• Nationality
  Austrian
• Main
  Ruedigergasse 8/3 1050
  Vienna
• Website
  www.uteploier.com

SUMMARY
As a distinguished designer, winning the menswear award at the pretigious Festival International de Mode et de Photographie à Hyères (Hyères Festival) in 2003, the Viennese designer has developed tremendously over the last few seasons. One of few female designers creating menswear, her collection is stemmed through extensive research, fabric and manufacturing experiments as well as sharp graphic prints with a critical outcome of wearability and how a concept is embedded through each new season. She unconventionally interprets her work creatively artistic as an individual art project rather than one of a fashion concept. Her close interaction with the Spring/Summer 2009 collection sees her beautify button collared poplin shirting, meticulously crafted trousers and shorts and narrowly tailored double-breasted jackets. Her aesthetic is both traditional and contemporary and has honed her vision and skills from the mentorship of Belgian designer Raf Simons whilst studying at the University of Applied Arts in Vienna.

HIGHLIGHTS
Undertook preliminary classes in graphic design and fashion at Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design, London

Studied Fashion at University of Applied Arts, Vienna; 1996

Trained with Jean-Charles Castelbajac Viktor & Rolf and Raf Simons during study

Awarded Prix Homme at Festival International des Arts de la Mode, Hyères for best menswear collection; 2003

Shows ‘Time Loopers’ Spring 2007 collection in Paris; 2007

Featured in Another Man Magazine; 2008

Video profiled by German news broadcasting organisation Deutsche Welle during Paris Fashion Week; 2009

Shows Automne collection at Palais Brongniart in Paris; 2010