Kristofer Kongshaug started his fashion career at age 16 as an assistant buyer for the Oslo luxury department store Voga. After working around clothes for a short time, aware his young heart skipped a beat when it came to fashion, his vision kindled like wildfire and in 2002 he began his studies at the Instituto Marangoni in Milan.
" One earth—one sky—we live—we die."
Two years later he had become immensely interested in learning the construction of a garment in the most traditional and (to his noble sense of classic integrity) best way, so he decided to move to Paris and continue at the Eecole de la Chambre Syndicale de la Haute Couture.
" Kristofer likes to think of his work as pieces of thoughts, his illusion of life. Each garment has a story to tell, each collection a chapter of a book. The dark architectural garments represents shields of passion, body armors to protect the soul within."
Incredibly adept at construction by “ Moulage,” Kristofer develops garments with strong lines and interesting volumes, full of precise detailing and painstaking craftsmanship, but at the same time entirely wearable. This Scandinavian artisan is a new favorite of fashion A-listers in the way he pays almost religious homage to the past while remaining totally in the present and forward thinking.
