Who´s that girl? - Mary Katrantzou is definitively an upcoming talent to keep in view (GALLERY)

25-year-old Greek-born designer Mary Katrantzou studied at Rhode Island School of Design before transferring to Central Saint Martin’s to complete a BA degree in Textile Design, which she followed with an MA in Fashion-Textiles for Fashion. She opened the Central Saint Martin’s A/W 2008 show with a collection that featured trompe’oeil digital prints of oversized jewelry on bonded jersey dresses, creating the illusion of giant neckpieces that would be too heavy to wear. The collection also featured jewelry pieces made out of wood and metal, designed as exact replicas of her prints. Her collection won her Best Graduate at the London Fashion Awards. Equipped with the valuable insight that she gained by working for Sophia Kokosalaki and selling her samples to Bill Blass, she will continue developing her own distinctive style, alongside working on freelance projects. Her strength as a print designer lies in her use of digital printing and her interpretation of colour and symmetry in creating graphic prints with a hyper-realist aesthetic.