Mary Katrantzou

Mary Katrantzou
File:Mary Katrantzou.jpg
Born	1983 Athens, Greece
Nationality	Greek
Education	Central St. Martins Rhode Island School of Design
Occupation	Fashion designer
Awards	Swiss Textiles Award
Labels	Mary Katrantzou

Mary Katrantzou (born in 1983 in Athens) is a Greek fashion designer who currently lives and works in London.

Early life

Mary Katrantzou was born in Athens, to an interior design mother and a father who trained in Textile Design.

Career

She moved to the United States in 2003 in order to attend Rhode Island School of Design to study architecture. She then transferred Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design where she completed both her Bachelor and Master. During her studies, she managed to sell some of her prints to Bill Blass. Graduating from her Bachelor course in 2005, Katrantzou switched her focus from prints for interiors to fashion prints. Whilst collaborating with Sophia Kokosalaki in 2006, Katrantzou managed to build up a portfolio for the Central Saint Martins Master Fashion Textiles course. In 2008, she opened the Saint Martins graduating show. Her collection was nominated for the Harrods and the L‘Oreal Professional Award. Supported by a Newgen (talent identification scheme created by the British Fashion Council in 1993) sponsorship for six full seasons (S/S 2009 - A/W 2011), her first Prêt-à-porter collection was shown at the autumn/winter London Fashion Week in 2008.

Her collections are now available worldwide in over 60 high end fashion shops. A collection for Topshop launched for London Fashion Week autumn/winter 2010 and was available in shops in February 2011. Katrantzou‘s work has been featured in publications including Vogue, Dazed & Confused, and Grazia. In 2010, she was awarded the coveted Swiss Textiles award, succeeding Alexander Wang who won the award in 2009. She is one of the designers of Città dell'arte Fashion. Hannah Holman is one of the better known models who recently walked in one of Katrantzou‘s shows.

References

• ALEXANDER, HILARY (NOVEMBER 05 2010). "Mary Katrantzou wins Swiss Textiles Award 2010". Telegraph.co.uk. http://fashion.telegraph.co.uk/columns/hilary-alexander/TMG8112940/Mary-Katrantzou-wins-Swiss-Textiles-Award-2010.html. Retrieved September 23 2011. 
• BUMPUS, JESSICA (NOVEMBER 05 2010). "Katrantzou's Crown". vogue.co.uk. http://www.vogue.co.uk/news/2010/11/05/mary-katrantzou-swiss-textiles-award. Retrieved September 23 2011. 
• "Mary Katrantzou". Fashion Model Directory / Designers. http://www.fashionmodeldirectory.com/designers/mary-katrantzou/. Retrieved September 23 2011. 
• COHN, ALISON S. (FEBRUARY 23, 2011). "Scorecard | Mary Katrantzou Wins!". nytimes.com. http://tmagazine.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/02/23/scorecard-mary-katrantzou-wins-2/. Retrieved September 23 2011. 
• "Spring 2012 Ready-to-Wear". style.com. September 20, 2011. http://www.style.com/fashionshows/designerdirectory/MKATRANTZOU/seasons/. Retrieved September 23 2011. 
• http://www.londonfashionweek.co.uk/designers/documents/doc_2276.pdf (pdf)
• http://www.fashion-enterprise.com/designers/previous/mary-katrantzou/
• http://www.vogue.co.uk/fashion/designer/mary-katrantzou
• http://www.marykatrantzou.com/Mary-Katrantzou-Press-Book.pdf

External links

• MARY KATRANTZOU WOMENSWEAR A/W10 on Dazed Digital retr. 26 Aug 2011
• "The Next Big Thing in Fashion" by Torraine Humes on The Pace Chronicle retr. 26 Aug 2011
• "Mary Katrantzou" by Tim Blanks on style.com retr. 26 Aug 2011
• "Mary Katrantzou" by Jessica Bumpus on vogue.com retr. 26 Aug 2011
• "London fashion week: Backstage at Mary Katrantzou - in pictures" on guardian.co.uk retr. 26 Aug 2011
• http://www.marykatrantzou.com/

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Name	Katrantzou, Mary
Alternative names
Short description	Greek fashion designer
Date of birth	1983
Place of birth	Athens, Greece
Date of death
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