Faking Beautiful. Mary Katrantzou

Mary Katrantzou is a young Greek-born print designer who stud­ied at the Rhode Island School of Design and then Central Saint Martins.  With train­ing in both Textile and Fashion Textile Design, and inspi­ra­tion from both Russian Constructivism and 70’s movie posters, she has cre­ated a col­lec­tion of wear­ables that shock and impress.

For her Fall/Winter 2009 Collection, she was awarded the British Fashion Council’s New Gen Sponsorship sup­ported by Topshop to show at London Fashion Week.

Her use of a graphic, hyper­re­al­ist aes­thetic sum­mons an impres­sion that the huge neck­pieces would be too heavy to wear as Katarantzou invokes the use of Trompe L’oeil to cre­ate the illu­sion of over­sized jew­elry. The fea­ture dig­i­tal prints on bonded zip dresses ren­der the wearer both pow­er­ful and beau­ti­ful as the sym­me­try plays against the female shape.

http://www.marykatrantzou.com/

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