Love & Alchemy

For her debut collection as the creative director of leather goods and accessories at Bulgari, celebrated designer Mary Katrantzou has dispatched a keen statement of intent, finds Hasina Jeelani

- Hasina Jeelani

The year is 2008, and the world is reeling from one of the worst financial crises in recent times. In between the fiscal turmoil, a young fashion graduate sets foot in the market with a unique trompe l’oeil style that would eventually have her dubbed as the ‘queen of prints’. In the years to follow, veritable fashion icons from Beyoncé and Zendaya to Michelle Obama would gravitate towards her mood-boosting creations. And now, designer Mary Katrantzou steps into yet another significant chapter of her career: scripting a new future as the first-ever creative director of leather goods and accessories at Bulgari.