written like an advertisement . please help improve it by removing promotional content and inappropriate external links and by adding encyclopedic content written from a neutral point of view . november 2010 learn how and when to remove this template message marchesa type privately held industry fashion founded 2004 headquarters new york products women s dresses wedding dresses handbags china website http www.marchesa.com marchesa is a brand specializing in high end womenswear established in 2004 by georgina chapman and keren craig . the brand has been worn by a number of hollywood actresses on the red carpet including pen lope cruz blake lively jennifer lopez kate hudson cameron diaz selena gomez halle berry leighton meester rihanna eva longoria taylor swift miley cyrus emma watson olivia wilde kristen stewart nikki reed and hailee steinfeld . sandra bullock wore marchesa at the 2010 academy awards where she won best actress and was also named among the best dressed by readers of the huffington post . 1 a number of celebrities wore marchesa to the 2016 met gala including poppy delevingne 2 karol na kurkov 3 and nina dobrev . 4 marchesa is sold in high end department stores worldwide including neiman marcus 5 bergdorf goodman 6 saks fifth avenue and net a porter 7 in the us . contents 1 products 2 history 3 references 4 external links products edit vera farmiga wearing marchesa at the 82nd academy awards in 2010 . 8 the company produces a couture collection 9 as well as a diffusion collection known as notte by marchesa . 10 marchesa launched a handbag line 11 12 wedding dresses 13 and partnered with lenox to launch dinnerware . 14 most recently marchesa has collaborated with le m tier de beaut to bring a cosmetics line to the masses featuring the palettes of designers chapman & craig . 15 marchesa was featured on the cover of vogue magazine s september issue the same issue was the subject of the 2009 documentary the september issue starring anna wintour . marchesa s georgina chapman appeared in an episode of gossip girl with blake lively . 16 marchesa was also featured on the front cover of the new york times during new york fall fashion week on february 19 2010 . 17 marchesa also designed the wedding dress of nicole richie who married joel madden in december 2010 marchesa launched a fine jewelry line in february 2015 sold exclusively through macy s. marchesa launched a costume jewelry line in the fall of 2015 available at nordstroms and lord & taylor department stores . history edit marchesa is named after socialite marchesa luisa casati . british born georgina chapman and keren craig met at chelsea college of art and design in london . georgina a 2001 graduate of the wimbledon school of art began her career as a costume designer . keren graduated from brighton art college in 2000 and subsequently focused on print and embroidery design . georgina s draping and design paired with keren s textile creations resulted in the establishment of marchesa in 2004 . citation needed references edit sandra bullock oscar best dressed tuck lauren . met gala what everyone wore . yahoo . retrieved 3 may 2016 . tuck lauren . met gala what everyone wore . yahoo . retrieved 3 may 2016 . tuck lauren . met gala what everyone wore . yahoo . retrieved 3 may 2016 . marchesa at neiman marcus marchesa at bergdorf goodman marchesa at net a porter melissa magsaysay 2010 03 07 . all the rage oscar red carpet zoe saldana vera farmiga in full swirl . los angeles times . retrieved 2014 03 19 . marchesa notte by marchesa women s wear daily marchesa handbags marchesa handbags marchesa bridal marchesa by lenox marchesa x le m tier de beaut georgina chapman featured on gossip girl new york times fall fashion external links edit marchesa retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title marchesa brand & oldid 718546916 categories high fashion brandsclothing brands of the united statesprivately held companies based in new yorkhidden categories articles with a promotional tone from november 2010all articles with a promotional toneall articles with unsourced statementsarticles with unsourced statements from november 2010 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 4 may 2016 at 04 38 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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