Erdem Moralıoğlu

Erdem Moralioğlu, more commonly known as Erdem (born 1977 in Montreal, Canada) is a Canadian-British-Turkish fashion designer.[1]

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Biography

Moralioğlu was born in in Montreal, Canada to a Turkish father and an English mother and grew up between Montreal and Birmingham.[2] He earned a B.A. in fashion from Ryerson University in Toronto and then worked as an intern for Vivienne Westwood.[3] Moralioğlu moved to London in 2000 to study fashion at the Royal College of Art.[1] Upon receiving his master's degree in 2003, he proceeded to go onto closing the 2003 RCA show with his graduate collection[4] He then moved to New York where he worked alongside Diane von Furstenberg before relocating back to London to launch his own label in 2005.[5] His imaginative debut collection won him the £100,000 Fashion Fringe prize[2] and he has staged four London Fashion Week shows as well as being awarded with the Swarovski British Fashion Council Fashion Enterprise Award in 2007. His label "Erdem" is now sold globally in more than 50 premiere department and specialty stores including Barney's throughout the United States and Selfridges, Harvey Nichols and Liberty & Co. in the United Kingdom.[6] In 2010, Moralioğlu was awarded the inaugural British Fashion Council/Vogue Designer Fashion Fund which included a £200,000 prize which is the biggest sum ever awarded to a fashion designer in the United Kingdom.[7][8]

Awards

Moralioğlu has received numerous prestigious awards including:

He was also nominated by the British Fashion Council for "Designer of the Year 2009" and was named one of the 1000 most influential people in London by the Evening Standard.[5]

Personal life

He currently lives and operates a studio in Bethnal Green, east London.[10] Moralioğlu has a twin sister, Sara, who makes TV documentaries about geography and natural history.[11]

References

  1. ^ a b Vogue. "Erdem Moralioglu". http://www.vogue.co.uk/biographies/100331-erdem-moralioglu-biography.aspx. Retrieved 2011-02-27. 
  2. ^ a b Hello Magazine. "Erdem Moralioglu". http://fashionweek.hellomagazine.com/london-2010-spring-summer/designer/20090218209/erdem/moralioglu/profile/1/. Retrieved 2011-02-27. 
  3. ^ W Magazine. "Erdem Moralioglu: The English Channel". http://www.wmagazine.com/fashion/2008/09/erdem_moralioglu. Retrieved 2011-02-27. 
  4. ^ London Fashion Week. "Erdem". http://www.londonfashionweek.co.uk/designers/documents/doc_377.pdf. Retrieved 2011-02-27. 
  5. ^ a b V&A. "Erdem Moralioglu". http://www.vam.ac.uk/collections/fashion/fashion_motion/erdem_fashion_motion/index.html. Retrieved 2011-02-27. 
  6. ^ a b c d e f British Fashion Council. "BFC ANNOUNCES WINNER OF THE BFC/VOGUE FASHION FUND". http://www.britishfashioncouncil.com/uploads/media/62/14328.pdf. Retrieved 2011-02-27. 
  7. ^ Telegraph. "Erdem wins first British Fashion Council/ Vogue Designer Fashion Fund Award". The Daily Telegraph (London). http://fashion.telegraph.co.uk/columns/hilary-alexander/TMG7540638/Erdem-wins-first-British-Fashion-Council-Vogue-Designer-Fashion-Fund-Award.html. Retrieved 2011-02-27. 
  8. ^ The Times (31 March 2010). "Flower dressing: why Erdem is a winner". London. http://women.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/women/fashion/article7081837.ece. Retrieved 2011-02-27. 
  9. ^ Vogue. "The First Fund". http://www.vogue.co.uk/news/daily/100330-erdem-wins-the-vogue-bfc-fashion-fu.aspx. Retrieved 2011-02-27. 
  10. ^ The Independent (15 September 2008). "Star in the making: Designer Erdem Moralioglu". London. http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/fashion/features/star-in-the-making-designer-erdem-moralioglu-930495.html. Retrieved 2011-02-27. 
  11. ^ Style. "Erdem". http://www.style.com/fashionshows/review/F2010RTW-ERDEM. Retrieved 2011-02-27. 

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