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Martina London Back to the Beginning

Our Story

Barbara has spent twenty years inside the world's finest ateliers — from Milan to London, alongside Armani, McQueen, Ferré — learning what quality really means. Notting Hill has been her home for twenty-eight years, raising a family and building a community. Martina London is her return to the thing she has always loved most.

Barbara, founder of Martina London

Our Founder

Barbara

Barbara's career spans more than two decades across the world's finest fashion houses — from Armani and Gianfranco Ferré to Alexander McQueen. Her eye for quality, cut, and enduring style has shaped Martina London from its very first collection.

Notting Hill has been her home for 28 years. It's where she raised her family, founded Martina London, and built a community that keeps coming back.

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Craftsmanship

A piece is only as good as the hands that made it. Martina London is made the way it has always been made, with Italian silk, with embroidery worked by craftsmen who have spent a lifetime at it, in ateliers where the standard is the standard. No shortcuts. No seasonal pivots. Just clothes built to be worn, and worn again.

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Martina London piece in motion, photographed on the streets of Notting Hill
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