Mart Visser (born 10 July 1968) is a Dutch
fashion designer and
sculptor
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from
Sleeuwijk, Netherlands.
Education
Visser studied fashion and design at the
Hoge School Amsterdam. The Amsterdam Fashion Academy (formerly known as Charles Montaigne) and the Saga International Design Centre in
Copenhagen
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, and worked as assistant for
Frans Molenaar.
Career
Fashion
Visser launched his first couture collection in 1992 and went on to create a ready-to-wear collection in 2003. The store Mart Visser Haute Couture is located in
Amsterdam
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,
Netherlands
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.
In 2009, Visser designed new uniforms for KLM Royal Dutch Airlines for female pilots, cabin and ground crews, consisting of a capsule wardrobe of 11 pieces.
Visual arts
In 2022, his paintings and sculptures were the subject of a three-month exhibition in
Beelden aan Zee.
Personal life
Visser was born to Arie Visser and , a Dutch politician who served in the
House of Representatives of the Netherlands
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from 1997 to 2002 for the
Christian Democratic Appeal, as middle of three children.
Visser is openly gay
and married to his husband Job van Dooren, a business consultant.
References
External links
Mart Visser
1968 births
Living people
Dutch fashion designers
LGBTQ fashion designers
Dutch sculptors
Dutch LGBTQ sculptors
People from Sleeuwijk
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