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 Yes, the future.Marlène comes from a timeline where fashion is fearless and waste is obsolete.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.
Spill the Tea
In her Substack Notes From the Dinner Table, writer Lindsay Miller called out MG2183's reworked, macramé-shoulder jackets as one of those special finds you'd never stumble upon shopping online : the kind of thing only a great in-person boutique visit turns up. She singled out the way the softness of the macramé plays against the structure of the blazer and corseting, and even pointed her readers toward ordering a custom piece directly.
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.