Risto Bimbiloski (born in 1975 in
Macedonia
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) is a Macedonian and French fashion designer based in Paris, founder and creative director of ''
Risto
Risto () is a masculine given name, found in Finnish, Estonian and South Slavic. In South Slavic, it is a hypocorism derived from '' Hristofor'' or ''Hristivoje''. It may refer to:
Estonia
* Risto Järv (born 1971), folklorist
*Risto Joost (b ...
''. He defines his style as ''Acidchique''.
Biography
A graduate of
Ecole Duperré, Risto Bimbiloski started his career at Jean Colonna and
Thierry Mugler
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. He showed his first collection at
Hyères International Fashion Festival.
Risto Bimbiloski created the ''Risto'' brand as a handcrafted knitwear collection. His atelier started with four knitting artisans.
Risto Bimbiloski worked at
Louis Vuitton
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(menswear knitwear),
Kenzo with Humberto Leon & Carol Lim, Maison Margiela with John Galliano and Balenciaga with Demna Gvasalia. Celebrities such as
Katy Perry
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,
Maggie Gyllenhaal
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,
Rowan Blanchard
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,
Santigold
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, or
Courtney Love
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wore ''Risto''.
Tavi Gevinson
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selected ''Risto'' among the world's most significant and groundbreaking contemporary designers for the book Pattern (Phaidon Press Ltd). Risto products were distributed in 50 stores in the USA, Europe, and Asia.
Sources
Bibliography
*Book : Pattern (Phaidon Press Ltd) —
External links
*
Interview by Amica.it
Macedonian fashion designers
1975 births
Living people
Immigrants to France
French people of Macedonian descent
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