Georgina Chapman and Keren Craig, designer Marchesa, met at Chelsea College of Art and Design in London. In 2004, damage to life brand became a landmark in evening clothes inspired vintage.

The fashion collection began as a tribute to Marchesa Luisa Casati, refined and conturbante couple of Milanese bourgeoisie, founded in 1881, married and gone to Marquis Camillo Casati.

If you want to learn about this interesting character, I would advise you to read a written dedicated to correspondence between Luisa Casati and Gabriele D’Annunzio, with whom seems to have woven a liaison, clicking here.