LEOPARDESSA means female leopard in Italian
LEOPARDESSA is a new womenswear brand that was developed in 2012 in Rome and named after its birth space, the now closed boutique in the Monti district of the city founded in 2010 by American designer Jessica Harris to house her eponymous collection.
The idea of the LEOPARDESSA brand was born when Italian playwright/actress/author Mariaelena Masetti Zannini joined with Jessica in the LEOPARDESSA boutique in 2011 as partner and muse for the atmosphere of the space, introducing new hand picked products and writing poetry to express the store's mission. Mariaelena, new to the fashion industry, but a lifelong fashion savant, cultivated her personal passion for fabrics and became merchandiser for the brand while Jessica steered the collection with her design expertise, industry understanding, and art direction for imaging and brand identity.
LEOPARDESSA is now in the production phase of the fourth collection (SS14) and development phase of the 5th season (AW14). Already in its first three seasons LEOPARDESSA has been sought after by high end boutiques in northern Italy (Abbigliamento Ruggero, Lake Garda and Valeria Boutique in Brescia) and abroad (fajour.com based in Vienna, Austria), has shown in Milan fashion week's trade fair 'White show' (whiteshow.it) as well as Show&Order fashion trade event in Berlin, and has been requested for various press and editorial shootings from Vogue.it to Marie Claire Armenia.
The LEOPARDESSA woman is elegance, folly, spark and glitter,muse and eccentric royalty,while at the same time, an aesthetic.She is theatre and poetry and romantic irony.
LEOPARDESSA desires to create a beautiful product. From eye popping fabrics and form consciously flattering designs to delicate and precise construction, high quality and prestigious materials, fresh and sweet packaging and visual promotion: LEOPARDESSA aspires to create something to love.