Burce Bekrek Bio:
Born in Istanbul (1983), Burce Bekrek graduated from Istanbul’s Marmara University (2005) - Faculty of Fine Arts, Textile and Fashion Design with an honors degree. Bekrek then relocated to Italy to study the Image Consultancy at Istituto Marangoni, Milan. Later, deciding to stay on at Istituto Marangoni to follow a masters program in Fashion Styling; upon completion, with honors, she moved back to her hometown of Istanbul to take up the role of trend and concept advisor - working alongside her father at “Burce Textile”, a family-owned textile company.

Meanwhile she has worked as designer and as commercial stylist for a leading denim company again, based in Istanbul. In 2008, Burçe received Fashion TV Turkey’s “Most Promising Fashion Designer” award and started to work as an Instructor at Yeditepe University Faculty of Fine Arts, Fashion and Textile Design Department. Bekrek has been teaching “Fashion Styling” since 2008. As a freelancer, her commercial fashion designs were used by major brands such as Porsche, Audi and Bentley - for the AutoShow fair.

More recently, in December 2010, Bekrek established her own brand “Burce Bekrek” and launched the first collection “Intro/Versa Fall 2011” at her new store in Nisantasi, Istanbul. “Burce Bekrek” is a modern brand, which offers streamlined, wearable designs with a focus on clean-cut, immaculate fit and quality. By designing unique, functional, tailored and high quality clothes, “Burce Bekrek” aims to create a perceptional lifestyle.

Location
Istanbul, Turkey

Website
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Shop for Burce Bekrek at Burce Bekrek Fashion Studio - Istanbul, Turkey

Interview
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