Eley Kishimoto
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Eley Kishimoto, is a British
fashion
and design company with headquarters in London
, UK. Founded in the early 1990s by Mark Eley and Wakako Kishimoto, the company is primarily known for its print design. The principal commercial activity of the company is womenswear fashion and accessories.
, Marc Jacobs
, Alexander McQueen
, Alber Elbaz
and Jil Sander
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In the mid-1990s the partnership created their first womenswear collection and exhibit a catwalk collection each season at London Fashion week
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The company has also created numerous products to display their print designs, such as wallpaper, furniture and furnishing fabrics, glassware and crockery. The company also operates in areas usually ignored by fashion designers including the automotive industry, architecture, phone/computer technology and packaging, and artist and gallery collaborations.
In 2008 Mark Eley and Wakako Kishimoto were appointed as creative directors of French based fashion house Cacharel
.
United Kingdom
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fashion
Fashion
Fashion, a general term for a currently popular style or practice, especially in clothing, foot wear, or accessories. Fashion references to anything that is the current trend in look and dress up of a person...
and design company with headquarters in London
London
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, UK. Founded in the early 1990s by Mark Eley and Wakako Kishimoto, the company is primarily known for its print design. The principal commercial activity of the company is womenswear fashion and accessories.
History
Eley Kishimoto established its reputation within the fashion industry through work with design houses such as Louis VuittonLouis Vuitton
Louis Vuitton Malletier – commonly referred to as Louis Vuitton , or shortened to LV – is a French fashion house founded in 1854 by Louis Vuitton. The label is well known for its LV monogram, which is featured on most products, ranging from luxury trunks and leather goods to ready-to-wear, shoes,...
, Marc Jacobs
Marc Jacobs
Marc Jacobs is an American fashion designer. He is the head designer for Marc Jacobs, as well as Marc by Marc Jacobs, a diffusion line, with more than 200 retail stores in 60 countries. He has been the creative director of the French design house Louis Vuitton since 1997...
, Alexander McQueen
Alexander McQueen
Lee Alexander McQueen, CBE was a British fashion designer and couturier best known for his in-depth knowledge of bespoke British tailoring, his tendency to juxtapose strength with fragility in his collections, as well as the emotional power and raw energy of his provocative fashion shows...
, Alber Elbaz
Alber Elbaz
-Biography:Alberto Elbaz was born in Casablanca, Morocco. He immigrated to Israel with his family at the age of ten and grew up in Holon. After serving in the Israeli Defense Forces, he studied at the Shenkar College of Engineering and Design in Ramat Gan...
and Jil Sander
Jil Sander
Heidemarie Jiline 'Jil' Sander is a minimalist German fashion designer and the founder of the Jil Sander fashion house....
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In the mid-1990s the partnership created their first womenswear collection and exhibit a catwalk collection each season at London Fashion week
Fashion Week
A fashion week is a fashion industry event, lasting approximately one week, which allows fashion designers, brands or "houses" to display their latest collections in runway shows and buyers and the media to take a look at the latest trends. Most importantly, these events let the industry know...
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The company has also created numerous products to display their print designs, such as wallpaper, furniture and furnishing fabrics, glassware and crockery. The company also operates in areas usually ignored by fashion designers including the automotive industry, architecture, phone/computer technology and packaging, and artist and gallery collaborations.
In 2008 Mark Eley and Wakako Kishimoto were appointed as creative directors of French based fashion house Cacharel
Cacharel
Cacharel is a French brand of ready-to-wear clothing, perfume and accessories. It was created in 1962 by Jean Bousquet, in Nîmes, who founded the company of the same name in 1964...
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