Margit Brandt

Margit Bjørløw Brandt (27 January 1945 – 24 October 2011) was a Danish fashion designer.

Biography Brandt graduated from Margretheskolen (1961–1964), Københavns Tilskærerakademi (1964), and completed an apprenticeship in tailoring. She started her international career in 1965 as an apprentice in Paris with the grand master of the time French fashion designer Pierre Balmain. Her inventiveness and confident style won her recognition and in 1966 she continued her career in the couture house of Louis Feraud on Rue du Fauborg Saint Honore. In 1966 she married Erik Brandt,

In 2005 again based in Denmark they have commenced designing and producing fashion clothes again.

In the book Fashion Genius of the World (1979) written by Serena Sinclair, Brandt comes second after the British designer Mary Quant. 1994: Margit Brandt's 60's designs are exhibited at Aarhus Women's Museum in Denmark. 1997: Margit designs gala uniforms for the Royal Danish Airforce. 2006: The Danish fashion award “Guldknappen” (the golden button) is given to Margit 2007: The Danish Queen Margrete II awards Margit with the Cross of Dannebrog