Marine Serre Why does the world need another fashion brand? That’s the question Marine Serre has been pondering since winning the 2017 edition of the LVMH Prize for Young Designers in June, an event that propelled the 25-year-old into the international spotlight only a year after her graduation from Belgian school La Cambre. It proved a bonanza moment for the young talent, who in the same year was a finalist of both the Hyères International Festival of Fashion and Photography and the ANDAM Fashion Award Creative Label prize. Serre has used the 300,000-euro prize to build her team. “When we won, there was just me, my sister [Justine Serre] and my boyfriend [Pepijn van Eeden]. Now, we’re around 10 people,” said the designer, adding that being thrust into the spotlight has led to some deep reflection on her newfound responsibilities as she moves from being a designer to the owner of a brand. (She quit her job on the design team of Balenciaga around six months ago in order to focus all her energies on her label.) “I’m really happy to be given the chance to share a certain vision and to change, even if it’s super small, what I can change,” said Serre
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