Alexandra Kiesel was born near Leipzig. After completing an apprenticeship as a dressmaker in Leipzig she moved to Berlin to study Fashion at the “Kunsthochschule Weißensee”. After completing her degree she took part in an exchange to study Mixed Media in Vienna at the “Universität für Angewandte Kunst”. She has previously shown her own collection in numerous fashion shows, including at Berlin Fashion Week, and has also completed fashion internships with labels such as BLESS in Berlin. In was here that Alexandra met Aya Kikutani from Japan, with whom she created the collection. She has already had success in international fashion awards including the ‘Crossover’ fashion competition in New York and since 2007 has received a fashion design scholarship from the “Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes”. Alexandra has also done styling work for a number of German films, such as “The Reader” and the “Baader Meinhof-Komplex”.
