ALEŠ HNÁTEK

I don't want to make fashion complicated. And I don’t want to over-intellectualise my methods. Clothes can empower you in a way if you feel good in them. They should reveal you, not display you. But, at the end of the day, it is just something to be worn. Something to live in.
studio@aleshnatek.com
@aleshnatek
Prague, Czech Republic

Awards
Czech Grand Design, Fashion Designer of the Year 2025, Winner
Czech Grand Design, Fashion Designer of the Year 2024, Finalist
Designblok Diploma Selection 2024, Fashion Design, 3rd place

Education
MgA Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design in Prague, Fashion and Footwear Design Studio, Prague
High School of Applied Arts, Footwear and Accessory Design Studio, Uherské Hradiště

Fashion shows
2025 Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Madrid SS26, Madrid
2025 Mercedes-Benz Prague Fashion Week SS26, Prague
2025 Mercedes-Benz Prague Fashion Week FW25, Prague
2024 Designblok Prague, Diploma selection, finalist, 3rd place, Prague
2024 Mercedes-Benz Prague Fashion Week SS25, Prague
2023 Mercedes-Benz Prague Fashion Week SS24, Prague
2023 Studio show My Brand, Technology center Umprum, Prague
2022 Bunka Fashion Graduate University Fashion Week, Online, Tokyo
2021 Mercedes-Benz Prague Fashion Week SS22, Van Graaf Junior Talent 2021, winner, Prague
2021 Mercedes-Benz Prague Fashion Week FW21, Van Graaf Junior Talent 2021, winner, Prague
2021 Bunka Fashion Graduate University Fashion Week, Online, Tokyo
2020 Mercedes-Benz Prague Fashion Week FW20-SS21, Prague
2020 Bunka Fashion Graduate University Fashion Week, Tokyo
2019 Brno Design Days, Vlněna, Brno
2019 Mercedes-Benz Prague Fashion Week SS20, Prague
2019 Baťa Fashion Weekend, Baťa Young Designers’ Challenge, Žofín Palace, Prague
2019 Mercedes-Benz Prague Fashion Week FW19, Prague
2019 Bunka Fashion Graduate University Fashion Week, Tokyo
2018 Studio show Power of Identity II, Japan House London, London
2018 Mercedes-Benz Prague Fashion Week SS19, Prague
2018 Studio show Power of Identity, NGP Convent of St Agnes of Bohemia, Prague
2017 Bunka Fashion Graduate University Fashion Week, Tokyo
2016 Mercedes-Benz Prague Fashion Week SS17, Prague
2016 Studio show Japan Calm Force, NGP Kinský Palace, Prague

Exhibitions
2025 Czech Grand Design, Finalist, Kunsthalle Praha, Prague
2024-2015 Artsemestr, Umprum, Prague
2023 Dutch Design Week, Eindhoven
2020 Přihraj! Aspect of collaborations in the work of Umprum students, Gallery of West Bohemia, Masné krámy Exhibition Hall, Pilsen
2019 Talk+Pop-up Brno Design Days, Vlněna, Brno
2019 Pop-up with Daniela Pešková, Object Concept Store, Brno
2019 Baťa Young Designers’ Challenge, finalist, Žofín Palace, Prague
2018 Studio exhibition Power of Identity, Czech Centre, London
2018 Studio exhibition Power of Identity, Fox Callery, Hradec Králové
2017 Studio exhibition Japan Calm Force, Czech Centre, Tokyo

Language
Czech, English