","modified_gmt":"2025-01-06T19:51:47","slug":"about-me","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.veronikakostkova.com\/en\/about-me\/","title":{"rendered":"About me"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row row_content_width=&#8221;grid&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1532424087859{padding-top: 112px !important;padding-bottom: 93px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column]<div class=\"eltdf-section-title-holder  eltdf-st-standard eltdf-st-title-left eltdf-st-normal-space \" >\n\t<div class=\"eltdf-st-inner\">\n\t\t\n        \n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"eltdf-st-title\" >\n\t\t\t\t<span>\n\t\t\t\tMy name is Veronika Kostkov\u00e1 and I am enchanted by beauty.\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"eltdf-st-text\" >\n\t\t\t\tAs a child, I found it at the bottom of my grandmother's shabby chests with lace, in my mother's mahogany retro wardrobe, while sorting through shiny buttons or dressing curly dolls in colorful frills. For me, true beauty has always been hidden in fashion. At any age, at any time, perfectly and refined. 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My models walked the catwalk<br \/>\nat Bratislava fashion weekend, Prague fashion week,<br \/>\nbut also was showed at the London fashion week<br \/>\nand many magazines.\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n    <\/div><\/div>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row row_content_width=&#8221;grid&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1530883796976{padding-top: 130px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column offset=&#8221;vc_col-lg-offset-0 vc_col-lg-6 vc_col-md-offset-0 vc_col-md-12 vc_col-sm-offset-0 vc_col-xs-12&#8243;]<div class=\"eltdf-elements-holder   eltdf-one-column  eltdf-responsive-mode-768 \" ><div class=\"eltdf-eh-item     \"  data-item-class=\"eltdf-eh-custom-2182\" data-1367-1600=\"169px 36px 0px 26px\" data-1025-1366=\"169px 36px 0px 26px\" data-769-1024=\"194px 234px 120px 0px\" data-681-768=\"90px 154px 90px 0px\" data-680=\"64px 0px 80px 0px\">\n\t<div class=\"eltdf-eh-item-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"eltdf-eh-item-content eltdf-eh-custom-2182\" style=\"padding: 261px 143px 0px 72px\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"eltdf-section-title-holder  eltdf-st-standard eltdf-st-title-left eltdf-st-normal-space \" >\n\t<div class=\"eltdf-st-inner\">\n\t\t\n        \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"eltdf-st-text\" style=\"font-size: 16px;line-height: 25px;font-weight: 300\">\n\t\t\t\tBut what beautifully defined my art came a few years later.<br \/>\nSometimes one waits for years for a matter of the heart,<br \/>\nbut then it remains a matter of the heart forever.<br \/>\nFor me, it has become what fascinates and takes away<br \/>\nthe breath of perhaps most women in the mix of fabrics,<br \/>\ncuts and colors. Wedding dress. They entered my life by chance,<br \/>\nbut today I like to say that there are no coincidences.<br \/>\nThey became the main content of creation<br \/>\nand determined the direction of my studio.\nWedding dresses are a privilege for me, and standing behind their design is an expression of intimate trust. I create dresses for a moment that almost every little girl dreams of. A dress in which that dream moment will experience its only premiere. And it never ceases to fascinate me that on that beautiful day ``my dress`` becomes a silent witness to the story of one love...\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n    <\/div><\/div>[\/vc_column][vc_column offset=&#8221;vc_col-lg-offset-0 vc_col-lg-6 vc_col-md-offset-0 vc_col-md-12 vc_col-sm-offset-0 vc_col-xs-12&#8243;]<div class=\"eltdf-elements-holder   eltdf-one-column  eltdf-responsive-mode-768 \" ><div class=\"eltdf-eh-item     \"  data-item-class=\"eltdf-eh-custom-1149\" data-1367-1600=\"0px 85px 130px 0px\" data-1025-1366=\"0px 85px 130px 0px\" data-769-1024=\"0px 0px 0px 0px\">\n\t<div class=\"eltdf-eh-item-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"eltdf-eh-item-content eltdf-eh-custom-1149\" style=\"padding: 0px 85px 130px 0px\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"eltdf-single-image-holder   \">\n    <div class=\"eltdf-si-inner\" >\n                                    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1334\" height=\"2000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.veronikakostkova.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/VK_mile035.webp\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.veronikakostkova.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/VK_mile035.webp 1334w, https:\/\/www.veronikakostkova.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/VK_mile035-200x300.webp 200w, https:\/\/www.veronikakostkova.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/VK_mile035-683x1024.webp 683w, https:\/\/www.veronikakostkova.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/VK_mile035-768x1151.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.veronikakostkova.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/VK_mile035-1025x1536.webp 1025w, https:\/\/www.veronikakostkova.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/VK_mile035-600x900.webp 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1334px) 100vw, 1334px\" \/>                        <\/div>\n<\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n    <\/div><\/div>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row row_content_width=&#8221;grid&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1532424087859{padding-top: 112px !important;padding-bottom: 93px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row enable_borders=&#8221;left-right&#8221; parallax_background_image=&#8221;5262&#8243; parallax_bg_height=&#8221;351&#8243; eltd_border_color=&#8221;#ece8e5&#8243; left_right_offset=&#8221;111px&#8221;][vc_column][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row row_content_width=&#8221;grid&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1530883796976{padding-top: 130px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column offset=&#8221;vc_col-lg-offset-0 vc_col-lg-6 vc_col-md-offset-0 vc_col-md-12 vc_col-sm-offset-0 vc_col-xs-12&#8243;][\/vc_column][vc_column offset=&#8221;vc_col-lg-offset-0 vc_col-lg-6 vc_col-md-offset-0 vc_col-md-12 vc_col-sm-offset-0 vc_col-xs-12&#8243;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row row_content_width=&#8221;grid&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1530883796976{padding-top: 130px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column offset=&#8221;vc_col-lg-offset-0 vc_col-lg-6 vc_col-md-offset-0 vc_col-md-12 vc_col-sm-offset-0 vc_col-xs-12&#8243;][\/vc_column][vc_column offset=&#8221;vc_col-lg-offset-0 vc_col-lg-6 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13117,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"full-width.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-8413","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.2 - 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