BIOGRAPHY

BURC AKYOL IS A FRENCH COUTURIER OF TURKISH DESCENT WHOSE LABEL IS FOUNDED ON THE IDEA OF EXCEPTION—EXCEPTIONALLY CRAFTED CLOTHING IN EXCEPTIONAL FABRICS FOR EXCEPTIONAL MOMENTS. OFFERING A CLOSE-TO-COUTURE EXPERIENCE, THE BRAND EMBODIES WHAT AKYOL DESCRIBES AS NEW-WAVE MEDITERRANEAN GLAMOUR, DESIGNED TO INSPIRE ELEGANCE, CONFIDENCE, AND SOPHISTICATION.

INTRODUCED TO COUTURE BY HIS FATHER, A TAILOR, AKYOL GRADUATED FROM L’INSTITUT FRANÇAIS DE LA MODE IN PARIS IN 2007 AND WENT ON TO WORK FOR LEADING FRENCH FASHION HOUSES INCLUDING CHRISTIAN DIOR UNDER JOHN GALLIANO AND BALENCIAGA UNDER NICOLAS GHESQUIÈRE. HE LAUNCHED HIS EPONYMOUS LABEL IN 2018.

BLENDING HIS DUAL CULTURAL HERITAGE WITH HAUTE COUTURE SAVOIR-FAIRE, AKYOL CREATES ELEVATED WARDROBE ESSENTIALS AND STATEMENT PIECES WITH RED-CARPET APPEAL. THE LABEL PRODUCES MAINLY IN FRANCE, PRIORITIZING RESPONSIBLE PRACTICES AND ECO-CERTIFIED MATERIALS.

HIS DESIGNS HAVE BEEN WORN BY INTERNATIONAL FIGURES SUCH AS CATE BLANCHETT, EMMA CORRIN, JARED LETO, CARDI B, AND KENDALL JENNER. AKYOL WAS FEATURED BY VOGUE TALENTS FOR VOGUE ITALIA, WON THE FASHION TRUST ARABIA PRIZE IN 2022, WAS A FINALIST FOR THE LVMH PRIZE IN 2023, AND RECEIVED THE ANDAM PIERRE BERGÉ PRIZE IN 2025. THE BRAND SHOWS AT PARIS FASHION WEEK AND IS DISTRIBUTED GLOBALLY THROUGH SELECT LUXURY RETAILERS.