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Roksanda Ilinčić (born Belgrade, 1977) is a Serbian fashion designer based in London. She is known for her elegant day and evening dresses, which are worn by some high profile clients.
Ilinic was born in Belgrade, then capital of Yugoslavia, and travelled the world with her parents; her father Lazar was a successful businessman and her mother Ranka worked in public relations.
Roksanda collects vintage Yves Saint Laurent pieces, a passion inherited from her mother.
Ilinic now lives in north London with her husband, Philip Bueno de Mesquita, who founded the sports shoe brand 'Acupuncture', and their daughter, Efimia (b.
Roksanda Ilinčić (born Belgrade, 1977) is a Serbian fashion designer based in London. She is known for her elegant day and evening dresses, which are worn by some high profile clients.
Ilinic was born in Belgrade, then capital of Yugoslavia, and travelled the world with her parents; her father Lazar was a successful businessman and her mother Ranka worked in public relations.
Roksanda collects vintage Yves Saint Laurent pieces, a passion inherited from her mother.
Ilinic now lives in north London with her husband, Philip Bueno de Mesquita, who founded the sports shoe brand 'Acupuncture', and their daughter, Efimia (b. 2011).
Ilincic studied architecture and design at the Faculty of Applied Arts, Belgrade University, before coming to study at Central Saint Martins in London in 1999, where she graduated with an MA in Womenswear.
She has her eponymous label, first showing at London Fashion Week in 2003; the range includes day and evening dresses, hand bags and swimwear. Ilincic is known for bold use of colour, luxurious fabrics and clean, elegant lines.
She has also produced diffusion lines for high street stores Whistles and Debenhams.
In July 2012, she launched a new childrenswear line, 'Blossom', inspired in part by her daughter, Efimia.
In the run-up to the London 2012 Olympics, she was one of a number of designers who created a tee-shirt to raise funds for the Evening Standard's 'Dispossessed Fund'.
Ilincic has dressed Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, Michelle Obama, and the wife of the British Prime Minister, Samantha Cameron.
Other notable clients include actors and performers Jamelia, Gwyneth Paltrow, Björk, Lady Gaga, Serena Rees, Margherita Missoni, Kate Hudson, Tilda Swinton, Chloë Sevigny, Liberty Ross, Róisín Murphy, Rosamund Pike, and Thandie Newton.
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