Marlies Dekkers is a Dutch

Netherlands

The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...

 fashion designer known for her lingerie

Lingerie

Lingerie are fashionable and possibly alluring undergarments.Lingerie usually incorporates one or more flexible, stretchy materials like Lycra, nylon , polyester, satin, lace, silk and sheer fabric which are not typically used in more functional, basic cotton undergarments.The term in the French...

 line Undressed.

Biography

Marlies Dekkers was born in Oosterhout

Oosterhout

Oosterhout is a municipality and a city in the South of the Netherlands. At June, 2008, the city population was 54,015.-History:Oosterhout is mentioned for the first time in 1277, although archaeological excavations showed the existence of human settlements in the area in prehistoric times. The...

, the Netherlands. She studied at the Art school

Art school

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 in Breda

Breda

Breda is a municipality and a city in the southern part of the Netherlands. The name Breda derived from brede Aa and refers to the confluence of the rivers Mark and Aa. As a fortified city, the city was of strategic military and political significance...

, from which she graduated cum laude (with distinction) in 1991. With the aid of a government grant, she launched, two years later in 1993, her first collection of items under the fashion label Undressed, heralded at the time as a new approach to designing lingerie.

In 1996, Dekkers married Peter Wagenaar, a photographer. The couple has one daughter Zilver (Silver

Silver

Silver is a metallic chemical element with the chemical symbol Ag and atomic number 47. A soft, white, lustrous transition metal, it has the highest electrical conductivity of any element and the highest thermal conductivity of any metal...

 in Dutch

Dutch language

Dutch is a West Germanic language and the native language of the majority of the population of the Netherlands, Belgium, and Suriname, the three member states of the Dutch Language Union. Most speakers live in the European Union, where it is a first language for about 23 million and a second...

). Wagenaar was also a member of the board of Marlies Dekkers' company. When the couple divorced in 2006, Wagenaar also left the company.

Points of sale

The Marlies Dekkers brand (stylized in print as "marlies|dekkers") has established 1000 points of sale worldwide and Marlies Dekkers stores are located in cities such as Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Antwerp, Paris, Bangkok, Berlin and Cologne. A store was briefly opened in New York from December 2008 to March 2009.

In the end of 2008 there was also a store open in Utrecht.

Fashion lines

• Undressed Women (lingerie collection for women)
• Undressed Special Sizes (lingerie collection for curvy women)
• Undressed Girls (lingerie collection for young women)
• Undressed Men (modern underwear line for men)

• Undressed Cotton (never out of stock cotton line for both men and women)
• Undressed Secrets (vintage lingerie collection)
• Sundressed (beachwear & accessories)
• Sundressed Sunglasses (sunglasses)
• Nightdressed (luxurious lounge- and evening wear)

Awards

• Dutch Bodyfashion Award (1994)
• ELLE's Innovator of the Year Award (2004)
• Grand Seigneur (2005)
• Prix Veuve Clicquot Business woman of the year (2007)
• Cila Award - Best Fashion Lingerie (2007)
• Creator of the Year (2008)
• CILA Award - Best Maternity Lingerie (2008)
• Marie Claire Prix de la Mode (2008)