EUGENIO

Evgeni Petkov, also known as Eugenio, is a British-Bulgarian fashion designer, educator and researcher based in London. His practice explores the narratives that discarded materials possess. Under the guiding principle of “Nomadic Recycling Project,” Eugenio designs unisex garments that emerge from cultural fragments, textile waste, and costuming history. Through upcycling and recycling, he transforms forgotten second hand garments, cast-off textile materials and yarns into
wearable stories.

Holding an MA in Strategic Fashion Marketing from UAL and a BA in Fashion and Textiles from the University of West London, Eugenio works with a local atelier of Bulgarian women, directed by his mother, who hand-knit and make the garments for his collections. This is a community-based model, preserving traditional craft techniques while also creating ethical employment for older artisans.

His design practice encompasses tailored garments, knitwear and experimental textile construction, evolving toward gender-neutral design, while earlier womenswear collections reflected creative couture experimentation. Eugenio’s process of unravelling, re-knitting, and reconstructing materials is a metaphor for cultural translation – driven by a passion for textiles, bold texture, and tactile memory.

As an international fashion designer and educator on circular design, Evgeni creates what he refers to as “cultural ecotones”—hybrid spaces where Eastern European craft traditions intersect with Western fashion systems. In these spaces, textile waste transforms into luxury, and gender boundaries dissolve. Featured in international media publications and selected for prestigious design competitions, Eugenio redefines
fashion through radical resourcefulness and cultural intimacy.