Axel-Maarten Heilenkötter

Adjunct Faculty

Fashion & textile designer, Fashion stylist

Education
Bachelor of Arts in Fashion and Textile design, Ecole Nationale Supérieure d’Arts Appliqués DUPERRE. Master of Arts in Fashion Design, Institut Français de la Mode (IFM Paris) « Académie des Savoir-Faire » educational program on textiles, Fondation d’Entreprise Hermès.

Professional experience
Works both as a fashion/textile designer and stylist. As a designer, he has experience in haute couture, luxury ready-to-wear and high-end ready-to-wear. He has been part of the design teams at Yiqing Yin, Anne Sofie Madsen, Alexander McQueen, and Maison Margiela, under the direction of John Galliano. As a stylist, he has worked and been part of the styling team for different fashion shows, editorials and campaigns for Maison Margiela, Elle Magazine, Elle Men China, L’Officiel, Harper’s Bazaar China, Nowness, The Forumist, The Greatest Magazine, Vichy, Bourjois, among others.