Ivana Omazic

Ivana Omazic is a Croatian designer born in Zagreb in 1973. After studying at the European Institute of Design in Milan, she worked for Romeo Gigli and across the Prada Group, including Prada Sport, Jil Sander and Miu Miu. She joined Celine as a consultant in April 2005 and was appointed head of design that July, succeeding Roberto Menichetti.

Omazic led Celine through Spring/Summer 2009, approaching the house as a contemporary womenswear and leather-goods system. Her tenure developed sportswear, footwear and accessories including the Pag bag and Byblos shoe while campaigns photographed by Bruce Weber supplied a narrative image. She later worked at Maison Martin Margiela, developed independent projects and began directing the leather specialist 1972 DESA in 2024.

Omazic begins with construction, material and the wearer’s daily life. Training across Italian studios gave her a working vocabulary of technical fabrics, feminine shapes and disciplined product development, while her Celine interviews rejected retro styling as a substitute for contemporary design.

Across Celine, independent work and 1972 DESA, leather is treated as a structural medium rather than a decorative finish. Cut, volume, weaving, shearling, laser engraving and modular construction introduce tension into otherwise controlled silhouettes. The result balances material experiment with clothes and accessories intended to function beyond the show.