Meet the Creators
Josphine Raffaella Magno
Josephine Raffaella Magno was introduced into the world of sewing as a child watching her mother sew in her tailoring studio in Naples, Italy. A decade later, she graduated from the Seconda Universita’ degli studi di Napoli, Luigi Vanvitelli,Aversa, Italy with a bachelors degree in Industrial Design for Fashion. She took on various projects over the next few years until she found her true calling, bridal. In the past decade in Vienna, Austria she has worked in and managed the tailoring departments of Steinecker, and Romeo & Juliette as well as a brief stint with Flossmann. She has now decided to become independent designer and seamstress while still working in collaboration with various bridal saloons throughout Austria.
Monica Gross Meinhart
Monica Gross Meinhart is a textile artist, designer and educator. Originally from Rochester, New York, she moved to Austria as a teenager where she visited the secondary school for Fashion and Clothing Design with an additional course in Costume Tailoring. After working for Azzedine Alaïa in Paris, Monica returned to Vienna to study at the University of Applied Arts where she earned her master’s degree in the department of Textiles and Design.
During her studies, Monica started collaborating with contemporary dance choreographers and has been working as a costume designer ever since. In her artistic work, she uses textiles, worn clothing, embroidery and sewing techniques as a means of tactile illustration. Materials and their haptic and associative qualities play a central role in her art.
Monica loves to share her skills and passion for sewing and high-end craftsmanship in workshops she holds in her bright studio in Vienna’s 12th district and teaches the pattern drafting workshops at Louvart Atelier.
Rian Groß
Rian got her first sewing machine for her 18th birthday from her grandmother. For the first years she taught herself sewing (with a little help from grandma and the internet). While studying psychology at the university, she then visited sewing school night classes for 3 years, earning her first degree as a sewist.
By now, she makes all of her wardrobe herself and enjoys wearing truly well fitting clothes.
Her favourite project to make is lingerie: she uses elegant materials like lace and silk for special pieces, but also makes the most comfortable everyday underwear from elastic materials.
After moving to Vienna for her PhD in Psychology, she started giving workshops at the Louvart Atelier and teaches making comfortable and well fitting lingerie for yourself.
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