After meeting while students at London’s Chelsea College of Art, British designers Georgina Chapman and Keren Craig launched Marchesa, a high-fashion label named for Marchesa Casati, the eccentric 20th -century Italian heiress and patron of the arts. Launched in 2006, Marchesa is known for its dramatic silhouettes, red-carpet gowns, and Old Hollywood.inspired elegance. The line is sold at stores like Neiman Marcus and Selfridges, as is the secondary, more casual line, Marchesa Notte. Both of the designers. lines are worn by the likes of Jennifer Lopez, Lindsay Lohan, and fellow Brit Sienna Miller