Marleen Daniëls (°1958) is a Belgian photographer, primarily a documentary photographer who accidentally but simultaneously documented a large portion of the backstage area at fashion shows before it ever became a thing to do, positioning her as one the first photographers to embrace this scene, sneaking into shows with her point-and-shoot, Marleen captured monumental fashion times including designers that are no longer with us such as Alexander McQueen, Issey Miyake and Karl Lagerfeld.