Season after season, Mary Katrantzou’s digital prints transport us into the future, often taking inspiration from a far-off location, and always managing to charm our hearts and minds.
Psychedelic prints, which have wildly carved a name and reputation for themselves in the fashion industry, seem as though they are here to stay.
Only her third year in the ready-to-wear fashion game, and she’s already nailed down a “Mary Katrantzou look”: hyper-colorful prints and palettes that seem to pop out from the clothes themselves. This Spring/Summer 2013, however, Mary decided to show something a bit different. Turning away from the bodycon and corset silhouettes of her last collection, [...]
W hile lately, fashion meets art and vise versa a lot more often, Mary Katrantzou, the Greek-born/London-based designer that raised the bar of prints on a whole other level, met for the third time Erik Madigan Heck, the creative director of Nomenus Quarterly magazine. In case you’re not yet familiar with Nomenus Quarterly, the magazine’s [...]
Mary Katrantzou F/W 2012 collection was by far one of the most varied and visually dynamic collections of London Fashion Week. It’s not only about the initial ‘bang’ of the prints but the details you find on your second, third and fourth glances. Each and every piece appears to have endless layers, tapering and unique [...]
By now you should know our love for Mary Katrantzou since her very first show when she was still at St Martins to her latest F/W 2011 collection. While its pretty rare to see Mary pieces outside the runways (she has not shot a lookbook yet), when you see an editorial of her collection, you [...]
I have to ask myself, will it ever be too much? Will I ever see a Mary Katrantzou‘s collection and feel like she just went too far? I really really doubt it but she mixes so much together I don’t even know how it works. Every Katrantzou look pours out on the runway like a [...]
It’s not the first time that we review the amazing Mary Katrantzou, and to tell you the truth, we kind of discovered her back in 2008, when she was graduating from Central St Martins. Since then, well, she became one of the most watched UK talents, selling in the best luxury stores worldwide. Katranzou is
Mary Katrantzou’s AW 10/11 collection was based around 18th century portraiture and in particular Madame de Pompadour and the paintings of Fragonard and Nattier. At Mary Katrantzou’s exhibition space, she revealed to me ‘The prints are baroque inspired. I wanted to challenge myself by taking dresses the women and men used to wear and make [...]
To celebrate London Fashion Week, Selfridges have teamed up with AnOther Magazine for a very special installation at the London store. As a salute to British talent, beautiful actress du jour Tilda Swinton will grace the cover of AnOther, wearing dresses made exclusively by British designers; Peter Pilotto, Craig Lawrence, Louise Goldin and Mary Katrantzou. (she wears also one of [...]
I introduced you to Mary Karantzou, the brilliant graduating MA student from Central Saint Martins a few months back. I was in complete awe for weeks after I discovered her, similar to how I felt when I discovered Christoper Kane in the same place a few years ago. There are some designers that just make …
There is one thing I look forward to more than anything else every Fall…