The Bite Magazine - issue 16

Designer Profile Jada Brookes discovers the design and ethical ideas behind Céline Marie’s lingerie collections. A s a designer who is passion- ate about creating lingerie that caters for women’s wellbeing, outer demeanour and personal aura, Céline Marie’s dedication is clearly seen in her work. It was when she was a young child that she discovered her creative flair and began expressing this through different mediums such as drawings, paintings, and arts and crafts. Eventually her medium of self-expression developed into the fabrics and clothes she used and designed. Arriving in London after her graduation back home in Germany, Céline Marie started a BA (Hons) Fashion Contour course at the London College of Fashion. Before this, she previously had no profes- sional education in fashion, having initially picked up techniques from her mother that enabled her to further develop her skills through trial and experimentation. Not only has Céline Marie gained experience in clothes making, struc- tured lingerie and corsetry, as well as undertaking an undergraduate course, but she has also worked closely with different designers such as Christian Cowan-Sanluis, eLai London and Olwen Bourke as a studio assist, creative pattern cutter or styling assist. She is also a free- lance lingerie and costume designer under her own name where she creates made-to-measure pieces for special occa- sions. It was from watching her mother sew cute dresses for her Barbies and herself that helped her decide what she wanted to do when she was older. bite lingerie Marie