Vanessa MORIN

Vanessa Morin describes her work as progressive, mystic and recognizable. This German-born designer (1985) lived and worked in Paris for a few years before she started designing under her own name. Before that she had a long career path – first exploring various artistic and creative fields before discovering a passion for fashion design.

She studied fashion design and pattern making at the ESMOD International Fashion School in Munich where she graduated with the “Prix Createur” in 2007. She also received several other young designer awards in Spain, Beijing, Berlin and Norway and shortly (to no one’s surprise) joined the high-end, avant-garde fashion house Damir Doma. In 2012, after five years working with Doma, she returned to Munich to launch the VANESSAMORIN label that she describes as “elaborated, progressive fashion for women with confidence, designed with a devotion to fine elements and precise details”.

In 2013 she began teaching fashion design to final-year students at the Munich affiliate of her alma mater, ESMOD International Fashion School, and soon became the school’s artistic director. This book on fashion illustration, created with Dorothea Beisser, is her way to focus on the beautiful work of ESMOD Munich students and inspire future fashion students worldwide.