What does MG2183 mean ?
MG2183 stands for "Insolite Depuis 2183" — French for "Unexpected since 2183."MG are the designer's initials. 2183? Not a typo — that's the year she started the brand. Yes, the future.Marlène comes from a timeline where fashion is fearless and waste is obsolete. She rescues clothes from the past and reimagines them through a lens of what's to come — because at MG2183, time doesn't move in a straight line. It loops, stitches, and reassembles.
Upcycling
up·cy·cle/ˈəpˌsīk(ə)l/verbgerund or present participle: upcycling reuse (discarded objects or material) in such a way as to create a product of higher quality or value than the original.
The Creative Director
Who’s Behind MG2183?
I'm Marlène Giacomazzo (MG, if you're wondering) designer, upcycling wizard, and vintage-hunting ninja. I'm the creative force behind MG2183, where forgotten garments get a second (and way cooler) life.
I graduated from L.I.S.A.A fashion school in Paris with a degree in Fashion Design: a serious background in precision, construction, and an even more serious love for drama… sartorially speaking. From there, I spent years working as an editorial stylist across Paris, London, New York, and LA: on TV shows, magazines, fashion shows, look-books, and commercials, with work featured in Dazed & Confused, WAD Magazine, and Standard Magazine, and collaborations with brands like Paul & Joe, Jean-Charles de Castelbajac, and Converse. That past life in style editorials and visual storytelling sharpened my eye for luxe fabrics, impeccable fits, and that chef's-kiss level of detail.
Eventually, I found my way back to where it all started: fashion and technical design, pattern-making, and garment construction. Years spent studying clothes, styling clothes, telling stories through clothes — that full-circle path is exactly why I can take a garment apart and rebuild it into something entirely new. Upcycling isn't just a craft for me, it's everything I've learned about fashion, distilled into every seam.
3 Facts That Make the Divine Path Even More Legendary
Born on My Mother's Birthday: because of course I was. My mother? A badass seamstress and "pantalonière" (yes, that's a thing — and yes, it's as cool as it sounds). Talent clearly runs in the thread.
Sewn Into Destiny: When I was born, my Sicilian grandmother literally pinned a threaded sewing needle onto my newborn blanket — a blessing for mastering the sacred arts of womanhood: lace-making, crochet, knitting, and the subtle magic of transformation.
The Achilles Needle — at age 5, I stepped on a rogue sewing needle and broke it into my heel. A military doctor had to remove it without anesthesia. Unlike Achilles, that needle didn't become my weakness — it gave me superpowers (and a lifelong respect for floor inspection).
MG2183: Proof that fashion and fate are sometimes cut from the same cloth.
For me, upcycling is part logistics, part divine intervention. It's a sacred little dance between piles of hoarded fabrics and the poetry of perfect timing. One moment I'm lost in a sea of forgotten textiles, the next: boom! The exact piece I need shows up, like it always knew it belonged.
Some might call it coincidence. I call it cosmic curation. Because when a garment comes together like that — the fabric, the fit, the feeling — it doesn't just look good. It feels like the universe whispered, "This one's yours."
Curious what "chef's-kiss level of detail" actually looks like? See for yourself.