Keren Craig

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Keren Craig
Born (1976-02-27) 27 February 1976 (age 47)
Nationality English-Swiss
Education Brighton Art College and Chelsea College of Art and Design
LabelMarchesa
Children2

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

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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.

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References

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  2. Tortora, Phyllis G.; Marcketti, Sara B. (12 March 2015). Survey of Historic Costume. Bloomsbury Publishing USA. ISBN   9781628921694.
  3. 1 2 About Marchesa
  4. 1 2 "nymag". Archived from the original on 1 May 2012. Retrieved 28 February 2008.
  5. Fashion Mini: February 2008
  6. CFDA. "CFDA Members". CFDA. Retrieved 8 March 2016.
  7. "Designer Keren Craig entschloss die Hochzeitskleid Marke Marchesa zu verlassen". Trauringe Gold. 11 July 2019. Retrieved 21 July 2019.