Marijana Matthäus
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Marijana Matthäus is a Serbian
socialite, fashion designer, businesswoman, writer and former fashion model. She has been well known for her personal life, especially for her marriage to German football coach and former player Lothar Matthäus
.
(SFR Yugoslavia
then, Serbia
now) to mother Dušanka and father Bora Čolić. She has a brother, Dragan, her two years junior. Simultaneously with her elementary school, Matthäus enrolled in and finished music school and took dancing lessons. She developed her love for fashion at early age, after her mother took her to fashion shows in Belgrade
.
with her family. However, she put her career aside in 1990, when she married businessman Miodrag Kostić. In 2003, Matthäus opened her first boutique My Style in Budapest
, Hungary
, where she was living with her second husband Lothar Matthäus
. Six years later, she established her own design label, Mariana Class. However, her first collection did not met with expected acclaim. On 1 June 2010, Matthäus presented her first line of swimsuit
s. The creations were worn by the competitors of Serbian beauty pageant Miss of Tourism 2010. Her fashion show, held on 17 March 2011 in the Hotel Moskva
, was attended by her former husband Lothar Matthäus. In September 2011, Matthäus had an acclaimed fashion show in Terazije Theatre
, representing her new line Black & White World.
Serbian turbo folk singer Svetlana Ceca Ražnatović often wears Matthäus' creations. On 27 April 2010, upon the release of her novel Amouage, Matthäus also released her first fragrance, which she also named Amouage.
. On 27 April 2010, Matthäus published her autobiography
Amouage, and also presented her first fragrance of the same name. However, her former husband Lothar Matthäus
criticized the novel, stating that "Marijana should have stocked to fashion, and not reveal the details of their intimacy". In 2011, Matthäus confirmed she was working on her second novel.
In July, Matthäus was rumoured to be taking part in reality show Survivor Serbia VIP: Philippines
, but it eventually did not happen. Earlier that year, she stated she was offered a guest spot on the ITV
television series Footballers' Wives
, but that she turned it down due to her business schedule.
, the United States. After Matthäus' divorce from Kostić in 1999, she and her children briefly lived in New York City. Matthäus is rumoured to have been married to an Italian businessman after she had divorced Kostić, but the rumour is yet to be confirmed.
Matthäus married German football coach and former player Lothar Matthäus
on 27 September 2003 in Belgrade
. They separated in 2007, and the divorce was finalized in 2009 after year–long court case in Salzburg
, Austria
, over the division of assets. The two remained on friendly terms after the divorce, with Matthäus keeping the surname of her former husband. Following the release of her autobiographical novel Amouage in 2010, Lothar Matthäus
criticized his former wife by stating that "Marijana should have stocked to fashion, and not reveal the details of their intimacy". On 17 March 2011, Lothar Matthäus attended Matthäus' fashion show in Belgrade.
Matthäus currently divides her home between Belgrade
, Budapest
and London
. Reportedly, she is influent in Serbian
, English
and Italian
, and is able to conserve in Hungarian
and German
. Matthäus also has a bachelor's degree
in marketing.
In 2011, Serbian Internet
LGTB portal GayEcho voted her out as "most irritating female celebrity in Serbia". Later in May, famous Serbian fashion designer Verica Rakočević stated she "did not consider Matthäus as her colleague and a fashion designer". On 15 October 2011, television presenter and journalist Luna Lu accused Matthäus that she "had not written her book Amouage, but that she paid someone to write it".
Serbs
The Serbs are a South Slavic ethnic group of the Balkans and southern Central Europe. Serbs are located mainly in Serbia, Montenegro and Bosnia and Herzegovina, and form a sizable minority in Croatia, the Republic of Macedonia and Slovenia. Likewise, Serbs are an officially recognized minority in...
socialite, fashion designer, businesswoman, writer and former fashion model. She has been well known for her personal life, especially for her marriage to German football coach and former player Lothar Matthäus
Lothar Matthäus
Lothar Herbert Matthäus , is a German football manager and former player.In 1990, he was named European Footballer of the Year and World Soccer Player of the Year after captaining West Germany to victory in the 1990 World Cup...
.
Early life
Matthäus was born as Marijana Čolić on 27 September 1971 in VrbasVrbas
Vrbas may refer to:* Vrbas , river in Bosnia and Herzegovina* Vrbas , town and municipality in Vojvodina, Serbia* Vrbas , village in Bosnia and Herzegovina...
(SFR Yugoslavia
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
The Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia was the Yugoslav state that existed from the abolition of the Yugoslav monarchy until it was dissolved in 1992 amid the Yugoslav Wars. It was a socialist state and a federation made up of six socialist republics: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia,...
then, Serbia
Serbia
Serbia , officially the Republic of Serbia , is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeast Europe, covering the southern part of the Carpathian basin and the central part of the Balkans...
now) to mother Dušanka and father Bora Čolić. She has a brother, Dragan, her two years junior. Simultaneously with her elementary school, Matthäus enrolled in and finished music school and took dancing lessons. She developed her love for fashion at early age, after her mother took her to fashion shows in Belgrade
Belgrade
Belgrade is the capital and largest city of Serbia. It is located at the confluence of the Sava and Danube rivers, where the Pannonian Plain meets the Balkans. According to official results of Census 2011, the city has a population of 1,639,121. It is one of the 15 largest cities in Europe...
.
Fashion career
Matthäus started modelling aged fifteen, after she moved to Novi SadNovi Sad
Novi Sad is the capital of the northern Serbian province of Vojvodina, and the administrative centre of the South Bačka District. The city is located in the southern part of Pannonian Plain on the Danube river....
with her family. However, she put her career aside in 1990, when she married businessman Miodrag Kostić. In 2003, Matthäus opened her first boutique My Style in Budapest
Budapest
Budapest is the capital of Hungary. As the largest city of Hungary, it is the country's principal political, cultural, commercial, industrial, and transportation centre. In 2011, Budapest had 1,733,685 inhabitants, down from its 1989 peak of 2,113,645 due to suburbanization. The Budapest Commuter...
, Hungary
Hungary
Hungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The...
, where she was living with her second husband Lothar Matthäus
Lothar Matthäus
Lothar Herbert Matthäus , is a German football manager and former player.In 1990, he was named European Footballer of the Year and World Soccer Player of the Year after captaining West Germany to victory in the 1990 World Cup...
. Six years later, she established her own design label, Mariana Class. However, her first collection did not met with expected acclaim. On 1 June 2010, Matthäus presented her first line of swimsuit
Swimsuit
A swimsuit, bathing suit, or swimming costume is an item of clothing designed to be worn by men, women or children while they are engaging in a water-based activity or water sports, such as swimming, water polo, diving, surfing, water skiing, or during activities in the sun, such as sun bathing.A...
s. The creations were worn by the competitors of Serbian beauty pageant Miss of Tourism 2010. Her fashion show, held on 17 March 2011 in the Hotel Moskva
Hotel Moskva
Hotel Moskva or Hotel Moscow may refer to:*Hotel Moskva , hotel in Belgrade, Serbia*Hotel Moskva , hotel in Moscow, Russia*Hotel Moscow, characters in the manga and anime Black LagoonSee also*Moskva...
, was attended by her former husband Lothar Matthäus. In September 2011, Matthäus had an acclaimed fashion show in Terazije Theatre
Terazije Theatre
Theatre on Terazije is a Broadway-style theatre in the Terazije area of Belgrade, Serbia. It is the only theatre in Serbia which exclusively produces musicals and has produced the Serbian versions of Chicago, Kiss Me, Kate, and many more...
, representing her new line Black & White World.
Serbian turbo folk singer Svetlana Ceca Ražnatović often wears Matthäus' creations. On 27 April 2010, upon the release of her novel Amouage, Matthäus also released her first fragrance, which she also named Amouage.
Other work and ventures
In January 2010, Matthäus was the part of organization of a humanitarian ball that was held on 29 January in BelgradeBelgrade
Belgrade is the capital and largest city of Serbia. It is located at the confluence of the Sava and Danube rivers, where the Pannonian Plain meets the Balkans. According to official results of Census 2011, the city has a population of 1,639,121. It is one of the 15 largest cities in Europe...
. On 27 April 2010, Matthäus published her autobiography
Autobiography
An autobiography is a book about the life of a person, written by that person.-Origin of the term:...
Amouage, and also presented her first fragrance of the same name. However, her former husband Lothar Matthäus
Lothar Matthäus
Lothar Herbert Matthäus , is a German football manager and former player.In 1990, he was named European Footballer of the Year and World Soccer Player of the Year after captaining West Germany to victory in the 1990 World Cup...
criticized the novel, stating that "Marijana should have stocked to fashion, and not reveal the details of their intimacy". In 2011, Matthäus confirmed she was working on her second novel.
In July, Matthäus was rumoured to be taking part in reality show Survivor Serbia VIP: Philippines
Survivor Srbija VIP: Philippines
Survivor Srbija VIP: Philippines is the third season of the Serbian version of the Survivor television series, created by Vision Team production company and broadcast by Prva Srpska Televizija...
, but it eventually did not happen. Earlier that year, she stated she was offered a guest spot on the ITV
ITV
ITV is the major commercial public service TV network in the United Kingdom. Launched in 1955 under the auspices of the Independent Television Authority to provide competition to the BBC, it is also the oldest commercial network in the UK...
television series Footballers' Wives
Footballers' Wives
Footballers' Wives is a British television drama surrounding the fictional Premier League Association football club Earls Park F.C., its players, and their wives. It was broadcast on the ITV network from 8 January 2002 to 14 April 2006...
, but that she turned it down due to her business schedule.
Personal and media life
Matthäus married twice. In 1990, she married Serbian businessman Miodrag Kostić Kole, with whom she has three children — Dajana (born 1990), Aleksandar (born 1993) and Anđela (born 1997). Both Aleksandar and Anđela were born in FloridaFlorida
Florida is a state in the southeastern United States, located on the nation's Atlantic and Gulf coasts. It is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the north by Alabama and Georgia and to the east by the Atlantic Ocean. With a population of 18,801,310 as measured by the 2010 census, it...
, the United States. After Matthäus' divorce from Kostić in 1999, she and her children briefly lived in New York City. Matthäus is rumoured to have been married to an Italian businessman after she had divorced Kostić, but the rumour is yet to be confirmed.
Matthäus married German football coach and former player Lothar Matthäus
Lothar Matthäus
Lothar Herbert Matthäus , is a German football manager and former player.In 1990, he was named European Footballer of the Year and World Soccer Player of the Year after captaining West Germany to victory in the 1990 World Cup...
on 27 September 2003 in Belgrade
Belgrade
Belgrade is the capital and largest city of Serbia. It is located at the confluence of the Sava and Danube rivers, where the Pannonian Plain meets the Balkans. According to official results of Census 2011, the city has a population of 1,639,121. It is one of the 15 largest cities in Europe...
. They separated in 2007, and the divorce was finalized in 2009 after year–long court case in Salzburg
Salzburg
-Population development:In 1935, the population significantly increased when Salzburg absorbed adjacent municipalities. After World War II, numerous refugees found a new home in the city. New residential space was created for American soldiers of the postwar Occupation, and could be used for...
, Austria
Austria
Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...
, over the division of assets. The two remained on friendly terms after the divorce, with Matthäus keeping the surname of her former husband. Following the release of her autobiographical novel Amouage in 2010, Lothar Matthäus
Lothar Matthäus
Lothar Herbert Matthäus , is a German football manager and former player.In 1990, he was named European Footballer of the Year and World Soccer Player of the Year after captaining West Germany to victory in the 1990 World Cup...
criticized his former wife by stating that "Marijana should have stocked to fashion, and not reveal the details of their intimacy". On 17 March 2011, Lothar Matthäus attended Matthäus' fashion show in Belgrade.
Matthäus currently divides her home between Belgrade
Belgrade
Belgrade is the capital and largest city of Serbia. It is located at the confluence of the Sava and Danube rivers, where the Pannonian Plain meets the Balkans. According to official results of Census 2011, the city has a population of 1,639,121. It is one of the 15 largest cities in Europe...
, Budapest
Budapest
Budapest is the capital of Hungary. As the largest city of Hungary, it is the country's principal political, cultural, commercial, industrial, and transportation centre. In 2011, Budapest had 1,733,685 inhabitants, down from its 1989 peak of 2,113,645 due to suburbanization. The Budapest Commuter...
and London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
. Reportedly, she is influent in Serbian
Serbian language
Serbian is a form of Serbo-Croatian, a South Slavic language, spoken by Serbs in Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Croatia and neighbouring countries....
, English
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
and Italian
Italian language
Italian is a Romance language spoken mainly in Europe: Italy, Switzerland, San Marino, Vatican City, by minorities in Malta, Monaco, Croatia, Slovenia, France, Libya, Eritrea, and Somalia, and by immigrant communities in the Americas and Australia...
, and is able to conserve in Hungarian
Hungarian language
Hungarian is a Uralic language, part of the Ugric group. With some 14 million speakers, it is one of the most widely spoken non-Indo-European languages in Europe....
and German
German language
German is a West Germanic language, related to and classified alongside English and Dutch. With an estimated 90 – 98 million native speakers, German is one of the world's major languages and is the most widely-spoken first language in the European Union....
. Matthäus also has a bachelor's degree
Bachelor's degree
A bachelor's degree is usually an academic degree awarded for an undergraduate course or major that generally lasts for three or four years, but can range anywhere from two to six years depending on the region of the world...
in marketing.
Image in the media
Public reception of Matthäus has been mixed in Serbia. Despite the fact she has been praised for her beauty and her work in fashion, media has labelled her a "serial bride who built a career on her marriages" and even "illiterate", due to her frequent lapsus linguae. She, however, responded that she "was glad that people laughed to her lapses", "[...] It is good to know that you made someone smile at these hard times". Matthäus has also been criticized for "bragging to much about her life and her wealth".In 2011, Serbian Internet
Internet
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LGTB portal GayEcho voted her out as "most irritating female celebrity in Serbia". Later in May, famous Serbian fashion designer Verica Rakočević stated she "did not consider Matthäus as her colleague and a fashion designer". On 15 October 2011, television presenter and journalist Luna Lu accused Matthäus that she "had not written her book Amouage, but that she paid someone to write it".