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Last updated 10:43 Fri 26 Sep 2008

"Imagine Carine Roitfeld seen through the lens of Helmut Newton and you're somewhere close to Hannah Marshall's version of contemporary dressing."
- Sarah Mower (London Fashion Week 'Letter from London', September 2008)

At only 26, British designer Hannah Marshall�s ascent from fresh-faced fashion graduate, to internationally acclaimed young designer has been nothing short of meteoric. A rising star of the fashion firmament, Hannah Marshall has produced just three collections under her eponymous label, all have signaled the beginning of what is to become the reinvention of the Little Black Dress. Erin O�Connor recently loaned the infamous Trapeze Dress to Zandra Rhodes� Fashion & Textile Museum in London for the prestigious Little Black Dress exhibition.

February 2007 saw the introduction of her distinctive AW07 �Quiet Noise� collection which debuted at the On|Off exhibition, followed by the much anticipated catwalk shown SS08 �VoID� in September 2007. Most recently for AW08 �Code Black� was shown as part of New Gen at London Fashion Week. Hannah has successfully received the highly acclaimed New Generation sponsorship for the second season running and will unveil the Spring/Summer 2009 collection at The Exhibition this London Fashion Week 15th-18th September 2008.

A contemporary luxury British brand encapsulating design experience through exquisite clothing. Sharp, refined pieces are delivered with meticulous cut and architectural lines in indulgent and often contrasting fabrics. Featuring body conscious, dynamic and voluminous silhouettes, Marshall dexterously incorporates signature tactile Braille messages into her collections, which are centred on the iconic LBD. Marshall incorporates Braille coding into her garments providing hidden messages, a concept, which stems from her curiosity of the developing fusion of clothing and communication. Coupled with this is the intention to evolve a search for new and innovative aesthetics, the result being an intimate language of silhouette and message to be deciphered only by the wearer. This language is conveyed through the juxtaposition of leather and silk along with a fine sense of colour and obligatory black at the forefront of each collection.

Gaining a First Class degree from Colchester School of Art & Design in 2003, Hannah has since established herself internationally as a designer, an entrepreneur and the face of one of the most immediately coveted luxury brands to launch in recent years. Her talent and wealth of experience with leading London fashion designers attracted the attentions of the first ever Creative Pioneer Programme to come from NESTA (The National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts). At the age of 21, Hannah was the youngest of 30 young entrepreneurs to receive personal and business training to help transform their ideas into a business. Hannah is now supported by The Centre for Fashion Enterprise and has been recognised by organisations such as the Gen Art in New York, Channel 4 and more recently New Generation sponsored by TOPSHOP at London Fashion Week. Internationally recognised, New Generation support has helped launch the careers of some of Britain�s top designers, including the likes of Alexander McQueen, Matthew Williamson and Julien McDonald.
Press coverage highlights include; British VOGUE, Style.com, VOGUE Italia, American ELLE, Grazia, Financial Times, The Independent, Gap Press and Japanese ELLE to name a few.

Hannah Marshall® is made in England.

Website: www.hannahmarshall.com