Marie Bernadette Woehrl
Marie Bernadette Woehrl
Based in
Antwerp, Belgium
Seniority
3 - 5 years experience
Age
28 years old
Gender
Female
Nationality
Germany
Resume
Fashion Prize 2023
Eyes on Talents Sep. 27, 2023 - Present
Paris , France

Winner of the Eyes on Talents x Premiere Classe Fashion Prize 2023

Independent Leather Goods Designer and Maker
Marie Bernadette Woehrl Jan. 1, 2023 - Present
Antwerp, Belgium

Since the beginning of 2023 I'm working independently on my own niche artisanal collection of wearable leather items. From sketching over development to the production of the final product, everything is a personal project now, imagined and created in my own studio.

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Junior Leather Goods Designer
ECCO Leather Nov. 15, 2021 - Present
Dongen, Netherlands

Contributing designs to the full unisex leather goods range, with a materials-centred approached in mind. For a new, young, active, urban and conscious target group: The New Utopian.
Hand sketching, research, materials and color selection and matching, development of patterns and motives for digital

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printing, ...

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Finalist
International Lab of Mittelmoda
2021
Milano, Italy

I had the honour to show my final collection "SCALPEL" in the finals of the 27th edition of the International Lab of Mittelmoda during MICAM Milan

Creative Team Shoes and Accessories - Internship
Golden Goose Deluxe Brand Mar. 1, 2021 - Aug. 31, 2021
Milano, Italy

Assisting the leather shoes and bags designer in daily tasks such as photorealistic digital rendering,
creating technical sheets and drawings,
placing prints and patterns
trend research, analizing fashion, street- and pop-culture as well as art and design innovations
material research and selectio

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prototype development and follow-up meetings

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Accessory Design and Product Development Intern
Ann Demeulemeester Mar. 16, 2020 - Oct. 16, 2020
Antwerp, Belgium

Design of bags, small leather goods and jewellery
Research, hand sketching, prototype development.
Creation of patterns and mock-ups of the designed bags and belts.
Elaborating technical drawings by hand and computer.
Assisting the shoe-designer in daily tasks.
Assisting the product developers in th

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e process of making the collection (drawing- and fabric books, digitalization of technical drawings for online sales system, ...)
Re-organising the shoe archive of the last 20 years and the complete accessories archive of 30 years

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Bachelor of Arts in Costume & Fashion
Accademia Costume e Moda (Rome) Oct. 2016 - Feb. 2020
Rome, Italy

Bachelors degree in Costume and Fashion Design with specialisation in Accessory Design

ACM Talents 2020 fashion show
Altaroma Ex Caserma Guido Reni Oct. 1, 2019 - Jan. 25, 2020
Rome, Italy

design and realisation and of a no-season, man/woman accessories and footwear capsule collection “SCALPEL” of six outfits

Industry sectors

Fashion

Culture

Sustainability

Skills

Accessories Designer

Leathergoods Designer

Product Development

Art direction

Communication

Software skills

Adobe Illustrator

Adobe Photoshop

Microsoft Office (Word, PowerPoint, Excel...)

Adobe InDesign

Adobe AfterEffects

Languages

German

Native language

English

Fluent

Italian

Fluent

French

Professional knowledge

Dutch

Basic knowledge

Types of contracts
Freelance / Missions
Full Time
Part time
Internship / Work-study
Collaboration
Personal details

UE working permit

Focus sur trois nouveaux talents en maroquinerie

Le concours Eyes on Talents x Première Classe l’a distinguée en 2023. Marie Bernadette Woehrl a testé aux Tuileries sa seconde collection, tout aussi expérimentale et sculpturale que la première. L’Allemande ne s’est pas installée à Anvers par hasard. « J’aime son ambiance artistique, son histoire de

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la mode, dit-elle. Ma première expérience chez Ann Demeulemeester m’a beaucoup inspirée »

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Marie Bernadette Woehrl and her world of woven leather

Winner of the Eyes on Talents x Premiere Classe competition in 2023, the designer will be at the event from 1 to 4 March with Collection 2.

The accessories designer answers our questions from Antwerp, where she lives.

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20 to watch for 2024

Marie Bernadette Woehrl: “My craftsmanship is in the end result”
The German Marie Bernadette Woehrl only recently started her niche label of wearable leather creations and has already won a major award. She makes her designs herself by hand.

With 20 to watch, Flanders DC presents twenty emerging

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talents, who recently took their first steps in the worlds of design or fashion. We believe they will have great success in the future.

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