about me
ása bríet brattaberg is an icelandic and faroese fashion designer based in paris whose work focuses on tailoring, textiles, and knitwear. inspired by the women of iceland and its rich tradition of handcraft, her work celebrates the skill and detail of these practices while giving them new relevance today.
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education
institut français de la mode, 2023-2025
master fashion design, knitwear
central saint martins, 2019-2023
bachelor fashion design, womenswear
reykjavik school of visual arts, 2016-2018
diploma, textile design
technical college of reykjavik, 2012-2016
journeymans certificate, dressmaking
work
dior, 2025-present
junior knitwear designer ww, paris
hermés, 2025
knitwear design assistant ww rtw, internship, paris
chanel, 2021-2022
textile design assistant, internship, paris
anne isabella, 2022
studio assistant, internship, berlin
freelance, 2018-2019
designer, reykjavik
thomasine gloves, 2017
couture glove atelier, paris
todd lynn, 2014
studio team, internship, london
jör by guðmundur jörundsson, 2013-2015
studio team, reykjavik
fff-fashion film festival, 2018
created and curated film festival held in independant art cinema bíó paradís in reykjavík
grants and acknowledgements
icelandic design fund, project ‘on a thread’, 2026
go2025, premio special award, winner, 2025
mittelmoda international fashion award , winner ‘prato circular and sustainability award’ and ‘creativity main award’, 2025
loro piana knit design awards, shortlist, 2024
dorothy waxman international textile design prize, shortlist, 2023
mullen lowe nova awards ‘peoples choice’ award, winner, 2023
maison/0 green tail, shortlist, 2023
swarovski foundation scholar, 2022
upw award scholar, 2022
book cover ‘urðarflétta’ by ragnheiður harpa leifsdóttir, 2022
project re-woven published in talking textiles by li edelkoort during new york textile month, 2022
icelandic student innovation fund, ‘re-woven’, research project on cultural heritage of tabby weaving in iceland, 2021
album cover of the year at the icelandic music awards, costume design, visual work for plastprinsessan by k.óla, 2021
exhibitions
design march, threads of connections, nordic house, reykjavík, 2026
nordic knit exhibition, new york textile month, 2025
fashion farming, new store, nieuwe instituut, paris design week, 2025
young talents of fashion design x landsbankinn, design march, reykjavik, 2024
new order of fashion: solo exhibition, eindhoven, 2024
new order of fashion: dutch design week, eindhoven, 2023
‘transmission’ , cristóbal balenciaga museum, getaria, 2022
solo exhibition ‘threads all around’, design march, reykjavik 2019
solo exhibition ‘dream fairy’, gallery flow, reykjavik, 2019
solo exhibition ‘threads all around’, design march, reykjavik, 2019