Keren Craig

Keren Craig (born 27 February 1976 in Lucerne, Switzerland) is an Swiss-born British fashion designer.[1] Together with Georgina Chapman, she founded the high-end fashion label Marchesa in 2004.[2]

Keren Craig
Born (1976-02-27) 27 February 1976
Lucerne, Switzerland
NationalityEnglish-Swiss
EducationBrighton Art College and Chelsea College of Art and Design
Label(s)
Marchesa
Children2

Life and career

As teenagers, Craig met future partner Georgina Chapman while they were both students at Chelsea College of Art and Design.[3] 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.[4]

In 2004, Craig and Chapman launched Marchesa which is named after socialite Marchesa Luisa Casati.[3] Investors of the brand include Giuseppe Cipriani and Steve Witkoff.[5] In 2006, the label was named one of the CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund's top ten finalists.[4]

At Marchesa, Craig was Director of Textile Design.[6]

In June 2019, among the Harvey Weinstein scandal, Craig announced that she was going to leave Marchesa.[7]

Personal life

Her mother is the animator Bobbie Spargo, and her grandfather is Nicholas Spargo, creator of Willo the Wisp.

References
  1. "5 spring/summer 2015 Marchesa gowns we can't wait to see on the red carpet - Telegraph". fashion.telegraph.co.uk. Retrieved 2019-07-21.
  2. Tortora, Phyllis G.; Marcketti, Sara B. (2015-03-12). Survey of Historic Costume. Bloomsbury Publishing USA. ISBN 9781628921694.
  3. About Marchesa
  4. nymag
  5. Fashion Mini: February 2008
  6. CFDA. "CFDA Members". CFDA. Retrieved 2016-03-08.
  7. "Designer Keren Craig entschloss die Hochzeitskleid Marke Marchesa zu verlassen". Trauringe Gold. 2019-07-11. Retrieved 2019-07-21.


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