Keren Craig
Keren Craig | |
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Born |
Lucerne, Switzerland | 27 February 1976
Nationality | British-Swiss |
Education | Brighton Art College and Chelsea College of Art and Design |
Label(s) | Marchesa |
Children | 2 |
Keren Craig (born 27 February 1976 in Lucerne, Switzerland) is an English-Swiss fashion designer. Craig, alongside Georgina Chapman are the co-founders of the high-end fashion label Marchesa, co-founded in 2004.[1]
Life and career
As teenagers, Craig met future partner Georgina Chapman while they were both students at Chelsea College of Art and Design.[2] Craig graduated from Brighton Art College in 2000 with a BA (Hons) in Fashion Textiles with Business and afterwards concentrated on print and embroidery design. This included freelance printmaking at Calvin Klein and Dolce & Gabbana.[3]
In 2004, Craig and Chapman launched Marchesa which is named after socialite Marchesa Luisa Casati.[2] Investors of the brand include Giuseppe Cipriani and Steve Witkoff.[4] In 2006, the label was named one of the CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund's top ten finalists.[3]
At Marchesa, Keren is Director of Textile Design.[5]
Her mother is the animator Bobbie Spargo, and her grandfather is Nicholas Spargo, creator of Willo The Wisp.
References
- ↑ Tortora, Phyllis G.; Marcketti, Sara B. (2015-03-12). Survey of Historic Costume. Bloomsbury Publishing USA. ISBN 9781628921694.
- 1 2 About Marchesa
- 1 2 nymag
- ↑ Fashion Mini: February 2008
- ↑ CFDA. "CFDA Members". CFDA. Retrieved 2016-03-08.
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