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MARK / GIUSTI

MARK / GIUSTI is a luxury British brand that produces bags and accessories for men and women with the finest Italian craftsmanship. A minimal aesthetics and elegant, timeless allure meet a taste for material combos in products that unites practicality and craftsmanship.

Mark Farhat Giusti, founded MARK / GIUSTI in 2009, initially by creating bespoke designs and collections for his private VIP customers who requested beautifully crafted pieces that are not available in the mainstream market which is much more logo driven. He later started the international expansion of the brand in 2012 by participating to international showcases and fashion weeks. Luxury Boutiques and department stores across the Asia and Europe quickly spotted the brand and it is now stocked in 17 international countries.

The brand was nominated for “Accessories Brand of the year” by NatWest & UK Fashion and Textile Association (UKFT) Awards and “Accessories Designer of the Year” award at the Drapers annual Awards.

The range of products includes trolleys and travel bags, document and messenger bags, laptop and ipad cases, clutches and totes and also several small accessories including wallets and cards holders, all interpreted in a very clean-cut image, with soft and embossed calfskins externally. The Italian craftsmanship is an added value which guarantees the high quality of the product.

THE PHILOSOPHY OF TEH BRAND

The philosophy of this brand is to revive historic mosaics through outstanding craftsmanship and modern design using the highest quality of materials.

MARK / GIUSTI’s external look is minimal and shows a remarkable business imprint. Internally, a passion for geometrics and pattern which is inspired by the most famous Byzantine Mosaics, on a journey from ancient Constantinople, via Venice to Ravenna through Rome and then back to London to the floors of Westminster Abbey on which no less than 38 kings and queens have been crowned.

The fine mosaic embossed calf leather is now the signature leather of this brand. The geometric elegance of tessellation remains a signature aspect of all bags, accessories and other leather-ware produced by this brand.

INTERESTING LINKS:

www.markgiusti.com

https://markgiusti.com/blog/interview-with-the-rake-magazine

https://therake.com/stories/style/mark-giusti-london-calling-collection/

http://www.luxuriousmagazine.com/2016/04/mark-farhat-mark-giusti/

http://www.luxurylifestylemag.co.uk/style-and-beauty/a-timeless-story-we-walk-through-the-seasons-with-londons-favorite-accessories-brand-markgiusti/

http://www.annahar.com/article/388325-مارك-فرحات-مصمم-أكسسوارات-لبناني-يلاقي-الشهرة-في-لندن

THE DESIGNER: MARK FARHAT GIUSTI

He was born in Lebanon, grew up in Libya, and travelled from place to place throughout his formative years due to his diplomat father’s itinerant vocation. And, in all those years as a peripatetic young aesthete, it was a singular art form, mosaics – Byzantine masterpieces in what was once Ancient Constantinople, tiled splendour in the basilicas of Venice and Ravenna – that inspired Mark Farhat, the most.

He did B.A. in business administration in Beirut, before coming to London to study marketing management with an emphasis on consumer behaviour and branding for luxury brands. He got a design degree in Milan followed then by a position which involved moving between New York and London, which ground and whetted his business credentials.