Taken from the designer's website: Maria Francesca Pepe is born in Foggia, Italy, the 5th of March 1979. She studies Literature and Philosophy at the “Universita’ degli Studi di Milano” from1998 to 2000. Further courses include Fine Drawing at the Royal...
[more]Taken from the designer's website:
Maria Francesca Pepe is born in Foggia, Italy, the 5th of March 1979.
She studies Literature and Philosophy at the “Universita’ degli Studi di Milano” from1998 to 2000.
Further courses include Fine Drawing at the Royal College of Art, London. Styling, Experimental Fashion Design, Digital Fashion Design and Professional Sewing at Central Saint Martins, London.
The following four years, during her Fashion Design BA at the “Marangoni Institute”, Milano, she studies Fashion, Illustration, Pattern Cutting, Clothing Making and Fashion Business.
She wins the Tannan Fashion Award, Japan in 2003.
Milano and the Italian Fashion System are crucial in terms of developing a creative persona, gaining good contacts as well as having her first professional experiences.
She works as a PR in Milano while she regularly attends Milano Fashion Week Shows and parties and sells some of her creations in some of the most fresh boutiques of the city.
After graduating with the maximum grades and showing her first Collection at the “Marangoni Fashion Show” during Milano Fashion Week 2003, she works for high street Label “Kookai” making prints and for “Luciano Soprani” as Creative Director's personal assistant.
After two seasons at Soprani she is accepted and completes the Masters in Fashion Womenswear at “Central Saint Martins College”, London.
Maria Francesca takes the chance to relocate in London and to work to her Fall/Winter 2007/08 Womenswear Collection, shown as the Finale at the “Central Saint Martins Ma” London Fashion Week Show.
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The Womeswear Collection, including Jewellery and Footwear, gets soon a great response from International leading Press and Buyers. Straight after the Ma, Maria Francesca designs alongside Jens Laugesen his S/S 2008 Collection and conceives to build up her own Brand and Company “MariaFrancescaPepe”, focusing on Fashion Jewellery Design.
Following collaborations include: Roksanda Ilincic's Jewellery for S/S09, Ter et Bantine's Jewellery for S/S09, Ana Sekularac and Louise Grey for Fashion East.
Collaboration with Roksanda Ilincic still continues besides further consultings.
MariaFrancescaPepe “Jewellery-Wear” is a New Concept for both Fashion Jewellery and Clothing that become interchangable items and essential pieces for a New Luxury ideal.
All the pieces are made in Italy at the highest tailoring and handcraft quality standard. MFP Press and Distribution are based in London.
MariaFrancescaPepe first collection Spring/Summer 2008 was presented in Paris at Rendez-Vous Femme selling to Rei Kawakubo's Dover Street Market (London) among other selected high -end boutiques.
Following Collections introduce MariaFrancescaPepe Bags and a full range of Womenswear pieces all concieved around the Jewellery-Wear Concept. MariaFrancescaPepe is available in Selected Stores Worldwide and on the Web..
The concept of MariaFrancescaPepe is based on the possibility to evolve from the accessory to the clothing, from the pure design to the functionality and vice versa. All MFPepe creations merge the link between the ornament and the wearability. The Italian handcraft tradition is fused to a contemporary and avant-garde sense of Fashion. MFPepe is discovering and creating at the same time.
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