giovedì 8 dicembre 2011

Mirit Weinstock @ wok-store





About Mirit Weinstock

"Through her entire internship, Mirit proved the highest professional qualities. Her work was creative, conceptual, precise, original and inspiring" Alber Elbaz, Artistic Director, Maison Lanvin, Paris.

Mirit Weinstock was born on March 2, 1977 – in the port city of Haifa, Israel.
At the age of 21, discharged from her mandatory service in the army, she began her studies in fashion design at the Shenkar School of Engineering and Design in Israel. In her 4 years of studies, Mirit chose to specialize in Fashion and Performance Art.

In Septmber 2003, Mirit started an internship at "Maison Lanvin", one of the leading fashion houses in Paris. She had the privilege to work with Alber Elbaz, Lanvin's artistic director. Later in 2003, Mirit was selected as a Chosen Artist of the Israeli Cultural Excellence Foundation (IcExcellence) in the field of Fashion design.
At the beginning of 2004, Mirit returned to Israel and started developing her own label of ready to wear fashion for women. The line was officially born in June 2004, and launched its first US collection in Summer 2006. Today, the line is sold in specialty stores across America, Europe and Israel. The line presents the ready to wear collection and a wedding dress collection.