« Sub rosa » (latin for “under secret”) suggests the confidentiality of the work of textile designers, behind architects, set and fashion designers. Sub Rosa is a four hands studio run by Léa Lacasa and Mopsa Marciano, two textile designers who met during their studies.
Together, they design custom-made textile patterns, prints and ennoblements (any decorative finishes applied to an existing fabric) for interior, scenography and fashion.
« Sub rosa » is also a nod to the hidden value of textile leftovers from industries, which Léa and Mopsa revalue in their practice.
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LÉA LACASA — Textile designer, prints and colors
Léa graduated from ENSAV la Cambre textile design option in 2017. She developed ennoblements for the Sericyne silk and drew prints for Christian Lacroix (interior and accessories) in Paris, before becoming a freelance textile print designer.
Since 2019, she has been giving color classes at the IFM Bachelor of arts in fashion design. She occasionally runs workshops in other programs (Enamoma, Ateliers de Sèvres).
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MOPSA MARCIANO — Textile designer, screen printing and ennobling
Mopsa graduated from ENSAV la Cambre textile design option in 2015. She worked as a textile ennobler for haute couture at Anne Gelbard, before setting up her textile ennobling atelier in Brussels.
Mopsa brings this practice within the reach of children and young people with workshops of co-creation through different structures. She is the co-founder of Rag, a project of valorization of textile waste on the Belgian industrial network.