Coralie Marabelle
I am a womenswear designer and creative director. I have previously worked for Hermès, Margiela at the artisanal line and at Alexander McQueen in London. After winning a prize at the Hyères International Fashion Festival, l had launched my own eponymous label which I runned for 8 years until 2022. Since then I have been working freelance and I am now looking forward to join a creative house again. I am looking for a senior designer / head of design position in a luxury house, in Paris or abroad.
Head of design (women, men, couture) : - Oversee daily creative direction, ensuring coherence across all product lines and categories in line with the artistic director’s vision and the DNA of LdSS - Contribute to the development of moodboards, themes, and creative research - Source and validate fabrics, colors, and silhouettes in collaboration with the artistic director - Manage the creative team, the atelier & supervise the full development process from sketches to final looks Collection Manager : - Led the fast-track development of a 200-SKUS menswear, womenswear, and couture collection within six weeks under challenging deadlines - Build the collection plan : improve the collection’s structure and balance image pieces and commercial products - Oversee the collection calendar and budget
- Creative research : moodboards, fabrics research, colors recommandations - Fashion design : hand sketching, draping, pattern making for woven, knitwear, jersey - Studio direction and collection coordination for womenswear, accessories, shoes, leathergoods and collaborations - Textile experimentation for embellishment and couture projects - Art direction & production : creative research, art buying (casting, production) and art direction for photo and video shootings (campaigns and lookbook)
Wise Women is a circle of commited women from art and culture - Women empowerment in the creative fields and mentoring actions dedicated to younger generations - Organised an artistic residency in Paris, supporting 12 artists and co-producing 7 art exhibitions between december 2022 and november 2023. - Managing a team of 10 people
Fashion design : - 14 collections of womenswear from 25 to 75 products per collection (woven, knitwear, jersey, denim and accessories), controlled the full process from design to production - Collaboration with artists like @carolinedenervaud and @liarochasparis - Design costume for the french music band @Catastrophez - Capsule collections in collaboration with La Redoute, Peace Bird China, Guérin Jewelry, The Socialite Family Eco-conception : - Strong engagement in sustainable fashion : collections responsibly made, sustainable materials, eco-friendly production, ethical practicies, minimum waste, no sales policy. - Upcycling : «Manifesta line», second line made of second hand garments and dead stock fabrics Image art direction : - Define and develop brand and image contents, social media, digital communication and collaboration with artists and influencers - Won the Public Prize at the Hyères International Fashion Festival in 2014 with my very first collection - Presented a second collection within the «Formers»’s space at the Hyères International Fashion Festival in 2015 - Designed our first shop CORALIE MARABELLE in Paris open from october 2017 to march 2020 - Operate two fundraising in 2017 and 2019 and manage our relationship with our investors - Managed 4 to 7 internal team and a larger team of freelancers
Winner of the Public Prize of the Hyères International Festival of Fashion and Photography 2014
Womenswear designer, reporting to Head designer Christine Nielsen and Creative Director Sarah Burton - Creative research - Textile experimentations - Hand-sketching for pre and main collections - Management of a team of 10 interns to develop textile experimentations - Coordination between the studio and the atelier
Assistant to Matthieu Blazy, Head Designer of the Artisanale Line for the Autumn-Winter 2012 collection - Researching inspirations and materials - Draping / Textile - Embroidery research, experimentation and development - Development of show pieces - Restoration of historical garments and archive pieces
Assistant of Simon Simonton, senior designer, for Autumn-Winter 2012 pre and main collections - Creative research, textile experimentations & draping - Development of show pieces in coordination with the atelier
Assistant to all the design team (woven, knitwear and leather designers) under the art direction of Jean-Paul Gaultier
Art Buyer Assistant to Alexandra Lejeune-Deusy and Emily Anrep - Worked on the production of the special edition of the magazine The World of Hermès, n°54 dedicated to the photographer Tim Walker - Also assisted stylist Sybille de Saint Phalle for the styling during the shoot