Martyn Bal

Martyn Bal
NationalityDutch
EducationRoyal College Of Art
Label(s)
Dior Homme, Burberry, Versace, Maison Martin Margiela, Roberto Cavalli
AwardsMila Schön Design and concept award 1999

Martyn Bal is a Dutch fashion designer.

Early life and education

Martyn Bal was born in The Netherlands. Before discovering fashion, Bal briefly studied architecture. Bal was a teen apprentice to Dirk Bikkembergs (Antwerp six). Not having had any formal design education, Bal went on to study fashion design at the Royal College Of Art in London. Bal graduated in 2000 with a Master's of Art degree in menswear.

Career

After graduation in 2000, Bal was immediately hired to assist Hedi Slimane at Dior Homme. He went on to direct the men's design studio at Burberry, working closely with Christopher Bailey, and design collections for Maison Martin Margiela.

In 2009 Bal launched his own line of menswear, featuring Andreja Pejić [1] and Erik Hassle.[2][3][4][5][6] During this period Bal also developed an exclusive handcrafted eyewear range named 'Wowzers' [7] with Cutler and Gross.

From 2010 Bal was in charge of the men's design studio at Versace, reporting directly to Donatella Versace.[8][9] Here he collaborated with Edward Enninful (currently of British Vogue)[10] and Joe McKenna[11] on the styling of the menswear shows.

From February 2013 Martyn Bal was appointed Men's Style and Design Director at Roberto Cavalli. Martyn Bal was reporting directly to Roberto Cavalli and was in charge of all menswear style and design, including accessories and licensees.[12][13][14][15]

Bal left his position at Roberto Cavalli in June 2015, after Italian private equity firm Clessidra[16] acquired a 90% stake of the Roberto Cavalli group. Since then Martyn Bal has continues to work on projects as a senior style and design consultant and most recently collaborated with New York based denim and leather brand BLK DNM, originally founded by Johan Lindeberg. Here Bal worked on launching an all made in Italy premium denim and outerwear capsule for the brand. He also collaborated with renowned contemporary artist Marc Quinn and Jesse Draxler

Style | Celebrity

Bal's collection are known for its romanticism and its slick precision, tinged with duality and bold attitude. His designs have been featured on magazine covers and worn by celebrities including David Bowie, Mick Jagger, Prince, Duran Duran, Alex Turner, Steven Tyler, Joe Perry, Tinie Tempah, Nicki Minaj, Kanye West, Lewis Hamilton, Mr Hudson, The Kooks, Nicholas Hoult, Lu Yi, Rupert Penry-Jones, Fabio Novembre, among others.

References
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  3. "Martyn Bal - The Face Behind The Fashion - Flux Magazine". Flux Magazine.
  4. Millar, Jamie (December 18, 2009). "Why you need to know Martyn Bal". GQ. Archived from the original on October 1, 2015.
  5. Prada, Alan (January 28, 2010). "Martyn Bal". menstyle.it (in Italian).
  6. Doran, Sophie (January 26, 2011). "12 Must-Know Menswear Designers Behind Luxury Labels". Luxury Society.
  7. Kowalinski, Michael (May 17, 2012). "Martyn Bal x Cutler and Gross". Dazed.
  8. "Versace". Vogue.
  9. Deeny, Godfrey (2011-01-21). "Men's fashion shows in Milan". Financial Times. ISSN 0307-1766. Retrieved 2015-10-16.
  10. http://www.vogue.co.uk. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  11. "Versace". Vogue UK. Archived from the original on 2015-10-01. Retrieved 2015-09-30.
  12. Madsen, Anders Christian (January 21, 2015). "was that milan fashion week coming back with a vengeance?". i-D.
  13. "Roberto Cavalli". Vogue.
  14. "roberto cavalli spring/summer 15 menswear". i-D.
  15. Roberto Cavalli - Categories of Being. Vimeo.
  16. Gaia, Massimo; Wendlandt, Astrid (April 30, 2015). "Clessidra buys control of Italian fashion label Cavalli". Reuters UK.
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