Albert Kriemler

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Albert Kriemler
Born1960 (age 63–64)
NationalitySwiss
Label Akris
AwardsSwiss Design Award, Honoree of Fashion Group International Award

Albert Kriemler (born 1960) [1] is a Swiss fashion designer, and creative director at Swiss fashion company Akris. [2]

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Biography

Albert Kriemler began at Akris in 1980. [3] At Akris, Kriemler has continued St. Gallen's textile-based history by hiring local artisans. [4] [5] [6] Work demands that Albert travels nearly four months a year, but his professional and personal base is still in St. Gallen. [7]

Kriemler has collaborated with ballet choreographer John Neumeier by designing the costumes for the ensemble of Neumeier's 2005/06 production with the Vienna Philharmonic and the Hamburg ballet's 2008 production of “The Legend of Joseph”. [8] In his cohort are not many actresses or socialites, but a cultured mix of artistic personalities including architects Pierre de Meuron, Jacques Herzog and Sou Fujimoto, artist Thomas Ruff, who inspired the fall 2014 collection with his night photographs and many others. [7] In 2009, Kriemler created the brand's first handbag collection of horsehair fabric.

Honors

Kriemler received the Grand Prix Design prize by the Swiss Federal Office of Culture in 2008 and awarded with the Swiss Design Award for his achievements as the “most important international ambassador for fashion creation in design.” [9] He was named the honoree for fashion design at the 2010 Fashion Group International Awards in New York. [10]

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References

  1. ↑ "Albert Kriemler - NZZ". 17 March 2012. Retrieved 4 April 2018– via NZZ.
  2. ↑ "Albert Kriemler Bio". Infomat. Archived from the original on 2011-04-13.
  3. ↑ "Akris Designer Bio". New York Magazine.
  4. ↑ Johnson, Marylin (January 5, 2003). "none". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
  5. ↑ Gillan Griffin, Linda. ""Designer creates clothing with Swiss precision"". The Houston Chronicle.
  6. ↑ Krienke, Mary (September 1, 2007). ""Luxe without a logo" (PDF)". Swiss News.
  7. 1 2 Martin, J.J. Albert Kriemler Expands Akris's Global Footprint (November 19, 2015)
  8. ↑ "Akris Designs For Hamburg Ballet". Vogue UK.
  9. ↑ "Swiss Design Awards". Albert Kriemler. Archived from the original on 2012-03-31. Retrieved 2011-08-29.
  10. ↑ "Albert Kriemler Fashion Group International Awards". Elle Magazine. Archived from the original on 2011-10-02.

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