Biographie

Lebenslauf
Katharina M

Business Ventures

Designer: Katharina Freutsmiedl
April 2002: Incorporation of business and opening of a studio boutique in the fourteenth arrondissement
March 2007
Opening of a boutique in Saint-Germain-des-Près in Paris

Trade Shows

2000–2009
Première Classe at the Porte de Versailles in Paris (January and September, 2001–2009)
Première Classe at the Tuileries in Paris(March 2009)
Mira Gallery (September 2001)
Maison & Objet at the Villepinte exhibition (September 2000 and September 2001)
Le Showroom Hortensia de Hutten in Paris(October 2004, March 2005, October 2005, March 2006)
Cloudnine (Pitti Immagine) in Milan (February 2007, September 2007, February 2008, September 2008)
White/Magna Pars Exhibition in Milan(March 2009, Septembrer 2009)


Public Venues in Paris

1998–2009
Court Circuit
Market Fair at the Odéon
GMAC, Grand Marché d’Art Contemporain
Mariée et Marié
Carrousel des Métiers d’Art at the Carrousel du Louvre (December 2004, December 2006)

Exhibits

1999–2009
Fils et Métiers at Varaignes (France)
With Hoedenplatform (Holland)
Museum of Modern Art in Arnhem
Gallery Art & Casey in Rotterdam
Dutch Textile Museum in Tilburg
Karmel Convent Museum in Drachten
Musée de Textile in Paris (with Sahco)
Pôle de la Porcelaine in Mehun-sur-Yevre
Inauguration of L’Atelier at L’Atelier
d’Art de France, Viaduc des Arts
Competitions
Kant als Kunst in Sint Truiden (Belgium)
Musée du Chapeau in Chazelles-sur-Lyon (France)
The Hat Magazine in London (U.K.)

Freelance in-studio
Millinery and Design

1997–2002 Jean-Louis Pinabel in Paris
Isabelle Leourier in Paris
Sophie Rigal in Paris
Legend’s Panama Hats in Paris
Designs for the tour of singer DJ Bobo and his band (Swiss)
Various commissions for individuals

Training
Millinery studies in the Fashion Design Program at LaSalle College in Montreal (Canada)
Apprenticeship as a milliner with Théo Wouters in Montreal (Canada)
Courses in art history, painting, and sculpture at the École des Beaux-Arts in Rennes (France)

Inspiration
Various visits to Namibia, the United States,
Paraguay, Hong Kong, Canada, and Germany

Press & Magazine Articles
2004–2009

Le Nouvel Observateur
Femina
Le Monde 2
Marie Claire Suisse
Fashion Daily News
Young Magazine
Lettre des Adhérents ( Musée du Chapeau)
C+ Accessoires
Echap Mode
Nantes Madame
Madame Figaro
Burda (blog + article)
JDD, Le Journal de Dimanche
Je-Magazine

Broadcast media
Radio: RFI
Television: Direct8, Tele 5


Photo José Alonso Leon





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