EISEN Mark (Designer)

Jodie Kidd is picked out in a catwalk line-up at the end of Mark Eisen's show. She is wearing a mix of animal skin, wool and shiny silk. Born in South Africa, Eisen studied at the University of Southern California, where he learned business and achieved fame by designing a football helmet for "Trojans" fans, and also gained the sensibility for streamlined, no-nonsense dressing that stresses contemporary materials. Eisen's flirtatious, but simple, silhouettes and intense materials are relaxed versions of contentious European fashion, giving wearability to otherwise challenging schemes. He has shown "couture denim" and other signs of the street in a style former New York Times journalist Amy Spindler called, "driven by the spirit of techno music, repetitive, strong and stripped down". He was a key sponsor of the Africa Designs Fashion Competition in 2000, and although he closed his brand in 2009 he continues to work as a consultant. 

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