Mike Vensel

Mike Vensel
Nationality	American
Field	Fashion
Website	mikevensel.com

Mike Vensel is an American fashion designer known for his minimalist aesthetic and use of traditional natural materials. Each collection explores natural, cultural and architectural elements and creates a fusion between organic design evolution and futuristic ideas of a second skin. With use of organic cottons, bamboo, recycled leather and silk overstocks the brand has an ecological responsibility that goes beyond eco marketing and minimizes its footprint by producing in small quantities on demand using the most ethical practices. The Mike Vensel brand has had steady growth since its inception and loyal followers among consumers, stylists and editors. As well as being a fashion designer he is also known for his photography and fine art.

Biography

Mike Vensel was born July 29, 1979 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania^[1] and spent most of his childhood and adolescent years in the southern United States (Charlotte North Carolina, Hilton Head Island South Carolina, Savannah Georgia) later going on to study Architecture in Miami. While in Miami he became interested in painting and photography and began to create abstract large scale paintings and photographs which were exhibited in Betcher Gallery in Miami Beach and The Bakehouse in Miami's Arts District. Vensel moved to Los Angeles and began to study Graphic and Fashion Design which led to the formation of Kitten Magazine in 2004. As publisher of Kitten Magazine,^[2] he began to photograph the collections of fashion designers from around the world which he cites as a major influence on his development as a fashion designer. In 2006 he formed his own fashion label Mike Vensel which has been shown at Los Angeles, New York and Milan Fashion Weeks.^[3][4] The Mike Vensel label is sold at boutiques^[5] in Los Angeles, New York, London and online. In 2010 Vensel appeared as a cast member on Bravo TV's The Fashion Show.^[6] Vensel currently lives and works in Los Angeles.

References

1. ^ harpersbazaar.com http://www.harpersbazaar.com/fashion/fashion-articles/fashion-show-contestants-2010
2. ^ L.A. Fashion Week: One-Degree Separation from Iman, California Apparel News, October 13, 2010, http://www.apparelnews.net/blog/1144_l.a._fashion_week:_one-degree_separation_from_iman.html, retrieved 2010-11-13 
3. ^ Mike Vensel RTW Spring 2011, California Apparel News, http://www.apparelnews.net/news/fashion_news/102210-Los-Angeles-Fashion-Week-Spring-2011-Mike-Vensel 
4. ^ Mike Vensel RTW Spring 2010, Womens World Daily, October 16, 2009, http://www.wwd.com/fashion-news/mike-vensel-rtw-spring-2010-2345258/, retrieved 2010-11-13 
5. ^ http://www.mikevensel.com/v2/stores
6. ^ bravotv.com http://www.bravotv.com/the-fashion-show-ultimate-collection/season-2/bio/mike-vensel

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