Marine Serre

Marine Serre (born December 13, 1991) is a French fashion designer who won the 2017 LVMH Prize for Young Fashion Designers.[1]

Marine Serre
Born (1991-12-13) December 13, 1991
Brive-la-Gaillarde, France
Alma materLa Cambre
OccupationFashion Designer
Websitehttp://marineserre.com

Early life

Serre was born in Brive-la-Gaillarde nearby Corrèze, France. She studied in Marseille and after two years she moved to Belgium, to attend La Cambre, from where she graduated with high honours in 2016.[2]

Career

Serre's graduation show "Radical Call For Love" in 2016 sparked the interest of international stores such as The Broken Arm and Dover Street Market.[3] After graduating from La Cambre, she held internships working under Sarah Burton at Alexander McQueen, Matthieu Blazy at Maison Margiela and Raf Simons at Dior.[4] She worked in Paris for a year as a designer for Balenciaga while also working on her own line.[5]

Serre made her runway debut in February 2018 in Paris. Her collections have been met with critical and commercial acclaim, and her brand is stocked internationally at Dover Street Market, Nordstrom, SSENSE, and more. [6] Her work focuses on innovation and sustainability, with a minimum of 50% of her collection consisting of upcycled material, such as old lace table cloths and vintage silk scarves. [7] In 2019 she became the first to collaborate with an air-filtration mask company to produce her branded air purifying masks.[8]

Personal life

Serre lives in Paris with her boyfriend and business partner, Pepijn van Eeden.[9]

References
  1. ISAAC-GOIZÉ, TINA. "Marine Serre Wins the 2017 LVMH Prize". Vogue. Condé Nast. Retrieved 20 June 2017.
  2. Khayyer, Jina. "MARINE SERRE IS WILD AT HEART". SSENSE. Retrieved 18 August 2017.
  3. Elizabeth, Paton. "Marine Serre Wins LVMH Prize for Young Designers". The New York Times. The New York Times. Retrieved 20 June 2017.
  4. Morency, Christopher. "Marine Serre's Elegant Sportswear Disruptions". BoF. The Business of Fashion. Retrieved 20 June 2017.
  5. Elizabeth, Paton. "Marine Serre Wins LVMH Prize for Young Designers". The New York Times. The New York Times. Retrieved 20 June 2017.
  6. "Marine Serre Stockists — Fashion Sauce". www.fashionsauce.com. Retrieved 2020-09-10.
  7. "Here's How Marine Serre's Upcycled Clothes Actually Get Made". PAPER. 2020-04-16. Retrieved 2020-09-10.
  8. Yotka, Steff. "With a Beyoncé Boost, Marine Serre's Moon Print Becomes the Most Popular Design of 2020". Vogue. Retrieved 2020-09-29.
  9. Khayyer, Jina. "MARINE SERRE IS WILD AT HEART". SSENSE. Retrieved 18 August 2019.
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