Marlies Dekkers Explained

Marlies Dekkers
Birth Date:1965 11, df=y
Birth Place:Oosterhout, Netherlands
Nationality:Dutch
Label Name:marliesdekkers
Occupation:Fashion designer
Spouse:Peter Wagenaar (divorced 2006)

Marlies Dekkers (in Dutch; Flemish pronounced as /mɑrˈlis ˈdɛkərs/; born 29 November 1965 in Oosterhout) is a Dutch fashion designer known for her lingerie line Undressed.

Biography

She studied at the Art school in Breda, graduating cum laude (with distinction) in 1991. With the aid of a government grant, she launched, two years later in 1993, her first collection of items under the fashion label Undressed, heralded at the time as a new approach to designing lingerie.

In 1996, Dekkers married Peter Wagenaar, a photographer. The couple have a daughter Zilver (Silver in Dutch). Wagenaar was also a member of the board of Marlies Dekkers' company. When the couple divorced in 2006, Wagenaar also left the company.

Points of sale

The Marlies Dekkers brand (stylized in print as "marlies|dekkers") is sold in 1,000 Marlies Dekkers stores worldwide in cities such as Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Antwerp, Paris, Bangkok, Berlin, Moscow and Cologne. A store was briefly opened in New York from December 2008 to March 2009[1] and in Utrecht at the end of 2008. The products are also sold online.

There are 4 additional locations that carry marlies|dekkers. The newest of these locations, Uplift Intimate Apparel, opened in 2017 in Carmel, Indiana, and carries a wide variety of her styles. In Salt Lake City, Utah, the BraBar|boutique, which opened in 2012, carries Undressed and marlies|dekkers. Estilo established marlies|dekkers sales in 2009, and the Australasian relater Myer carries this brand.

Fashion lines

Awards

Public Collections

Notes and References

  1. (24 April 2009).Marlies Dekkers sluit winkel in VS, Fashion United (in Dutch)
  2. http://www.nu.nl/economie/1014307/lingeriekoningin-dekkers-zakenvrouw-van-het-jaar-video.html Lingeriekoningin Dekkers Zakenvrouw van het jaar
  3. http://www.hollandtrade.com/vko/zoeken/ShowBouwsteen.asp?bstnum=1914&location=/vko/sectoranalyses/sector.asp?sector=ktx&highlight= Marlies Dekkers wins American fashion accolade
  4. http://www.nu.nl/achterklap/1838709/marlies-dekkers-en-dries-van-noten-winnen-modeprijs.html Marlies Dekkers en Dries van Noten winnen modeprijs
  5. https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/search?p=1&ps=12&maker=Marlies%20Dekkers Collection Rijksmuseum