MARCIA AROCHA

Marcia Arocha, was born in Caracas, Venezuela. She graduated with a Bachelor´s Degree of Science in Communication at the Andres Bello Catholic University in Caracas, Venezuela. Upon graduation, she travelled abroad to study fashion design at the Marangoni Institute in Paris, where she mastered the use of textures, laser cuts and exquisite finishes on different materials.

 

During her residence in France, Arocha trained at Carolina Herrera showrooms and learned to better understand the "sales" side of the fashion industry. After graduation,

she moved to New York to continue her training at Oscar de la Renta.

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She returns to Venezuela in 2013 to open her own studio and creates the widely acclaimed clothing brand KARMA, which became very popular in the Venezuelan fashion scene and helped establish Marcia Arocha as one of the country's most promising designers.

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In early 2015, she moves to Miami in search of broadening her audience and to give the brand a more international output. Arocha is recognized for creating limited collections using high quality materials and exquisite prints. She constantly experiments with different fabrics seeking to express art through garments and emphasize the feminine silhouette.

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