Roksanda Ilinčić Bueno de Mesquita (née Ilinčić; sr-Cyrl, Роксанда Илинчић, ; born 1975) is a Serbian-born fashion designer based in London, England. She owns the fashion brand Roksanda (stylised in

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), which she introduced in 2005 at

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Personal life

Roksanda Ilinčić was born in

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, Serbia, and travelled extensively with her parents; her father Lazar was a businessman and her mother Ranka worked in public relations. Ilinčić lives in north London with her husband and their daughter.

Career

Ilinčić studied architecture and design at the Faculty of Applied Arts,

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, before coming to study at

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in London in 1999, where she earned her master's degree in Womenswear. She has been showing her collections on the

schedule since 2005, later adding leather goods to the ready-to-wear offering. The first Roksanda store – a collaboration with architect

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– opened in June 2014 at 9 Mount Street in London's

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. In 2012, she won the Red Carpet Award at the

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. In 2013, she won the Red Carpet Designer Award at the British

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. In November 2014, she was named Business Woman of the Year at the '' Harper's Bazaar UK'' Women of the Year Awards, and in 2016, she won British Designer of the Year at

. In April 2016, Ilinčić's name was mentioned in the

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. Roksanda designs were on display at the Women, Fashion, Power exhibit at the

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; they have also been featured in the

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's exhibition ''Ballgowns: British Glamour since 1950''.

Notable clients

The brand has been worn by

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, and

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Honours and awards

In 2018, Ilinčić received the Knight of the St. Sava Order of Diplomatic Pacifism award from the Serbian Minister of Foreign Affairs

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. She was appointed

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(MBE) in the

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for services to fashion design.

References

External links

Official website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Ilinic, Roksanda Fashion designers from Belgrade High fashion brands British brands English fashion designers British women fashion designers University of Belgrade alumni Living people Serbian emigrants to the United Kingdom Alumni of Central Saint Martins Knights of the St. Sava Order of Diplomatic Pacifism 1975 births Naturalised citizens of the United Kingdom Members of the Order of the British Empire