Erkan Coruh was born in Istanbul on 26 June 1976. After earning a degree in Fashion Design at the Fine Arts Academy in Istanbul in 2003, he won Turkey's Young Designer of the Year award in 2004 and the IAF International Designer Award in 2005. He went on to earn a Master in Fashion Design at Domus Academy in Milan in 2005, and for the next four years worked in Milan for several cutting-edge Italian brands.
In 2009 he began developing his own brand with a team in his atelier, in collaboration with several artists. In March 2010 he launched his first Autumn/Winter collection, The Men and Women of Allah, in Milan. His second collection, Shirin, inspired by Iranian artist Shirin Neshat's film Women Without Men, was presented at Rome Fashion Week as part of the Alta Roma and Vogue Italia Who's On Next competition, where he was selected as the winner for Women's Ready-to-Wear. He was subsequently hand-picked to present at Spiga2 by Dolce & Gabbana in Milan.