Ma Ke (fashion designer)

Ma Ke
Born1971 (age 52–53)
Changchun, Jilin province, China
EducationSuzhou Institute of Silk Textile Technology
OccupationFashion designer
Labels
  • EXCEPTION de Mixmind,
  • WUYONG
Awards2008 Prince Claus Award[1]
2007 Best Asian Fashion Designer, ELLE Style Awards (Hong Kong)[2]
2006 Best International Chinese Fashion Designer, Modern Media Weekly Awards
2005 Best Original Creator, China Fashion Designer Awards (Beijing)
2005 Best Fashion Designer of the New Generation, Shanghai International Fashion Culture Festival
Websitehttp://mixmind.com

Ma Ke (simplified Chinese: 马可; traditional Chinese: 馬可; pinyin: Mǎ Kě) (born 1971 in Changchun, China) is a Chinese fashion designer. She has two clothing labels: EXCEPTION de Mixmind, a ready-to-wear line started in 1996 and retailed in China; and WUYONG, an haute couture line founded in 2006. In 2007, Ma Ke starred in the award-winning documentary Useless by Chinese director Jia Zhangke. In 2008, her fashion house WUYONG was appointed as a Guest member of the Chambre Syndicale de la Haute Couture in France.[3][4]

Ma Ke designs have been worn by the Chinese First Lady Peng Liyuan, on several occasions.[5]

Ma Ke is the founder of Mixmind Art & Design Co, Ltd., based in Guangzhou, China. She currently works in her studio in Zhuhai on the southern coast of Guangdong province.[6]

  1. ^ "Prince Claus Award Ma Ke". Prins Claus Prijzen. 2008. Archived from the original on 2009-04-04. Retrieved 2009-02-16.
  2. ^ https://inhabitat.com/sustainable-style-sunday-exception-de-mixmind-by-ma-ke/ SUSTAINABLE STYLE SUNDAY: Exception de Mixmind by Ma Ke
  3. ^ Deeny, Godfrey (2008-05-14). "Wu Yong Gets Chambre Nod". Fashion Wire Daily. Archived from the original on 2008-08-18. Retrieved 2009-02-15.
  4. ^ Alexander, Hilary (2008-05-29). "Paris haute couture season swings into gear". The Daily Telegraph. Archived from the original on 2012-09-13. Retrieved 2009-02-15.
  5. ^ Wang, Serenitie (2016-11-17). "The maverick designer who dresses China's first lady". CNN. Retrieved 2017-01-27.
  6. ^ Leong, Karen (2008-08-09). "Oriental haute couture". Financial Times. Retrieved 2009-02-15.