Born in Montreal to a Turkish father and British mother, Erdem Moralioglu graduated with anM.A from London's Royal College of Art in 2003. His first womenswear collection debuted in 2005 and quickly gainedrecognition with its language of poetic and modern femininity. ERDEM has forgedits ownpath in the industry,centering each collectionaround a forensically researched narrative and a belief in the power of craftsmanship.Collections are formed with a musein mind,depicting previously untold stories of heroic women. ERDEM has received global recognition and industry accolades,including the 2010 inaugural British Fashion Council/ Vogue Designer Fashion Fund Award and the 2014BFC Womenswear Designer of the Year Award. The brand opened its flagship storeinMayfair in 2015. In 2020, Erdem was honoured with an MBEin the Queen's Birthday Honours List for his contribution to the fashion industry. A passionate supporter of the arts, Erdem has shownhis collections in aseries of historically and culturally significant Londonlocations,including The British Museum, The National Portrait Gallery, Sadler's Wells, White Cube and The V&A. In 2024, Erdem opened Imaginary Conversation at Chatsworth, an exhibition dedicated to the process of creating the Spring Summer 24 collection andits muse, Duchess Deborah. Erdem collaborated with The Royal Ballet, designing costumes for Christopher Wheeldon's piece,Corybantic Games, the ballet debuted at The Royal Opera House in 2018 and returned to the stagein 2023. Pieces from Erdem's collections have been exhibited globally,at The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, The Victoria & Albert Museum in London and The Palais Galliera in Paris. In eighteen years, Erdemhas established an exuberant language of femininity that transcends fashion to inspire strength and confidence in the women for whomhe designs. It is a passionate language that is evocative and eccentric incharacter, fluently spoken with abeauty that is intense and romantic.