As evident through her vibrant color choice and unique shapes, an Ia Faraoni piece will infuse anyone’s wardrobe with a striking style to make a statement.
Her sustainable fashion designs were featured in sold out shows during New York Fashion Week and Paris Fashion Week. With designing and marketing as her core skills, Ia is a successful designer-entrepreneur and has executed business strategies that landed global brand awareness for Ia’s Threads. She is passionate about Sustainable Fashion and is the prolific force behind the brand’s innovative zero-waste fashion clothing - creating designer dresses using a design method that is informed by the use of reclaimed and recycled textiles, trimmings, materials and eco-friendly fabrics. Today he works alongside FIKA founder, Lars Åkerlund, as FIKA´s Master Chocolatier.Īward-winning international Fashion Designer and recognized as Remodista’s 2019 Women2Watch in business disruption honoree, Ia Faraoni is the Founder and Designer of Ia’s Threads - a sustainable fashion brand best known for their award-winning luxury bags & Minaudière, ethically sourced in collaborations with small communities across the Philippines. Not long after his international successes, Mårtensson set his sights on New York City. In the individual showpiece category, Håkan proved to be a force to be reckoned with, earning the gold medal in chocolate sculpturing.
His team won silver in the 2006 World Cup, and in 2008, they won bronze in the Culinary Olympics in Erfurt Germany (IKA Olympiade Der Köche). His talents were noticed and Håkan was invited to join the Swedish Culinary Team, setting him up for high levels of success in the international arena. In 2003, Håkan began to experiment with creating chocolate sculptures after witnessing his mentor, Stefan, carving chocolate into designs. Håkan worked with an extensive array of chocolate varieties and a true passion inevitably evolved over the years. At just 19 years old, he was offered a position working alongside head pastry chef, Stefan Johnson-Petersén.
Master Chocolatier and Chocolate Sculptor, Håkan Mårtensson was born in the heart of Sweden’s southern countryside and began to study the techniques of baking, pastry preparation and confectionary design while in high school.
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