Maria Intscher-Owrang is a fashion innovator. Her critically-acclaimed designs have been featured on the covers and pages of the international fashion press for two decades. A graduate of London’s prestigious Central Saint Martins MA Fashion program under the guidance of legendary Louise Wilson OBE,
Maria is an experienced design leader, having worked at top fashion houses across 5 countries, as well as for her own eponymous brand founded in Antwerp, Belgium. Her research into sustainable and ethical luxury began in 2006, while designing for two of the first pioneering brands to take on these initiatives. Skilled in design direction, research, trend analysis, fashion illustration, textile design/sourcing, and draping, Maria is a highly creative designer with international experience and a passionate advocate for the modernization of the fashion industry.
New York/Raleigh, United States
Team leadership, sustainable development, biomaterials research and innovation, concept, strategy, creative direction
New York, United States
Team leadership, concept and design for runway collection, fabric sourcing, draping, budget oversight, fittings
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Positive change within fashion has the power to change the world. Fashion can lead the world as a platform for new sustainable business models and methods of manufacturing. We now have the opportunity to modernize manufacturing within the fashion industry. This will have a global effect, due to both
the size and the visibility of the apparel industry. Fashion can be part of a positive movement towards less environmental impact from manufacturing of products.
New York, United States
Design for wovens and concept research for both runway and commercial collections
New York, United States
Concept and design for women's collection, sustainable and fair trade fabric sourcing/manufacturing
Los Angeles, United States
Team leadership, design for ecologically sustainable runway collection, bags and fabrics. Pioneering sustainability research, development and innovation
Forlì, Italy / Antwerp, Belgium
Team Leadership, creative direction, concept and design for wovens, knit, accessories, denim and prints, fabric sourcing
London, United Kingdom
Design support, patterns and production for showpieces
London, United Kingdom
Fashion
Sustainability
Technology
Team Leadership
Creative Direction
cross-functional team management
highly effective communicator
wovens design
Apparel Design
Knitwear Design
Sustainable Innovation
Tailoring
product creation
biomaterials innovation
circularity planning
circular economy
English
Native language
Italian
Fluent
French
Basic knowledge
German
Fluent
Green card holder / US working permit
Potentially open to relocate
