Risto Bimbiloski

Risto Bimbiloski is a Macedonian fashion designer, born in 1975 and based in Paris.

He is the Founder and Creative Director of his own womenswear contemporary line called: Risto.

A graduate from Ecole Duperré, he started his career at Jean Colonna and Thierry Mugler. He worked at Louis Vuitton as menswear knitwear designer. In parallel with his eponymous brand, he works at Kenzo as head of knitwear, since arrival of Humberto Leon and Carol Lim.

Celebrities such as Katy Perry, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Santigold or Courtney Love wear Risto.

Tavi Gevinson selected Risto among the world's most exceptional international young designers for the book Pattern (Phaidon Press Ltd).

Sources

• Official website: http://www.risto.com
• Industrie: http://industrie.nowmanifest.com/2011/10/24/risto-bimbiloskis-livework-space/
• Amica : http://www.amica.it/2013/11/22/risto-bimbiloski/
• Book : Pattern (Phaidon Press Ltd) - ISBN 0714849723, ISBN 978 - 0714849720
• Dazed: http://www.dazeddigital.com/fashion/article/4122/1/the-rise-of-risto-bimbiloski