Mary Katrantzou

Mary Katrantzou T-shirt for Topshop

Having a slight obsession with Mary Katrantzou recently lead me to wake up really early last friday for the launch of Topshops New Gen designer t-shirt collaboration. They had a facebook competition for the past few weeks where you could win a t shirt each day, i entered nearly every single day and won nothing U_U. I then realised that the Tees would eventually be on sale! The Mary Katrantzou, Jonathan Saunders and Meadham Kirchhoff all caught my eye but the Katrantzou ombre floral all-over print made me weak at the knees.

Purchasing on that day was such a bonus, shipping was half price, they sent you a free Mary Katrantzou print tote bag, a ‘Ten years supporting British fashion’ newspaper and a little new-gen bag for the Tee! Plus student discount! I actually paid less than the T-shirt was up for sale for. – Smart move. Anyways i was incredibly excited and just wanted to vent my excitement.

Also included was 10 facts about Mary Katrantzou –

Mary Katrantzou is a team of 12.
Their collections are thematic and have been inspired by perfume bottles, blown glass, 18th century portraits, interiors and objects of art among others.
Mary graduated from Central Saint Martins MA Fashion in 2008.
Their designs have been spotted on Anna dello Russo, Kiera Knightly and Alexa chung.
Their SS12 finale dress, teflon, weighed 15kg.
Their 3rd range with Topshop launched in Feb 2012.
Mary Katrantzou won the British fashion award for emerging talent in the womenswear category.
In their SS12 show they used 18,000 carnations for their flower field installation.
Mary Katrantzou is sold in over 160 stored worldwide in over 35 countries.
Serena Van der Woodsen wore Serendipity dress from SS11 in epsiode 8 of season 5 in Gossip Girl.

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