Serena Cancellier
Serena Cancellier
Lieu
Paris , France
Seniorité
Plus de 10 ans d'expérience
Age
45 ans
Genre
Femme
Nationalité
France
À propos

Serena Cancellier  created STUDIOCANCELLIER, a leather goods and accessories creative lab,  after 15 years of experience as designer and director designer of leather goods in luxury brands.

She lived and work in Milano, Venice, Paris and Florence, where she designed “it bags” for Bottega Veneta, Pra

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da, Louboutin and Balmain.

STUDIOCANCELLIER design and managed leather goods collection with a design thinking approach.

The design process start from the exploration of the client's core values and “why” and finish with the realisation of the collection, composed by well finished and merchandisables products, ready for the industrialization.

From the Vision to the Products

Serena Had the chance to work for years with the AD of each company she reached, learning from them, discovering different perspective, experiencing more than thousand collections, inspiring herself each time.

She is also well trained in development, collaborating with product, sourcing and production team.

She know, and she is in love with, craft and technical skills thanks to all the Italian leather goods artisans, the designers best friends!

She formlaized a metodology in conception, planning and timing, as well as in merchandising,  designing through different product categories and visual merchandising. She managed the leathregoods styling during the shooting and campaign and accessories still life pictures.

She manage all strategic levers like target, positioning, pricing, performance  of the collection and communication.

In STUDIOCANCELLIER we know that every collection is a balance between many topics as: the brand identity and client’s aspirations, needs, trends, craftmanship, factories, timing, budget, communication, industrialisation and final price.

every season is a journey made of love, comprehension and challengs, is an obstacle race, and we love all that!

We think that inspiration and imagination comes from lives, creativity  is the ability to transform imagination into reality.

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DESIGN DIRECTOR and CREATIVE MANAGER of leathergoods
STUDIOCANCELLIER 2019 - Présent
PARIS, France

Created STUDIOCANCELLIER Paris,
Leather goods and accessories creative Lab.
The design process start from the exploration of the client's core values and finish with the realisation of the collection.
From the vision to the products.

Worked with Diego Dolcini on the shoes project “Diego Dolcini f

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or Baccarat,

Designed and managed leathergoods collections for :
Kilometre Paris by Alexandra Senes
Moncler

Created her own Statement collection as a way to share her vision and methodology to inspire designers and new clients.

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executive
Institut Français de la Mode - IFM - (Paris) 2019 - 2019
Paris, France

Selected, with other only 8 peolpe, for the entrepreneurs program, is a comprehensive program at all levels of the business: design, creative process, design thinking, motivation activity, branding, strategy, marketing, communication to build a structure and organisation for design.
Selected to work

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in the STATIONF , the bigger startup campus in Europe.

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FABIAN HIROSE EXECUTIVE COACHING 2019
OTHERS 2019 - 2019
PARIS, France

professional practice for creative directors and creative manager

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DESIGN DIRECTOR OF LEATHERGOODS
Balmain oct.. 2016 - oct.. 2018
PARIS, France

Responsanble for the leathergoods collections was Involved from the begginig in the creation of the leather goods and shoes department In Paris and Florence , with the collegue Diego Dolcini, shoes design Director.
Established the process for the development of a leather goods collection with the Op

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erations Director and the Accessories Collection Director from Valentino.
Designed and managed eight leathergoods collections per year composed by 60 to 90 sku each.

DESIGN AND PRODUCTS STRATEGY
Interpretated and realised the Olivier Roustaing’s leather goods vision,
Established the products and collection plan with the merchandising manager
Elaborated inspiration from pret a porter and embroidery to leather goods
Managed the work of three junior leather goods designer in Paris
Designed the packaging and the lipstick for the L’Oreal project

PRODUCTS DEVELOPMENT
Collaborated everyday with development team and factories in Florence,
Setting up the timing
Scouting new factories and suppliers
Maked decision concerning design, budget and timing
Challenged the collection structure in order to follow the budget
Worked on the pricing directly with the factories in order to respect the target

PRODUCTS PRESENTATION AND SELLING
Explained the collection briefing to to the brand manager, the retail and marketing manager
Gived technical explainetion on the handbags and leather to the sales people
Choosed with the AD the products for the press
Directed the photographers for the leather goods shooting
Setting up the visual merch in show room

INDUSTRIALISTATION
Supervising the industrialistation with the factories
Follow up the delivery

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SENIOR leathergoods deigner
PRADA fév.. 1, 2015 - août. 1, 2016
Paris, France

I was one of the two woman leather goods senior designers, worked directly with Mrs Prada and Mr Bertelli.
Charged of trend forecast from Paris, translated inspiration and styles into the leathergoods collections.
Managed four junior designers in Paris, Milano and Toscany.
Designed the Arcade, the

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Cahier and the Corsaire bag, which are still prada “it bags”.

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DESIGN DIRECTOR of leathergoods
CHRISTIAN LOUBOUTIN oct.. 1, 2010 - jan.. 1, 2015
Paris, France

Design Director for women’s and men’s leather goods collections.
Managed 6 collections per year with almost 50 sku each.
Increased the leathergoods sales from 2% to 20%.
Created iconic Louboutin hardware and products, like the spikes lines .
Managed and elaborated the collection plan, the timing, t

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he materials research, the factories,
Settled up the shooting and visual merchandising in showroom,
followed the pricing and all the industrialization steps.
Designed, with the archtects team, the leathergoods areas in all new louboutin stores.

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DESIGN DIRECTOR of leathergoods, COUNSULTING
Maliparmi and AutreChose jan.. 1, 2010 - déc.. 1, 2010
MILANO, Italie

Founded my own studio working as a Consulting Leather Goods Designer, with one employee, for Maliparmi, with Silvia Bisconti, and Autrechose.
I spent my time working between Italy, India, France and Vietnam.

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DESIGN DIRECTOR of leathergoods
VIONNET mar.. 1, 2010 - fév.. 1, 2010
MILANO, Italie

Responsible for woman's leather goods collections, I worked on two collections from ideation to finalization of the product.
I was in charge of the product manager.

Leathergoods and Jewellery Designer
BOTTEGA VENETA sept.. 1, 2006 - fév.. 1, 2009

I worked on women’s & men’s leather goods and jewelry collections with the creative director Edoardo Marziari and the art director Tomas Maier.

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Degree
Central Saint Martins school of London juil.. 1, 2006 - août. 1, 2006

Bags and Jewelry Design and Communication.

Assistant leathergoods designer
RENATO CORTI jan.. 1, 2004 - août. 1, 2006

In Renato Corti’s Office, I was assigned to work with Giovanni Morelli designer for Marc Jacobs leather goods.
I did research for Chanel, Louis Vuitton, Rochas and Yamamoto.

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Textile Designer
CHIRON COMO juil.. 1, 2003 - déc.. 1, 2003

July 2003 – Dec 2003
Worked on trend book CHIRON.
Worked, in collaboration with Fantoccoli Como, for IdeaComo and Milano Unica.

Degree
Istituto Europeo di Design in Milano, Italy sept.. 1, 2000 - juil.. 1, 2003

Fashion and Textile Design, Final mark: 100/100 with honours

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Bac
Liceo Classico in Casale Monferrato, Italy sept.. 1, 1993 - juil.. 1, 1998

Gymnasium high school focus on classical humanities; Greek and Latin literature, Philosophy and Art History.

Primary school
Scuola Steineriana in Casale Monferrato, Italy sept.. 1, 1985 - juil.. 1, 1990

Waldorf education focus on the role of the imagination and creativity in learning, developing thinking that includes a creative as well as an analytic component.

Langues

français

Courant

anglais

Capacité professionnelle

italien

Langue natale