Keren Craig

Keren Craig
Keren Craig
Born	27 February 1976 (age 48); Lucerne, Switzerland
Nationality	English-Swiss
Education	Brighton Art College and Chelsea College of Art and Design
Label	Marchesa
Children	2

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]

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]

Her mother is the animator Bobbie Spargo, and her grandfather is Nicholas Spargo, creator of Willo the Wisp.

^ "5 spring/summer 2015 Marchesa gowns we can't wait to see on the red carpet - Telegraph". fashion.telegraph.co.uk. Retrieved 21 July 2019.
^ Tortora, Phyllis G.; Marcketti, Sara B. (12 March 2015). Survey of Historic Costume. Bloomsbury Publishing USA. ISBN 9781628921694.
^ ^a ^b About Marchesa
^ ^a ^b "nymag". Archived from the original on 1 May 2012. Retrieved 28 February 2008.
^ Fashion Mini: February 2008
^ CFDA. "CFDA Members". CFDA. Retrieved 8 March 2016.
^ "Designer Keren Craig entschloss die Hochzeitskleid Marke Marchesa zu verlassen". Trauringe Gold. 11 July 2019. Retrieved 21 July 2019.

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