Mart_Visser

Mart Visser

Mart Visser

Dutch fashion designer and sculptor

Mart Visser, born July 10, 1968, is a Dutch fashion designer and sculptor from Sleeuwijk, Netherlands.

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Education

Visser studied fashion and design at the Hoge School Amsterdam. The Amsterdam Fashion Academy (formerly known as Charles Montaigne) and the Saga International Design Centre in Copenhagen,[1] and worked as assistant for Frans Molenaar.[2]

Career

Fashion

Visser launched his first couture collection in 1992 and went on to create a ready-to-wear collection in 2003.[3] The store Mart Visser Haute Couture is located in Amsterdam, Netherlands. In 2009, Visser designed new uniforms for KLM Royal Dutch Airlines for female pilots, cabin and ground crews, consisting of a capsule wardrobe of 11 pieces.[4]

Visual arts

In 2022, his paintings and sculptures were the subject of a three-month exhibition in Beelden aan Zee.[5]

Personal life

Visser was born to Arie Visser and Marry Visser-van Doorn [nl], a Dutch politician who served in the House of Representatives of the Netherlands from 1997 to 2002 for the Christian Democratic Appeal, as middle of three children.[6] Visser is openly gay[6] and married to his husband Job van Dooren, a business consultant.[2]

References

  1. [1]
    "Mart Visser - Gallerease". gallerease.com. Retrieved 2022-05-11.
  2. [2]
    van Wijk, Marieke. "Hij van Mart Visser". Margriet (in Dutch). Retrieved 27 January 2024.
  3. [3]
    WW, FashionNetwork com. "Mart Visser to open temporary museum and concept store". FashionNetwork.com. Retrieved 2023-12-06.
  4. [4]
    "Dutch fashion designer mart visser creates new KLM uniforms". February 2009.
  5. [5]
    "Mart Visser | Museum Beelden aan Zee | Beeldhouwkunst in Den Haag". www.beeldenaanzee.nl. Retrieved 27 January 2024.
  6. [6]
    van de Sande, Monique (3 October 2018). "Ernst Visser: 'Mart trekt de kar'". Financiëele Dagblad (in Dutch). Retrieved 27 January 2024.


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