Will The Weinstein Scandal Affect the Marchesa Brand?

New York - Georgina Chapman is a dress maker but not in any mundane sense of the word. She and her design partner Keren Craig under their label Marchesa make dresses that are almost not earthbound. Frothed with feathers, spun tulle, and beads these confections materialized over a decade ago on runways and the red carpet almost simultaneously with the marriage of Chapman to heavyweight Hollywood producer, Harvey Weinstein. Let’s call him the fairytale prince in this modern-day legend––albeit a somewhat grizzled and rotund iteration––who opened the door to his Tinseltown kingdom. Bewitched actresses whose job it was to make us dream now lived their own fantasy when they slipped on a Marchesa gown. Like pieces from the wardrobes of yesterday’s silver screen sirens, these were dresses that celebrated unadulterated femininity. Each dress represented freedom to be a woman in the most unapologetic, romantic, sensual way.