Draft:Francesca Marotta
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Comment: In accordance with Wikipedia's Conflict of interest policy, I disclose that I have a conflict of interest regarding the subject of this article. FrancescaMarotta (talk) 19:09, 31 August 2025 (UTC)
Francesca Marotta was born in Santa Elisabetta, Agrigento, in Sicily.
Her Roots play a great part in the way she envisions and creates her Business Ventures. Of Sicilian, American Indian, Mediterranean, North African, Middle Eastern and Ashkenazi Persian Ancestries.
Her family lived between Sicily and mainland Europe. At the age of 17, Francesca moved to London, United Kingdom.
Her designs and creations have won her numerous Awards in UK, France (Talons Aiguilles and Best Young Designer Award), Turkey (Young Designer Award) and Italy (Praemium Award).
Francesca Marotta has had shows at London Fashion Week, New York Fashion Week, Philadelphia Fashion Week, Istanbul’s Marmara Fashion Week, Made In Medi Fashion Week in Italy, Los Angeles Fashion Week, Oakland California, Lille in France, Liège in Belgium, Dublin in Ireland and Osaka in Japan.
Celebrities such as Lauryn Hill, Natalie Dormer, Natasha Bedingfield, Jessie J, Ana Matronic, Whitney Port, Andreja Pejic, Skin from Skunk Anansie, Jhene Aiko, Karrueche Tran, Kristin Knox, Kelly Brook, Irina Lazareanu, Jodie Kidd have worn the label.
As a Wardrobe Designer; her main accomplishments were to work with Cinematographers : Michael Seresin, Vanya Peirani-Vignes, Jude Campbell AD, Francesco Caradonna; and with Toni Castells on his “Life from Light” Opera.
Her Work has been published in Harpers Bazaar China, Vision China, Zink Magazine, Vogue Japan, Vogue Italia, Vogue USA, Vogue UK, The Times, The Sunday Times, The Financial Times “How To Spend It”, Creem USA, Treats, British Journal of Photography, S Magazine with its Rankin Issue, Cosmopolitan, Glamour, Fabulous Magazine and over 500 of others.
Her Celebrities Folio includes The Scissor Sisters, Stuart Zender, Charlotte Hope, Andreja Pejic, Sophie Anderton,
Ye Mingzi, Amy Lennox, Camilla Kerslake, Meeta Raval, Sir Steve Redgrave, Gianluca Vialli, Great Britain National Rugby League Team to name a very few.
Companies such as Warwick Guitars, Agresti Luxury Safe Boxes, Malmaison Hotels, Hotel Du Vin, Toni & Guy, Trevor Sorbie, Vidal Sassoon have trusted her vision.
Her name is associated with Ki Price, Nicolas Velter, Casey Moore, Squiz Hamilton, Arron Dunworth, Oggy Yordanov, Woland, Andrew Farrar, Paulina Surys, Alexander Beer, Nuno Veloso, Julius Zulkarnaen…
As a Creative Director and Visual Merchandiser; one of her career highlight was being in charge of “Cultural Invasion” Pop-Up Stores by CMG Global in California.
With Internationals Design, Consultancy, Directing, Broadcasting, Styling and Business Mentoring Careers under her belt; it made sense for Francesca Marotta to fall into Publishing and have this new entrepreneurial venture : Her Own Magazine named Zion Zane.
As a Broadcaster, she has interviewed the likes of Prince Koussou Alam-Sogan (Prince of Dahomey), The US Secretary of The Interior Deb Haaland, Leonard Peltier (The Longest Serving Political Prisoner in American History), Patricia Manfield aka Heir, Renato Balestra, The Bloom Twins, Wen Jun Lau, Ninette Murk, Oscar Wang, Nina Runsdorf; the list of Personalities goes from Musical Artists to Fashion Icons to Entrepreneurs and Royals, and UK Royal Family Members.
She is currently freelancing for Styling, Art Direction, Brand and Creative Consultancy, Guest Designing, Casting and Production.