Marie Hatzis is one of Australia’s leading Designers, whose cutting edge high fashion labels Hussy and Madame Marie are sought after the world over.

Amongst her recent accolades, Marie has been voted in the BRW Top 50 Women Entrepreneurs list, won the National Business Award at the Australian Business Awards and has been nominated for the prestigious Telstra Business Woman of the Year award. Marie is regularly interviewed for various media platforms and receives high calibre editorial from the world’s press. Her perfectionism is renowned, and it is this quality combined with her acute business acumen that has driven the success and longevity of the business thus far.

Marie started the Hussy label at the tender age of 21 with just $2,000 in her pocket and a healthy combination of ambition, drive and a sense of adventure. Over the past 13 years, she has built the company into a multinational organisation, with an export arm spanning 11 countries and representation from showrooms and publicists from Sydney to London and New York.

Marie’s founding label Hussy is a highly distinguished and iconic brand at the forefront of the industry. Known for its eclectic prints, highly stylised “look” and extensive line in accessories, Hussy has a cult following both locally and overseas and counts celebrities such as former Destiny’s Child Kelly Rowland among its fans.

In addition to three state of the art Hussy flagship stores in Sydney and Melbourne, Marie recently returned from Bali where she opened Hussy’s very first international store in the uber-stylish district of Seminyak.

Hussy is also stocked by 120 key retailers throughout the world, including department store giant David Jones here in Australia, Fred Segal Trend and Big Drop in the USA, Austique & Coco Ribbon in the UK, Frees Stores & Mahna Mahna in Japan, Villa Moda in Dubai and Kuwait, and Jasmine Box in Saudi Arabia to name a few.

Always looking for new challenges and ways to continue to provide for her loyal customer base, Marie introduced a new label to the Hussy empire in 2006. Madame Marie – a high-end, fashion-forward label that caters for a discerning and stylish customer who understands elegance and appreciates luxury, Madame Marie launched to critical acclaim, beginning with immediate front page coverage on the UK’s Sunday Times.

Australian Fashion Week 2007 saw the world premier of Madame Marie by way of an individual runway show which paved the way for the label to be stocked in elite boutiques such as Elizabeth Charles New York and San Francisco, Aria Boutique in Ireland, Rakkas in Greece and Rocco in Bahrain, to name a few. It wasn’t long before celebrities like Charlize Theron and Danii Minogue were seen adding Madame Marie to their wardrobes.