Designer

Edson Matsuo "I’m fascinated by plastic, a simple material with many possibilities of being. It gives freedom for the creative process and has a great affinity with Brazil. I believe plastic is only limited by the designer’s creativeness" The creative director of melissa, Edson Matsuo, is a multi-talented art professional who studied architecture and has worked as an illustrator, cartoonist, graphic designer and art director. Today he is responsible for melissa’s Research and Development where approximately 120 people work on new projects and ideas. He is the artistic leader, working with designers who are invited by melissa to create new styles and establishing melissa as a reference for design and fashion all over the world.	J Maskrey "Since I moved to Paris at the beginning of this year, romaticism took over me and my thoughts ... so I decided to create a line both feminine and modern ... beautiful shoes covered with crystals that will illuminate the steps of melissa's customers". After the grand success of the melissa 'bejewelled' line by J Maskrey launched in 2003, J Maskrey once again graces melissa with her glamorous talent with the launch of the Night Sky line via the Bedtime Stories collection. The styles receiving her magical touch, in the way of an assortment of swarovski crystals, are Ultragirl and Esmeralda. The name for the new line, Night Sky, came to J Maskrey on one of her trips whilst observing the beauty and lights of the Sky from her aeroplane window. J Maskrey commenced her career as a make-up artist. She then decided to follow her creative ideas and began to develop jewellery to be worn directly on the skin - thus the beggining of 'skin jewellery' her registered trademark. Nowadays, J Maskrey shows her collections at London Fashion Week and travels the world on tour as a make-up artist for U2.
Alexandre Herchcovitch Herchcovitch thinks as melissa thinks: FASHION is FUN, CLOTHES COMMUNICATE and DESIGN is all about STYLE. Being ahead of its time, creating different styles and seeing fashion as a strong communication channel has always been melissa's way of life. It was this belief that led melissa to Alexandre Herchcovitch - a designer who is able to transform classic into modern, simple into glamourous, easy into complex and shoes into a fashion accessory. During his 14 year career Herchcovitch has presented his fashion collections at Sao Paulo, London, Paris and New York Fashion Weeks and has recently opened his first store in Tokoyo. Selected products of his are sold in the USA, Canada, France, Spain and Australia. Herchcovitch's collaboration with melissa began in 2002 and since then he has created two or more styles for melissa every year. The models created by Herchcovitch are now the most cherished fashion icons on the cosmopolitan circuit. Working on a simple concept - to seek fun - the designer has combined plastic with style and started a new chapter in design. www.alexandreherchcovitch.com.br	Campana Brothers "Fashion and design are art. They enclose different cultural manifestations and tell the story of our time. They are simply everything." Living in a chaotic world of creativeness, melissa knows how it feels to be different and to look for alternative ways of expressing new ideas. That's how art works and that's how melissa got into the artistic world of Fernando and Humberto Campana. The brothers and Brazilian designers' inspiration are prosaic materials and the seeking of chaos. The Campana Brothers were invited to embark upon a fashion journey ruled by the prosaic material - plastic. Falling completely in love with their new medium they have created over 6 extremely successful styles for melissa. The Campanas are known by their ability to promote the meeting of the old and the new, in a modern perspective of oganised chaos and beautiful disorder, which is closely related to Brazil and its art. The overlapping of lines, which is the feature of their work with melissa, has always been a sign of both the brothers' work.
Karim Rashid "Plastic is such a malleable material, so flexible, biomorphic, high performing, democratic, comfortable, soft, complex, moldable and variable. I have always dreamed of a plastic world - a PLASTIC UTOPIA, where everything is warm, rounded, soft and beautifully colourful." "melissa is from a place that is foreign to me, Brazil, an exotic place, a place that reminds me only of dreams, a place full of life, warm hearts, passion, creativity and love. I had no idea that a company existed that makes injection molded plastic shoes, that is capable of such complex wonderments for the feet..... Now I know, and now I have the pleasure and opportunity to create some small artistic expressions that add to their positive spirited line of shoes. This collaboration is MELISSA KARIM. This is a beautiful project and a great collaboration to soften and domocratize our every day objects." Karim Rashid, the celebrated New York based Egyptian designer, has previously worked with Issey Miyake, Prada, Georgio Armani, Artemide, Cappellini, Edra and Sony, just to name a few!! Karim's teardrop shaped high heel style for melissa became a hit amongst trendsetters around the globe. His works combine modern design with a classic model of the brand. He also designed a sneaker with winding lines, a bag with Rashid ICONS and a watch, all for melissa. For further information about Karim and his creations please visit his website www.karimrashid.com	Vivienne Westwood "The most amazing thing about this partnership was to be able to create modern products, with very high quality, for affordable prices" For more than three decades Vivienne Westwood has forged her way into the hearts, minds and purses of fashionistas across the globe. Now she has found a place in melissa's winter '08 collection. Westwood has created two models through her Anglomania brand exclusively for melissa. Westwood's classic Mary Jane originally made out of leather and launched in her winter '00 collection 'Summertime' has been re-birthed in plastic. In addition, as Westwood lends her Anglomania design to melissa ... melissa returns in kind with Westwood doing her own take on the cult melissa 'ultragirl' slipper. Westwood's trademark practicality is a faultless match for melissa's injected thermoplastic. "This technique guarantees perfect shapes without interweaves as we see in fabrics ..." says the designer herself. In Anglomania all of Westwood's quintessential Englishness and unabashed historicism loans itself neatly to her creations for melissa's collection. Her designs are unquestionably British, undeniably feminine and fearlessly non-conformist. melissa renowned for its innovation and boldness seems the ideal fit for this enviable brand extension. Indeed, as Westwood once likened fashion to a baby that she had picked up and never put down melissa is precisely that for many devotees. Westwood is an institution, now the esteemed matriarch counts the melissa brand as a part of her monarchy.
Judy Blame Judy Blame has brought his unique visionary skills to melissa by customising particular individual styles with his signature found object jewellery. A multi-tasking creator and industry leader, London-based stylist Judy Blame, has his finger on every unforgettable happening in the British fashion world, incuding the iconic 'i-D' and 'The Face' editorials in the 80's, which defined the generation, and also Boy George's stylish and avant-garde accessories. Responsible for giving a timeless identity to Boy George, Bjork and Neneh Cherry the stylist, jeweller, designer and art director nowadays is a part of the design team at Louis Vuitton and a guest editor at i-D magazine. Judy Blame is renowned for his subversive style and ability to reuse and reorganise different materials in unusual ways.	Isabela Capeto Isabela Capeto’s career started 15 years ago when she graduated from the Accademia di Moda in Florence, Italy. Since then she has become increasingly successful and is now recognized as one of the most important Brazilian stylists. Isabela possesses a unique method of creating her collections. Inspired by museums and books, Isabela treats each of her pieces like a work of art. Her designs are handmade, embroidered, with many details and decorations. Isabela’s main objective is to make women feel beautiful when they wear her romantic clothes.