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{{short description|French fashion designer}}
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'''Isabel Marant''' (born 12 April 1967) is a French fashion designer, owner of the eponymous fashion brand. She won the Award de la Mode (1997), the Whirlpool Award for best female designer (1998), ''Fashion Designer of the Year'' at British ''Glamour's'' Women of the Year Awards (2012).<ref name=":7">{{Cite web|url=https://www.vogue.co.uk/article/isabel-marant|title=Isabel Marant|website=British Vogue|language=en-GB|access-date=2020-03-06}}</ref> She was named Contemporary Designer of the Year at the [[Elle Style Awards]] in 2014.<ref name=":6">{{Cite web|url=https://www.businessoffashion.com/community/people/isabel-marant|title=Isabel Marant is part of the BoF 500|website=The Business of Fashion|language=en-GB|access-date=2020-03-06}}</ref> Her collaboration with [[H&M]] in 2013 was so successful that company's website crashed under the demand and the collection was sold out within 45 minutes.<ref name=":2">{{Cite news|last=Doppelt|first=Gabé|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/20/t-magazine/illustrated-interview-isabel-marant.html|title=The Illustrated Interview: Isabel Marant|date=2015-07-20|work=The New York Times|access-date=2020-03-06|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> Celebrities wearing Marant's designs include [[Alexa Chung]], [[Katie Holmes]], [[Victoria Beckham]], [[Kate Moss]], [[Sienna Miller]], [[Kate Bosworth]], and [[Rachel Weisz]].<ref name=":3">{{Cite news|last=Finnigan|first=Kate|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/fashion/people/isabel-marant-designer-interview/|title=Isabel Marant: 'I am my own muse'|date=2015-06-12|work=The Telegraph|access-date=2020-03-06|language=en-GB|issn=0307-1235}}</ref><ref name=":7"/>
'''Isabel Marant''' (born 12 April 1967) is a French fashion designer, owner of the eponymous fashion brand. She won the Award de la Mode (1997), the Whirlpool Award for best female designer (1998), ''Fashion Designer of the Year'' at British ''Glamour's'' Women of the Year Awards (2012).<ref name=":7">{{Cite web|url=https://www.vogue.co.uk/article/isabel-marant|title=Isabel Marant|website=British Vogue|language=en-GB|access-date=2020-03-06}}</ref> She was named Contemporary Designer of the Year at the [[Elle Style Awards]] in 2014.<ref name=":6">{{Cite web|url=https://www.businessoffashion.com/community/people/isabel-marant|title=Isabel Marant is part of the BoF 500|website=The Business of Fashion|language=en-GB|access-date=2020-03-06}}</ref> Her collaboration with [[H&M]] in 2013 was so successful that company's website crashed under the demand and the collection was sold out within 45 minutes.<ref name=":2">{{Cite news|last=Doppelt|first=Gabé|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/20/t-magazine/illustrated-interview-isabel-marant.html|title=The Illustrated Interview: Isabel Marant|date=2015-07-20|work=The New York Times|access-date=2020-03-06|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> Celebrities wearing Marant's designs include [[Alexa Chung]], [[Katie Holmes]], [[Victoria Beckham]], [[Kate Moss]], [[Sienna Miller]], [[Kate Bosworth]], and [[Rachel Weisz]].<ref name=":3">{{Cite news|last=Finnigan|first=Kate|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/fashion/people/isabel-marant-designer-interview/|title=Isabel Marant: 'I am my own muse'|date=2015-06-12|work=The Telegraph|access-date=2020-03-06|language=en-GB|issn=0307-1235}}</ref><ref name=":7"/>


== Life ==
== Biography ==

=== Early life and education ===
Isabel Marant was born on 12 April 1967 in Boulogne-Billancourt to a French father and German mother.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.elle.fr/Personnalites/Isabel-Marant|title=Isabel Marant - Sa bio et toute son actualité - Elle|website=elle.fr|language=fr|access-date=2020-03-06}}</ref> Her parents divorced when Marant was six and she lived with her father who had remarried.<ref name=":3" /> In childhood, Marant didn't want to be a designer, she dreamt of becoming a [[veterinarian]] when she grew up.<ref name=":2" /> She was raised in the Hauts-de-Seine suburb [[Neuilly-sur-Seine]], refusing to wear dresses and carrying alternative outfits to school in plastic bags. At the age of 14, Marant had a haircut like [[Patti Smith]]'s and wore customised menswear.<ref name=":4">{{Cite web|url=https://thegentlewoman.co.uk/library/isabel-marant|title=The Gentlewoman – Isabel Marant|website=thegentlewoman.co.uk|language=en|access-date=2020-03-06}}</ref> In 1982, she asked her father to buy her a sewing machine and she started making clothes out of discarded clothing and fabric, and very soon, her friends asked her to design clothing for them.<ref name=":7"/> At 15, Marant was crazy about [[Vivienne Westwood]] and she did babysitting to be able to buy something at Westwood's Paris shop.<ref name=":3" />
Isabel Marant was born on 12 April 1967 in Boulogne-Billancourt to a French father and German mother.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.elle.fr/Personnalites/Isabel-Marant|title=Isabel Marant - Sa bio et toute son actualité - Elle|website=elle.fr|language=fr|access-date=2020-03-06}}</ref> Her parents divorced when Marant was six and she lived with her father who had remarried.<ref name=":3" /> In childhood, Marant didn't want to be a designer, she dreamt of becoming a [[veterinarian]] when she grew up.<ref name=":2" /> She was raised in the Hauts-de-Seine suburb [[Neuilly-sur-Seine]], refusing to wear dresses and carrying alternative outfits to school in plastic bags. At the age of 14, Marant had a haircut like [[Patti Smith]]'s and wore customised menswear.<ref name=":4">{{Cite web|url=https://thegentlewoman.co.uk/library/isabel-marant|title=The Gentlewoman – Isabel Marant|website=thegentlewoman.co.uk|language=en|access-date=2020-03-06}}</ref> In 1982, she asked her father to buy her a sewing machine and she started making clothes out of discarded clothing and fabric, and very soon, her friends asked her to design clothing for them.<ref name=":7"/> At 15, Marant was crazy about [[Vivienne Westwood]] and she did babysitting to be able to buy something at Westwood's Paris shop.<ref name=":3" />


Between 16 and 18, Marant dated Christophe Lemaire, creative director at [[Hermès]] and designer of his own line. Together they designed clothing under the brand ''Allée Simple'' and dropped it off to a ''Le Depot'' shop in Paris that paid when clothes were sold.<ref name=":4" /> The clothing sold well enough to make her reconsider her plans to study economics.<ref name=":7"/> From 1985 to 1987, Marant studied fashion at [[Studio Berçot]], a Paris fashion college.<ref name=":0" />
She pursued her studies at the Saint-James high school in Neuilly, then at HEC, before quickly changing direction following the success of the brand "Aller Simple," which she co-founded in 1984 with her friend [[Christophe Lemaire (fashion designer)|Christophe Lemaire]], a young student (later artistic director of [[Lacoste]] and [[Hermès]]). They dropped it off to a ''Le Depot'' shop in Paris that paid when clothes were sold.<ref name=":4" /> The clothing sold well enough to make her reconsider her plans to study economics.<ref name=":7"/> From 1985 to 1987, Marant studied fashion at [[Studio Berçot]], a Paris fashion college.<ref name=":0" />

Marant is married to a designer Jérôme Dreyfuss. Their son, Tal, was born in 2003. The family lives in [[Belleville, Paris|Belleville]], a suburb of Paris.<ref name=":7"/> They spend most of their weekends in a countryside cabin with no electricity or hot water in [[Fontainebleau]], 50&nbsp;km away from Paris.<ref name=":4" />

==Career==


=== Early career ===
=== Early career ===
In 1987, after her studies, Marant worked with Parisian designer [[Michel Klein]]. Later she also collaborated with Bridget Yorke working on two collections and assisted art director Marc Ascoli on different projects for ''[[Chloé]]'', ''[[Martine Sitbon]],'' and ''[[Yohji Yamamoto]]''.<ref name=":7"/> However, working in other houses was a frustrating experience for her, and soon Marant decided to go it alone.<ref name=":3" /> In 1989, she launched her own jewellery label, and in 1990 with her mother, she launched a knitwear label "Twen".<ref name=":7"/>
In 1987, after her studies, Marant worked with Parisian designer [[Michel Klein]]. Later she also collaborated with Bridget Yorke working on two collections and assisted art director Marc Ascoli on different projects for ''[[Chloé]]'', ''[[Martine Sitbon]],'' and ''[[Yohji Yamamoto]]''.<ref name=":7"/> However, working in other houses was a frustrating experience for her, and soon Marant decided to continue alone.<ref name=":3" /> In 1989, she launched a collection of belts and rings, followed by a line of belts for [[Claude Montana]], a line of buttons and necklaces for Étienne Brunel, and a line of shoe buckles for Michel Perry.
[[File:Isabel_marant_logo.jpg|alt=|thumb|250x250px|Brand's logo]]


In 1990 with her mother, she launched a knitwear and jersey label "Twen".<ref name=":7" />
=== Isabel Marant ===
[[File:Isabel Marant Logo.jpg|alt=|thumb|250x250px|Brand's logo]]
In 1994, she launched her eponymous brand – Isabel Marant.<ref name=":0" /> The following year, in 1995, she showed her first collection at Paris Fashion Week with her friends as models.<ref name=":5">{{Cite news|last=Day|first=Elizabeth|url=https://www.theguardian.com/fashion/2013/dec/08/isabel-marant-h-m-interview-review-2013|title=Isabel Marant: 'Sometimes we give an image of life that will never exist'|date=2013-12-08|work=The Guardian|access-date=2020-03-06|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077}}</ref> In 1997 Marant won the Award de la Mode, and in 1998 – the Whirlpool Award for best female designer.<ref name=":7"/> Since the establishment of her label, her sales have increased 30% each year.<ref name=":5" />


== Isabel Marant ==
In 1998, she opened the first shop on Rue Charonne, in eastern Paris.<ref name=":4" /> The same year she started collaborating with French mail catalogue brand ''[[La Redoute]]'' creating guest collections for it, and launched a new line in Japan called ''I*M''.<ref name=":7"/> In 1999 Marant debuted a diffusion line, ''Étoile by Isabel Marant'', at the Paris ready-to-wear shows, and the next year introduced the first full ''Étoile'' collection.<ref name=":7"/> ''Etoile'' was intended to be more affordable and casual than the signature brand.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.isabelmarant.com/en/workshop/biography/|title=Archived copy|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131217224430/http://www.isabelmarant.com/en/workshop/biography/|archive-date=2013-12-17|access-date=2013-12-17}}</ref> The second shop was opened in [[Saint-Germain-des-Prés]] in 1999, followed by the third in the Marais in 2007, and the fourth in the [[16th arrondissement of Paris|16th arrondissement]] in 2012.<ref name=":0" />
In 1994, Marant launched her eponymous brand – Isabel Marant.<ref name=":0" /> The following year, in 1995, she showed her first collection at Paris Fashion Week with her friends as models.<ref name=":5">{{Cite news|last=Day|first=Elizabeth|url=https://www.theguardian.com/fashion/2013/dec/08/isabel-marant-h-m-interview-review-2013|title=Isabel Marant: 'Sometimes we give an image of life that will never exist'|date=2013-12-08|work=The Guardian|access-date=2020-03-06|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077}}</ref> In 1997 Marant won the Award de la Mode, and in 1998 – the Whirlpool Award for best female designer.<ref name=":7"/> Since the establishment of her label, her sales have increased 30% each year.<ref name=":5" />


In 1998, Marant opened the first shop on Rue Charonne, in eastern Paris.<ref name=":4" /> The same year she started collaborating with French mail catalogue brand ''[[La Redoute]]'' creating guest collections for it, and launched a new line in Japan called ''I*M''.<ref name=":7"/> In 1999 Marant debuted a [[diffusion line]], ''Étoile by Isabel Marant'', at the Paris ready-to-wear shows, and the next year introduced the first full ''Étoile'' collection.<ref name=":7"/> ''Etoile'' was intended to be more affordable and casual than the signature brand.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.isabelmarant.com/en/workshop/biography/|title=Isabel Marant &#124; Workshop &#124; Isabel Marant|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131217224430/http://www.isabelmarant.com/en/workshop/biography/|archive-date=2013-12-17|access-date=2013-12-17}}</ref> The second shop was opened in [[Saint-Germain-des-Prés]] in 1999, followed by the third in the Marais in 2007, and the fourth in the [[16th arrondissement of Paris|16th arrondissement]] in 2012.<ref name=":0" />
In 2004, Marant launched a childrenswear line and a pop-up boutique in Paris' Printemps department store. She also collaborated with [[Anthropologie]] on a collection in 2006.<ref name=":7"/> The same year, in 2006, she opened a boutique in Hong Kong, and in 2010 opened her first United States boutique in New York.<ref name=":0" /> Marant's managing director reported wholesale revenues reached 66 million Euros for 2011, which was up 44% on 2010.<ref name=":4" />


In 2004, Marant launched a childrenswear line and a pop-up boutique in Paris' Printemps department store. She also collaborated with [[Anthropologie]] on a collection in 2006.<ref name=":7"/> The same year, in 2006, she opened a boutique in Hong Kong, and in 2010 opened her first United States boutique in New York.<ref name=":0" /> Marant's managing director reported wholesale revenues reached 66 million Euros for 2011, which was up 44% on 2010.<ref name=":4" />
In 2012, Marant was awarded Fashion Designer of the Year at British Glamour's Women of the Year Awards.<ref name=":7" />


In 2013, Marant collaborated on a design collection for high street chain [[H&M]].<ref>{{cite journal|title=Isabel Marant brings her French touch to H&M|url=http://about.hm.com/AboutSection/en/news/newsroom/news.html/en/isabel-marant-brings-her-french-touch-to-hm.html/|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130615003426/http://about.hm.com/AboutSection/en/news/newsroom/news.html/en/isabel-marant-brings-her-french-touch-to-hm.html|archive-date=2013-06-15|access-date=2013-06-19}}</ref> The line sold out in 45 minutes online and caused the retailer's website to crash.<ref>{{cite news|last=Krupnick|first=Ellie|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/11/14/hm-website-down_n_4275128.html|title=OF COURSE: The Isabel Marant Collection Crashes H&M's Website|date=14 November 2013|work=Huffington Post}}</ref> In her collaboration with H&M, Marant said, "The nice thing with H&M is they don't want to try to do a cheap version of your own collection… They really respect the DNA of designers."<ref name=":5" /> The clothing was described as a "combination of androgynous chic and bohemian nonchalance."
In 2013, Marant collaborated on a design collection for high street chain [[H&M]].<ref>{{cite journal|title=Isabel Marant brings her French touch to H&M|url=http://about.hm.com/AboutSection/en/news/newsroom/news.html/en/isabel-marant-brings-her-french-touch-to-hm.html/|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130615003426/http://about.hm.com/AboutSection/en/news/newsroom/news.html/en/isabel-marant-brings-her-french-touch-to-hm.html|archive-date=2013-06-15|access-date=2013-06-19}}</ref> The line sold out in 45 minutes online and caused the retailer's website to crash.<ref>{{cite news|last=Krupnick|first=Ellie|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/11/14/hm-website-down_n_4275128.html|title=OF COURSE: The Isabel Marant Collection Crashes H&M's Website|date=14 November 2013|work=Huffington Post}}</ref> In her collaboration with H&M, Marant said, "The nice thing with H&M is they don't want to try to do a cheap version of your own collection… They really respect the DNA of designers."<ref name=":5" /> The clothing was described as a "combination of androgynous chic and bohemian nonchalance."


In 2020, the label signed a 10-year licensing agreement with [[Safilo]] for the design, production and global distribution of sunglasses and optical frames.<ref>Martino Carrera (10 March 2020), [https://wwd.com/accessories-news/eyewear/isabel-marant-safilo-ink-10-year-eyewear-license-1203535253/ Isabel Marant, Safilo Ink 10-Year Eyewear License] ''[[Women's Wear Daily]]''.</ref>
In 2014, Marant was named Contemporary Designer of the Year at the Elle Style Awards in 2014.<ref name=":6" />


In 2021, the brand launched Isabel Marant Vintage, a secondhand site that takes donations of used clothing from the label in exchange for vouchers.<ref>Mimosa Spencer (18 June 2021), [https://wwd.com/feature/isabel-marant-launches-vintage-site-endowment-fund-1234848331/ Isabel Marant Launches Vintage Site, Endowment Fund] ''[[Women's Wear Daily]]''.</ref>
As of 2019, the company has 13 shops worldwide in cities such as Paris, Rome, New York,<ref>{{cite journal|title=New York Times, Fashion & Style "What's in a Label? Say It in French"|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/22/fashion/22CRITIC.html}}</ref> Tokyo,<ref>{{cite journal|title=Tokyo Fashion Daily, Isabel Marant Japan|url=http://www.tokyofashiondaily.com/2012/08/isabel-marant-japan.html|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130316081007/http://www.tokyofashiondaily.com/2012/08/isabel-marant-japan.html|archive-date=2013-03-16}}</ref> Hong Kong, Seoul, Los Angeles, Beijing, Madrid, Beirut, and London<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thefashionspot.com/buzz-news/latest-news/354903-isabel-marant-opens-her-first-london-based-boutique/|title=Isabel Marant Opens Her First London Boutique - theFashionSpot|date=11 December 2013|website=thefashionspot.com|access-date=5 April 2018}}</ref> and has retailers in more than 35 countries.


As of 2019, the company has 13 shops worldwide in cities such as Paris, Rome, New York,<ref>{{cite journal|title=New York Times, Fashion & Style "What's in a Label? Say It in French"|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/22/fashion/22CRITIC.html}}</ref> Tokyo,<ref>{{cite journal|title=Tokyo Fashion Daily, Isabel Marant Japan|url=http://www.tokyofashiondaily.com/2012/08/isabel-marant-japan.html|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130316081007/http://www.tokyofashiondaily.com/2012/08/isabel-marant-japan.html|archive-date=2013-03-16}}</ref> Hong Kong, Seoul, Los Angeles, Beijing, Madrid, Beirut, and London<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thefashionspot.com/buzz-news/latest-news/354903-isabel-marant-opens-her-first-london-based-boutique/|title=Isabel Marant Opens Her First London Boutique - theFashionSpot|date=11 December 2013|website=thefashionspot.com|access-date=5 April 2018}}</ref> and has retailers in more than 35 countries.
=== Style ===
=== Style ===
When Marant studied fashion at Studio Berçot, the director said “You shouldn't want others to wear things that you won't wear yourself”, and this phrase became her motto.<ref name=":3" /> Marant collections are based around several simple pieces such as tight and straight trousers; soft and unstructured shirts and blouses; as well as tailored jackets and coats.<ref name=":4" /> Her apparel is often embellished with prints, fringes, embroidery, studs or lace. Marant's typical outfit allows the wearer to be between [[Boho-chic|boho]] and rock chic with a loose blouse and a pair of cropped leather trousers. The collections never change radically which makes it easy to combine pieces from different seasons.<ref name=":4" />
When Marant studied fashion at Studio Berçot, the director said “You shouldn't want others to wear things that you won't wear yourself”, and this phrase became her motto.<ref name=":3" /> Marant collections are based around several simple pieces such as tight and straight trousers; soft and unstructured shirts and blouses; as well as tailored jackets and coats.<ref name=":4" /> Her apparel is often embellished with prints, fringes, embroidery, studs or lace. Marant's typical outfit allows the wearer to be between [[Boho-chic|boho]] and rock chic with a loose blouse and a pair of cropped leather trousers. The collections never change radically which makes it easy to combine pieces from different seasons.<ref name=":4" />
Line 53: Line 50:
Marant designed hidden heel high-top sneakers that lengthen legs and make feet look tiny remaining comfortable at the same time. They became the brand's most pervasive trend with a million copies sold.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.vogue.co.uk/gallery/isabel-marant-shoes-sneakers-wedge-boots-and-key-pieces|title=Why Everyone Loves Isabel Marant|website=British Vogue|language=en-GB|access-date=2020-03-06}}</ref>
Marant designed hidden heel high-top sneakers that lengthen legs and make feet look tiny remaining comfortable at the same time. They became the brand's most pervasive trend with a million copies sold.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.vogue.co.uk/gallery/isabel-marant-shoes-sneakers-wedge-boots-and-key-pieces|title=Why Everyone Loves Isabel Marant|website=British Vogue|language=en-GB|access-date=2020-03-06}}</ref>


==Recognition==
=== Controversies ===
In 2012, Marant was awarded Fashion Designer of the Year at British ''[[Glamour (magazine)|Glamour]]'' Women of the Year Awards.<ref name=":7" />
In 2008, Marant won a claim against French fashion chain ''Naf Naf'' that was ordered to pay her 75,000 Euros damages for copying a puff-sleeved dress from her autumn-winter 2006 collection.<ref name=":7"/>

In 2014, Marant was named Contemporary Designer of the Year at the Elle Style Awards in 2014.<ref name=":6" />

== Filmography ==
•Loïc Prigent, ''The Day before Isabel Marant'', documentary, Arte, 2010, 52 min.

•Dominique Miceli, ''Isabel Marant : naissance d'une collection'', documentary, Paris Première, 2019, 52 min.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2019-12-15 |title=« Isabel Marant : naissance d’une collection » : une créatrice de mode très nature |url=https://www.lemonde.fr/culture/article/2019/12/15/isabel-marant-naissance-d-une-collection-une-creatrice-de-mode-tres-nature_6022929_3246.html |access-date=2024-03-08 |work=Le Monde.fr |language=fr}}</ref>

== Controversies ==
In 2008, Marant won a claim against French fashion chain ''Naf Naf'' that was ordered to pay her 75,000 Euros damages for copying a puff-sleeved dress from her autumn-winter 2006 collection.<ref name=":7" />


In 2015, the indigenous [[Mixe people|Mixe]] community of [[Santa María Tlahuitoltepec]], in [[Oaxaca]], Mexico, denounced Marant for the plagiarism of the collectively owned traditional design embroidered in their Mixe blouses.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.milenio.com/tendencias/Isabel_Marant-Santa_Maria_Tlahuitoltepec-Erasmo_Hernandez_Gonzalez_0_631137163.html|title=Diseñadora plagió diseño mixe, pero no lo registró a su nombre|access-date=2016-07-04}}</ref> A Twitter storm followed under the hashtag #miBlusadeTlahui, which pointed out the uncanny similarity of some of Marant's recent designs to those of indigenous designers from Tlahuitoltepec, who have been designing and making their original hand-sewn shirts for over 600 years in the style of the Mixe indigenous people. Marant's uncredited appropriation of the designs, virtually stitch-for-stitch, aroused the anger of the Mixe people for whom the handmade manufacture of the shirts, and their sale, is an important economic and cultural factor.
In 2015, the indigenous [[Mixe people|Mixe]] community of [[Santa María Tlahuitoltepec]], in [[Oaxaca]], Mexico, denounced Marant for the plagiarism of the collectively owned traditional design embroidered in their Mixe blouses.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.milenio.com/tendencias/Isabel_Marant-Santa_Maria_Tlahuitoltepec-Erasmo_Hernandez_Gonzalez_0_631137163.html|title=Diseñadora plagió diseño mixe, pero no lo registró a su nombre|access-date=2016-07-04}}</ref> A Twitter storm followed under the hashtag #miBlusadeTlahui, which pointed out the uncanny similarity of some of Marant's recent designs to those of indigenous designers from Tlahuitoltepec, who have been designing and making their original hand-sewn shirts for over 600 years in the style of the Mixe indigenous people. Marant's uncredited appropriation of the designs, virtually stitch-for-stitch, aroused the anger of the Mixe people for whom the handmade manufacture of the shirts, and their sale, is an important economic and cultural factor.


The plagiarism issue continued to dog Marant, being taken up by the UK ''[[The Guardian|Guardian]]'' newspaper in June 2015 by journalist Naomi Larsson, who reported that yet another design company named Antik Batik had claimed copyright on the disputed garment, and quoted Marant's office as admitting the design was from Tlahuitoltepec as a defence against the claim. The Mixe people had received no communication of this acknowledgement, according to the report.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/global-development-professionals-network/2015/jun/17/mexican-mixe-blouse-isabel-marant|title=Inspiration or plagiarism? Mexicans seek reparations for French designer's look-alike blouse|last=Larsson|first=Naomi|date=17 June 2015|website=the Guardian|access-date=5 April 2018}}</ref> In 2016, the community again demanded an apology from Marant and Antik Batik at a press conference in Mexico City.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.milenio.com/cultura/mixes_defienden_sentido_vida-Santa_Maria_Tlahuitoltepec_Oaxaca-mixe_Oaxaca_0_766123716.html|title=Los mixes defienden "el sentido profundo de su vida"|access-date=2016-07-04}}</ref>
The plagiarism issue continued to dog Marant, being taken up by the UK ''[[The Guardian|Guardian]]'' newspaper in June 2015 by journalist Naomi Larsson, who reported that yet another design company named Antik Batik had claimed copyright on the disputed garment, and quoted Marant's office as admitting the design was from Tlahuitoltepec as a defence against the claim. The Mixe people had received no communication of this acknowledgement, according to the report.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/global-development-professionals-network/2015/jun/17/mexican-mixe-blouse-isabel-marant|title=Inspiration or plagiarism? Mexicans seek reparations for French designer's look-alike blouse|last=Larsson|first=Naomi|date=17 June 2015|website=the Guardian|access-date=5 April 2018}}</ref> In 2016, the community again demanded an apology from Marant and Antik Batik at a press conference in Mexico City.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.milenio.com/cultura/mixes_defienden_sentido_vida-Santa_Maria_Tlahuitoltepec_Oaxaca-mixe_Oaxaca_0_766123716.html|title=Los mixes defienden "el sentido profundo de su vida"|access-date=2016-07-04}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Marant is married to designer Jérôme Dreyfuss. Their son, Tal, was born in 2003. The family lives in Belleville, Paris.<ref name=":7"/> They spend most of their weekends in a countryside cabin with no electricity or hot water in [[Fontainebleau]], 50&nbsp;km away from Paris.<ref name=":4" />


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Isabel Marant
Born (1967-04-12) 12 April 1967 (age 57)
Occupationfashion designer
Known forFootwear
Clothing
Jewellery
Accessories
Websitewww.isabelmarant.com

Isabel Marant (born 12 April 1967) is a French fashion designer, owner of the eponymous fashion brand. She won the Award de la Mode (1997), the Whirlpool Award for best female designer (1998), Fashion Designer of the Year at British Glamour's Women of the Year Awards (2012).[1] She was named Contemporary Designer of the Year at the Elle Style Awards in 2014.[2] Her collaboration with H&M in 2013 was so successful that company's website crashed under the demand and the collection was sold out within 45 minutes.[3] Celebrities wearing Marant's designs include Alexa Chung, Katie Holmes, Victoria Beckham, Kate Moss, Sienna Miller, Kate Bosworth, and Rachel Weisz.[4][1]

Biography

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Early life and education

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Isabel Marant was born on 12 April 1967 in Boulogne-Billancourt to a French father and German mother.[5] Her parents divorced when Marant was six and she lived with her father who had remarried.[4] In childhood, Marant didn't want to be a designer, she dreamt of becoming a veterinarian when she grew up.[3] She was raised in the Hauts-de-Seine suburb Neuilly-sur-Seine, refusing to wear dresses and carrying alternative outfits to school in plastic bags. At the age of 14, Marant had a haircut like Patti Smith's and wore customised menswear.[6] In 1982, she asked her father to buy her a sewing machine and she started making clothes out of discarded clothing and fabric, and very soon, her friends asked her to design clothing for them.[1] At 15, Marant was crazy about Vivienne Westwood and she did babysitting to be able to buy something at Westwood's Paris shop.[4]

She pursued her studies at the Saint-James high school in Neuilly, then at HEC, before quickly changing direction following the success of the brand "Aller Simple," which she co-founded in 1984 with her friend Christophe Lemaire, a young student (later artistic director of Lacoste and Hermès). They dropped it off to a Le Depot shop in Paris that paid when clothes were sold.[6] The clothing sold well enough to make her reconsider her plans to study economics.[1] From 1985 to 1987, Marant studied fashion at Studio Berçot, a Paris fashion college.[5]

Early career

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In 1987, after her studies, Marant worked with Parisian designer Michel Klein. Later she also collaborated with Bridget Yorke working on two collections and assisted art director Marc Ascoli on different projects for Chloé, Martine Sitbon, and Yohji Yamamoto.[1] However, working in other houses was a frustrating experience for her, and soon Marant decided to continue alone.[4] In 1989, she launched a collection of belts and rings, followed by a line of belts for Claude Montana, a line of buttons and necklaces for Étienne Brunel, and a line of shoe buckles for Michel Perry.

In 1990 with her mother, she launched a knitwear and jersey label "Twen".[1]

Brand's logo

Isabel Marant

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In 1994, Marant launched her eponymous brand – Isabel Marant.[5] The following year, in 1995, she showed her first collection at Paris Fashion Week with her friends as models.[7] In 1997 Marant won the Award de la Mode, and in 1998 – the Whirlpool Award for best female designer.[1] Since the establishment of her label, her sales have increased 30% each year.[7]

In 1998, Marant opened the first shop on Rue Charonne, in eastern Paris.[6] The same year she started collaborating with French mail catalogue brand La Redoute creating guest collections for it, and launched a new line in Japan called I*M.[1] In 1999 Marant debuted a diffusion line, Étoile by Isabel Marant, at the Paris ready-to-wear shows, and the next year introduced the first full Étoile collection.[1] Etoile was intended to be more affordable and casual than the signature brand.[8] The second shop was opened in Saint-Germain-des-Prés in 1999, followed by the third in the Marais in 2007, and the fourth in the 16th arrondissement in 2012.[5]

In 2004, Marant launched a childrenswear line and a pop-up boutique in Paris' Printemps department store. She also collaborated with Anthropologie on a collection in 2006.[1] The same year, in 2006, she opened a boutique in Hong Kong, and in 2010 opened her first United States boutique in New York.[5] Marant's managing director reported wholesale revenues reached 66 million Euros for 2011, which was up 44% on 2010.[6]

In 2013, Marant collaborated on a design collection for high street chain H&M.[9] The line sold out in 45 minutes online and caused the retailer's website to crash.[10] In her collaboration with H&M, Marant said, "The nice thing with H&M is they don't want to try to do a cheap version of your own collection… They really respect the DNA of designers."[7] The clothing was described as a "combination of androgynous chic and bohemian nonchalance."

In 2020, the label signed a 10-year licensing agreement with Safilo for the design, production and global distribution of sunglasses and optical frames.[11]

In 2021, the brand launched Isabel Marant Vintage, a secondhand site that takes donations of used clothing from the label in exchange for vouchers.[12]

As of 2019, the company has 13 shops worldwide in cities such as Paris, Rome, New York,[13] Tokyo,[14] Hong Kong, Seoul, Los Angeles, Beijing, Madrid, Beirut, and London[15] and has retailers in more than 35 countries.

Style

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When Marant studied fashion at Studio Berçot, the director said “You shouldn't want others to wear things that you won't wear yourself”, and this phrase became her motto.[4] Marant collections are based around several simple pieces such as tight and straight trousers; soft and unstructured shirts and blouses; as well as tailored jackets and coats.[6] Her apparel is often embellished with prints, fringes, embroidery, studs or lace. Marant's typical outfit allows the wearer to be between boho and rock chic with a loose blouse and a pair of cropped leather trousers. The collections never change radically which makes it easy to combine pieces from different seasons.[6]

Marant designed hidden heel high-top sneakers that lengthen legs and make feet look tiny remaining comfortable at the same time. They became the brand's most pervasive trend with a million copies sold.[16]

Recognition

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In 2012, Marant was awarded Fashion Designer of the Year at British Glamour Women of the Year Awards.[1]

In 2014, Marant was named Contemporary Designer of the Year at the Elle Style Awards in 2014.[2]

Filmography

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•Loïc Prigent, The Day before Isabel Marant, documentary, Arte, 2010, 52 min.

•Dominique Miceli, Isabel Marant : naissance d'une collection, documentary, Paris Première, 2019, 52 min.[17]

Controversies

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In 2008, Marant won a claim against French fashion chain Naf Naf that was ordered to pay her 75,000 Euros damages for copying a puff-sleeved dress from her autumn-winter 2006 collection.[1]

In 2015, the indigenous Mixe community of Santa María Tlahuitoltepec, in Oaxaca, Mexico, denounced Marant for the plagiarism of the collectively owned traditional design embroidered in their Mixe blouses.[18] A Twitter storm followed under the hashtag #miBlusadeTlahui, which pointed out the uncanny similarity of some of Marant's recent designs to those of indigenous designers from Tlahuitoltepec, who have been designing and making their original hand-sewn shirts for over 600 years in the style of the Mixe indigenous people. Marant's uncredited appropriation of the designs, virtually stitch-for-stitch, aroused the anger of the Mixe people for whom the handmade manufacture of the shirts, and their sale, is an important economic and cultural factor.

The plagiarism issue continued to dog Marant, being taken up by the UK Guardian newspaper in June 2015 by journalist Naomi Larsson, who reported that yet another design company named Antik Batik had claimed copyright on the disputed garment, and quoted Marant's office as admitting the design was from Tlahuitoltepec as a defence against the claim. The Mixe people had received no communication of this acknowledgement, according to the report.[19] In 2016, the community again demanded an apology from Marant and Antik Batik at a press conference in Mexico City.[20]

Personal life

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Marant is married to designer Jérôme Dreyfuss. Their son, Tal, was born in 2003. The family lives in Belleville, Paris.[1] They spend most of their weekends in a countryside cabin with no electricity or hot water in Fontainebleau, 50 km away from Paris.[6]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m "Isabel Marant". British Vogue. Retrieved 2020-03-06.
  2. ^ a b "Isabel Marant is part of the BoF 500". The Business of Fashion. Retrieved 2020-03-06.
  3. ^ a b Doppelt, Gabé (2015-07-20). "The Illustrated Interview: Isabel Marant". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-03-06.
  4. ^ a b c d e Finnigan, Kate (2015-06-12). "Isabel Marant: 'I am my own muse'". The Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 2020-03-06.
  5. ^ a b c d e "Isabel Marant - Sa bio et toute son actualité - Elle". elle.fr (in French). Retrieved 2020-03-06.
  6. ^ a b c d e f g "The Gentlewoman – Isabel Marant". thegentlewoman.co.uk. Retrieved 2020-03-06.
  7. ^ a b c Day, Elizabeth (2013-12-08). "Isabel Marant: 'Sometimes we give an image of life that will never exist'". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2020-03-06.
  8. ^ "Isabel Marant | Workshop | Isabel Marant". Archived from the original on 2013-12-17. Retrieved 2013-12-17.
  9. ^ "Isabel Marant brings her French touch to H&M". Archived from the original on 2013-06-15. Retrieved 2013-06-19. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  10. ^ Krupnick, Ellie (14 November 2013). "OF COURSE: The Isabel Marant Collection Crashes H&M's Website". Huffington Post.
  11. ^ Martino Carrera (10 March 2020), Isabel Marant, Safilo Ink 10-Year Eyewear License Women's Wear Daily.
  12. ^ Mimosa Spencer (18 June 2021), Isabel Marant Launches Vintage Site, Endowment Fund Women's Wear Daily.
  13. ^ "New York Times, Fashion & Style "What's in a Label? Say It in French"". {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  14. ^ "Tokyo Fashion Daily, Isabel Marant Japan". Archived from the original on 2013-03-16. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  15. ^ "Isabel Marant Opens Her First London Boutique - theFashionSpot". thefashionspot.com. 11 December 2013. Retrieved 5 April 2018.
  16. ^ "Why Everyone Loves Isabel Marant". British Vogue. Retrieved 2020-03-06.
  17. ^ "« Isabel Marant : naissance d'une collection » : une créatrice de mode très nature". Le Monde.fr (in French). 2019-12-15. Retrieved 2024-03-08.
  18. ^ "Diseñadora plagió diseño mixe, pero no lo registró a su nombre". Retrieved 2016-07-04.
  19. ^ Larsson, Naomi (17 June 2015). "Inspiration or plagiarism? Mexicans seek reparations for French designer's look-alike blouse". the Guardian. Retrieved 5 April 2018.
  20. ^ "Los mixes defienden "el sentido profundo de su vida"". Retrieved 2016-07-04.
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