Who owns Mary Katrantzou?

Yu Holdings
Katrantzou sold a minority stake in her business to Yu Capital, the investment division of Hong Kong-based Yu Holdings, in October 2017.

What does Mary Katrantzou make?

Mary Katrantzou is a London-based Greek fashion designer that emerged onto the fashion scene in 2008 and was awarded the British Fashion Award for the Best Emerging Designer in 2011. An expert in integrating bold prints into her designs, her collections are sold in more than 200 stores worldwide.

What is Mary Katrantzou known for?

GREEK-born Mary Katrantzou has quickly made her presence known in the fashion world with her hyper-real and paradisiacal prints – which started out life as oversized jewellery designs on simple shifts for her Central Saint Martins MA collection in 2008.

Where did Mary Katrantzou study?

Rhode Island School of Design
Born in Athens, Mary Katrantzou studied Architecture at Rhode Island School of Design (USA) and graduated with a BA in Textile design and an MA in Fashion from Central Saint Martins (London).

What inspired Mary Katrantzou?

Katrantzou herself studied textile design at Central Saint Martins, intending to work in interiors, hence her obsession with translating unlikely objets d’art and interior scenes on to her garments.

What is Mary Katrantzou inspired by?

‘We were excited to be able to bring another piece of history into the Katrantzou universe with the Walter Rothschild inspired collection,’ explains Mary Katrantzou in discussion with Roddy Bedford, Waddesdon’s head of retail.

What techniques does Mary Katrantzou use?

Even working on a computer was no go.” Mary dismissed the traditional techniques of screen-printing, knitting and weaving and chose to work with Photoshop, which “was the only way to translate what I had in mind.” Having completed her degree and imagining how the knowledge she had gained could be applied to fashion.