BIOGRAPHY

Born in Montreal to a Turkish father and British mother, Erdem Moralioglu graduated with an M.A from London’s Royal College of Art in 2003. His first womenswear collection debuted in 2005 and
quickly gained recognition with its language of poetic and modern femininity.

ERDEM has forged its own path in the industry, centering each collection around a forensically researched narrative and a belief in the power of craftsmanship. Collections are formed with a muse in 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 2014 BFC Womenswear Designer of the Year Award. The brand opened its flagship store in Mayfair in 2015. In 2020, Erdem was honoured with an MBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List for his contribution to the fashion industry.

A passionate supporter of the arts, Erdem has shown his collections in a series of historically and culturally significant London locations, 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 and its 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 stage in 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, Erdem has established an exuberant language of femininity that transcends fashion to inspire strength and confidence in the women for whom he designs. It is a passionate language that is evocative and eccentric in character, fluently spoken with a beauty that is intense and romantic.

TIMELINE

2003 Erdem Moralioglu graduates with a master’s degree from The Royal College of Art in London.
2005 Erdem founds his namesake label, ERDEM which is soon stocked in Barneys and Harrods.
2006 Erdem makes his debut on the London Fashion Week schedule.
2009 Erdem participates in The Victoria and Albert Museum’s Fashion in Motion series.
2010 Erdem receives the inaugural British Fashion Council/Vogue Designer Fashion Fund Award.
2014 Erdem receives the British Fashion Council’s Womenswear Designer of the Year Award.
2014 ERDEM.com launches.
2015 ERDEM’s first flagship store opens on South Audley Street, Mayfair.
2015 Erdem receives the British Fashion Council’s Establishment Designer Award.
2017 ERDEM launches a collaboration with H&M accompanied with a short film directed by award winning director, Baz Luhrmann.
2018 ERDEM collaborates with NARS on a make-up collection entitled ‘Strange Flowers’.
2018 Erdem designs costumes for Corybantic Games, a ballet choreographed by Christopher Wheeldon and performed at the Royal Opera House by The Royal Ballet.
2019 ERDEM featured in The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Camp: Notes on Fashion exhibition in New York.
2020 Erdem receives an MBE for services to the fashion industry as part of the Queen’s Birthday Honours list.
2022 Erdem guest edits A Magazine Curated By, a forensic dissection of Erdem’s world of inspirations and muses.
2022 ERDEM pieces featured in The Palais Galliera’s Frida Kahlo: Beyond Appearances exhibition in Paris.
2023 Erdem designs a collaboration with British heritage brand, Barbour, for the SS24 runway show.
2024 Erdem opens Imaginary Conversations: An ERDEM Collection Inspired by Duchess Deborah, an exhibition at Chatsworth.