Andreas Kronthaler (fashion designer)
Andreas Kronthaler (born 26 January 1966) is an Austrian creative director, design partner. He is the husband of Vivienne Westwood.
Early life
Kronthaler was born in Tyrol, Austria.
In 1980, he went to art school in Graz, Austria, where he spent five years training to be a jeweler. During this time, he began to experiment with fashion, making clothes at home to be sold to friends and in local stores.
He studied Industrial Design at the Vienna School of Applied Art and switched to fashion design.
Career
In 1988, Kronthaler met Vivienne Westwood while she was teaching fashion design at the Vienna School of Applied Art.[1] In 1989, he moved to London to work for her firm. Their first joint collection was the Spring–Summer 1991 collection: Cut and Slash. In this collection, Kronthaler presented Renaissance-inspired gowns – later named the Sun Wheel dress.
Kronthaler and Westwood married in 1992.[2] They continued to develop collections together.[3]
References
- Madsen, Anders Christian (3 May 2018). "Rendez-Vogue: Andreas Kronthaler". British Vogue. Retrieved 18 January 2019.
- Croft, Claudia (8 January 2017). "The marvellous Mr Westwood". The Times. Archived from the original on 30 September 2021. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- Whitehouse, Matthew (7 December 2018). "Andreas Kronthaler: 'When I came to Britain, I was young and very, very sexy'". British GQ. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- "Andreas Kronthaler". The Business of Fashion. Retrieved 18 January 2019.