ISABEL JANE MARVEL
APPAREL & ACCESSORY DESIGN & PRODUCTION
CREATIVE DIRECTION
EVENT PRODUCTION
ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN
ILLUSTRATION
life’s too short to do, or be, just one thing :)
Isabel Jane was born and raised in New York City, where she currently resides (with stints in Paris, Providence, Puerto Rico, Rome, and San Francisco).
Isabel earned a Masters Degree in Architecture from the Rhode Island School of Design (’24), but has pursued a career in Apparel Design instead, feeling a deeper kinship with textiles and softer, smaller scale enclosures of the body. She began designing uniforms and utility clothing after being inspired by construction sites and their necessitated gear.
With the streets of New York City as a homebase, inspiration is everywhere in the quotidien couture of the sidewalk. "Why make anything up?" She will argue. It's all right in front of you: walking their dog, shaking out the morning paper on a park bench, a nodding head to a silent rhythm on the train, a construction worker texting on lunch break, a delivery soldier whizzing by — each individual offers an endless visual encyclopedia.
If you’re not inspired by what’s around you,
look again,
then look some more.
xo, IJM
︎︎︎ email ijmarvel@gmail.com
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Open to Commissions and Collaborations.
CV:
Education:
Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) '24 — Masters in Architecture (& Apparel)
Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT) ‘25 — Pattern-Making Certificate
Vassar College '17 — Bachelor’s Degree in Art History + French & Francophone Studies
La Sorbonne / Paris IV ‘16 — Contemporary Art Studies
Parsons / The New School, '16 — Graphic Design Certificate
St. Ann’s School ‘13 — Brooklyn, NY
Grace Church School ‘09 — New York, NY
Awards:
RISD Department of Architecture Department Thesis Prize ‘24
RISD Textile Fellowship to India, ‘23
Professional Experience in Fashion, Architecture, Design, & Hospitality (and the shared spaces between):
Marfa Stance (Technical Fashion Design)
Factory8 (Garment Production)
ZANKOV (Fashion Design)
Best Made Co. (Fashion & Products)
PrinkShop (Fashion & Products)
Rockwell Group (Architecture & Interior Design)
MARVEL (Architecture & Design)
El Taller / Sherwood Design Engineers (Art, Community & Environmental Engineering)
The Wing (Community & Hospitality)
Tartine Manufactory (Food & Hospitality)
Noguchi Museum (Art & Culture)