Katharina Freutsmiedl

marque:

Katharina M by Freutsmiedl
13bis Ave. de la Motte Picquet
75007 Paris
Tel: 01 45 45 08 65
Tel/Fax: 01 43 68 64 46

Katharina M by Freutsmiedl



CREATION of the Society

Since April 2002 foundation of the society unlimited and installation of the workroom-boutique in the 14th district in Paris
March 2007 Opening of the boutique in the district
St.-Germain-des-Près / Paris
July Showroom at Concorde/Paris

PROFESSIONNEL Tradefares
TWO COLLECTIONS A YEAR :
From 2009 til 2011 -Premiere Classe / Jardin des Tuileries (March and October
From 2000 til 2010 - Première Classe /Porte de Versailles (Jan. and Sept. 2001 au 2010)
- MIRA (Sept. 01)
- Maison & Objet /Villepinte (Sept.00 et Sept. 01) - -Showroom Hortensia de Hutten (Oct. 04,
March 05, Oct. 05, March 06 )
- Cloudnine (Pitti Immagine) /Milano (Fev07,Sept07,Fev08)
Rom 2008 til 2010 White / Milano


EXPOSITIONS

De 1999 à 2005 - Fils et Métiers à Varaignes (France)
- avec Hoedenplatform en Hollande:
- Museum of Modern Art à Arnhem
- Galerie Art et Casey à Rotterdam
- Dutch Museum of Textiles à Tilburg
- Karmel Convevt Museum à Drachten
- Musée de Textile à Paris (avec SAHCO)
- Musée de Porcelaine Mehun sur Yevre

COMPETIONS
- Kant als Kunst à Sint Truiden (Belgique)
- Musée du Chapeau à Chazelles sur Lyon (France)
- The Hat Magazine à Londres (Grande Bretagne)

FREE - LANCE
Modiste et Styliste - Jean-Louis Pinabel (Paris)
dans les ateliers - Isabelle Leourier (Paris)
de 1997 à 2002 - Sophie Rigal (Paris)
- Legend's (Paris) Panama hats
- order for the tournée of the singer DJ BOBO
and his groupe


FORMATION - de Modiste au Collège de la Mode Lasalle
(Montréal au Canada)
- Apprentissage de Modiste chez Théo Wouters
(Montréal au Canada)
- Cours aux Beaux Arts (Rennes en France)
d'histoire de l'art, peinture, sculpture.


INSPIRATION - her life in Namibia, USA, Paraguay, HongKong, Canada, Germany
- Different forms of vegetal life


PRESSE Articles 2004-11
Vogue Italie with jennifer Lopez 2010
Marie France / Nov. 2011 « Le Nouvelle Observateur »
« Femina »
Parution Radio « RFI »
« Le Monde 2 »
« Marie Claire Swiss »
« Fashion Daily News »
« Young » Woman's Magazine
Musée du Chapeau: « Lettre des Adhérents »
« C+ Accessoires »
Emission Télé « Direct8 »
Tele 5
« Echap Mode »
« Nantes Madame »
« Madame Figaro »
« Burda » Blog + Article
« JDD Le Journal de Dimanche »
« Je » journal feminine
« JDD » Version Femina
« Figaro Madame »
« Le Journal de Dimanche »

Welcome to Katharina M by FreutsmiedlUniverse

Creator off exquisite and original hats, hats that dance and make heads turn.
Katharina M is a french brand- even to say a very “Parisian”. Her style tells about lightness, volume, movements and luminous colours. Katharina M gives the hat-touch for the modern women.
Incredible Sculptures are created by Katharina, whimsical, surprising light in spirit and by no means boring.
Woman wearing Katharina M are self-confident, comfortable within and a great sense of humour, not accepting to bland into a crowd, she knows, that wearing a hat frames her beauty and accents her personality.
Different materials are used to sew a hat “Haute de Gamme” of Katharina M, like rabbit-felt, straws like Sisal, Parasisal, Parabuntal, Wheat, Bao, Seagrass, luxurious fabrics like Banana-leaf or silk, knit in Alpaca or Cashmere, and sometimes rare mixings of metal, beads or seeds.
A Hat Katharina M gives company in all circumstances of life to women, worn in many different ways and being adaptable. She can choose the appropriate hat for various occasions and ceremonies, the most extravagant creations till easy to wear, practical and comfortable.
Mrs. K. Ménier, the creator of Katharina M, was born in Munich/ Germany and lived several years in different countries like Namibia, Paraguay, USA, HongKong, Canada. It was 1994 in Montreal/Canada that she was studding millinery, and since than she participated in numerous exposition and fares. Her different travels abroad, her taste for nature and adventure, give her various inspirations to create her hats and develop the collections, always within her unique style so architectural and circular gestural.
A so simple gesture of clothing on a beret or a straw summer hat or an original felt hat procures an immense pleasure of being feminine and reveals the feeling of being exceptional.