MAGDALENA SEIFRIED - Biography
"Fashion is a creative, individual form of expression which will melt together to a unity with the wearer. With each design I develop an own story, which will be told forward individually by any person wearing the design. Like this unique stories will be born!!!!!!!!!!"

  • Institute for Fashion Design and Garment Construction / Vienna
  • A one year training for costume design / Vienna
  • Study of textile design teacher at the University of Art in Vienna (for 2 years), didn´t finish on account of an employment at Vivienne Westwood in London
  • Pattern cutter (womenswear and menswear) for Vivienne Westwood
  • Assistant to Mr. Pearl (includes pattern cutting, first samples, realisation of show garments, fittings with designers), he furnishes special embroidery, tailoring, made to measure corsetry for private customers and haute couture. We worked for Thierry Mugler, Christian Lacroix, Vivienne Westwood, Dior, Galliano.
  • Further freelance work for Shirin Chashmere (London), Julien MacDonald – Linnet Hannan (London), Atelier Yo (who also works for Thierry Mugler and does costume design – Belgium), Phillipa Warden (London), Christina Perrin (New York)
  • One year as a saleswoman at Dr. Haider Petkov , exklusive knitwear / Vienna
  • Patterndevelopment and prototypconstruction for a collection of thick lederchairs, in order of Matteograssi in Italy, for EOOS Design GmbH / Vienna
  • Businesstraining
  • Magdalena couture - M/c
    "feuilles des fleurs" multifunctional scarf and stola collection

Details, pictures of my work and references you will find on my homepage.

M/c
Magdalena Couture
Designer: Magdalena Seifried
www.members.aon.at/magdalenacouture