Fashion career profile
Natacha Ramsay-Levi
Natacha Ramsay-Levi is a French fashion designer who served as Creative Director of Chloé from 2017 to 2020. After studying history, she enrolled at Studio Berçot. She began with an internship at Balenciaga in 2002 and spent more than a decade at the house, working closely with Nicolas Ghesquière. After leaving in 2013 and consulting for other fashion houses, she followed him to Louis Vuitton, where she served as Creative Director of women’s ready-to-wear for four years. Chloé appointed her Creative Director in 2017; she oversaw the maison’s collections and presented her debut that year. Ramsay-Levi announced her departure in December 2020. After Chloé, she contributed leather designs to At.Kollektive, an independent design project. Her career spans long studio roles at Balenciaga and Louis Vuitton and a distinct creative-leadership chapter at the Paris maison Chloé.
- Role
- Former Creative Director, Chloé; fashion designer
- Nationality
- French
- Age
- 46
- Career appointments
- 3
- Fashion houses
- 3
- Education: Fashion, Studio Berçot; earlier studies in historyShe changed direction from history studies and enrolled at Studio Berçot. · British Vogue
- Balenciaga: Joined Nicolas Ghesquière’s team in 2002Her early position was in the design team, not a creative-director appointment. · Vogue
- Louis Vuitton: Creative Director of women’s ready-to-wear, 2013–2017Vogue reported that she followed Ghesquière to Louis Vuitton, where she led the women’s ready-to-wear design team for four years. · Vogue
- Chloé: Creative Director, 2017–2020She led the Paris house for four years and announced her departure in December 2020. · Vogue
- Chloé: Announced departure in 2020The announcement closed her four-year creative-director tenure. · Vogue
- Independent project: Designed leather capsules for At.Kollektive after ChloéVogue covered her second capsule for the design collective in 2023. · Vogue
- 2002 — Joins Balenciaga’s design teamShe begins working with Nicolas Ghesquière before later moving with him to Louis Vuitton.
- 2013 — Moves to Louis VuittonAfter leaving Balenciaga and consulting for other fashion houses, she follows Ghesquière to Louis Vuitton.
- 2017 — Named Creative Director of ChloéHer four-year leadership role covered the Paris house’s collections.
- 2020 — Announces departure from ChloéHer creative-director tenure ends in 2020.
- 2023 — Presents an At.Kollektive leather capsuleHer second capsule collection for the collective followed her Chloé tenure.
- 2017–2020 — Creative Director — ChloéHistorical appointment · Vogue
- 2013–2017 — Creative Director of Women’s Ready-to-Wear — Louis VuittonHistorical appointment · Vogue
- 2002–2013 — Designer under Nicolas Ghesquière — BalenciagaHistorical appointment · Vogue