Diane de Clercq was born in Brussels, Belgium and moved to France at the age of 6. When she was 17, she entered “l’Ecole des Arts Décoratifs” in Nice to master in painting. After her studies when she moved to Italy and met a group of talented women with an expertise for traditional knitwork in Umbria; this was the beginning of Diane’s career in knitwear. Her original collections never cease to portray her extravagant sense of colors and sensibility.