Ezgi Karayel

She was born in 1990 in İstanbul. She graduated from Marmara University Fine Arts Industrial Design Department. She completed her internship at a well-known architectural firm. After that she became co-partner of a jewelry design brand. For two years she worked in design and brand management fields. In 2017, she decided to study in İstanbul Moda Academy, Department of Fashion Design and Technologies. During her education, she participated in the Koza Competition where young designers of Turkey chosen and she won the first prize (2018). In 2019, she was entitled to do her master’s degree at the “Central Saint Martins school in London, one of the best fashion schools in the world, with a state scholarship from İHKİB. After completing her education, she returned to Turkey and she prepared her first professional collection for the İstanbul Fashion Week Karma platform in March 2021 with the support of İHKİB.

Senem Kula

After graduating Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University, Textile and Fashion Design with honors degree, she received Master Class education at the Istanbul Fashion Academy as a 100% scholarship. She carried out project-based design and production works as a freelancer for brands and organizations based in the Netherlands, England and Turkey. She also worked as the designer of the sustainability department for 2 years in the textile export company. Designs within the scope of different projects; It has been exhibited in different countries and events such as Los Angeles, Amsterdam, Paris, Cologne, Kyoto, Hannover, Turkey Innovation Week, Design Week Turkey, Fashion Week Istanbul. She has 6 successful design competition experiences, 1 of which is from Japan.