Purple Magazine
— F/W 2011 issue 16
Susanne Deeken
photographed by OLIVIER ZAHM
The first thing Susanne Deeken did after graduating from high school was to flee her small town in northern Germany to join her Danish boyfriend in Copenhagen, where she studied art. In 1991 Susanne moved to London and switched to fashion and styling, studying at Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design. She soon became involved in London’s emerging alternative fashion scene, along with the designers Lutz, Alexander McQueen, and Hussein Chalayan, and the photographer Wolfgang Tillmans. Still passionate about fashion, Susanne has since become a sought-after consultant for designers. Over the past ten years she has devoted a lot of her time and energy to Marc by Marc Jacobs, as well as to other designers in London, Paris, and New York. She was photographed at her London home, where her personal style and creative intuition are revealed in its eclectic mix of English country furnishings, antiques, and flea-market paintings.
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Organza dress embroidered with sequins PRADA and mocha mink oversized Crombie coat CELINE
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Noisette long-sleeved wool dress CELINE, pink varnished leather collar LOUIS VUITTON, and vintage black suede wedges DOLCE & GABBANA
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Vintage Victorian lace blouse, dog collar, and chestnut cowskin boot-pants HERMES and brown rabbit fur Tammy scarf JILL STUART
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Vintage white blouse CHLOE, vintage black trousers YVES SAINT LAURENT, vintage leather necklace MAISON MARTIN MARGIELA, leather belt HERMES, and patent leather heels CHLOE
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Black and silver embroidered swallow dress MIU MIU, vintage suede platform heels VIVIENNE WESTWOOD, and orange and black Mouth necklace YAZBUKEY
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Gold lamé and crepe de chine Sigrid dress JILL STUART, prune fox fur stole GUCCI, and pink and silver glitter chamois leather heels MIU MIU
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Orange top and belt MAIREAD LEWIN VINTAGE, vintage pants MARC JACOBS, black and gray heels JOHN GALLIANO, and vintage necklace
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Dark blue stretch crepe dress with oversized brooch LANVIN and vintage glasses
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Burlesque paillettes embroidered dress and black rubber fetish boots LOUIS VUITTON, vintage belt MARTINE SITBON, and vintage necklace CHANEL
