All Entries in the "British designers" Category
New Collection of Hannah MacGibbon .
MacGibbon is a British fashion designer. A graduate of Central St. Martins, MacGibbon is currently the creative director of the French fashion house Chloé Here is a top new collection of her. HOOPPE you guys like it, rate it
Alexander McQueen and The Corner Berlin hosted a cocktail reception to celebrate the Gallery Weekend Berlin.
Creative Director, Sarah Burton, was on hand as Alexander McQueen showcased 19 runway looks and accessories from Spring-Summer 2012. The looks were displayed alongside a selection of crafted art pieces, which revolved around the theme of skulls, a key McQueen icon. McQueen always started every collection with an idea or a concept for the runway [...]
VIVIENNE WESTWOOD
Vivienne Westwood is a legend in her own lifetime, a designer who inspires many other designers and who makes clothes that delight her loyal customers. Born in Derbyshire in 1941, she first became a household name when, in partnership with Malcolm McLaren, she invented the punk uniform. Let It Rock, SEX, Seditionaries, Pirates, and Buffalo [...]
JULIEN MACDONALD
"I don't want to be avant-garde," says Julien Macdonald of his upfront brand of showgirl glamour: "I like beautiful clothes. I don't care what people think about me." Macdonald's love for fashion was inspired by the knitting circles his mother held at home in the Welsh village of Merthyr Tydfil. Studying fashion textiles at Brighton [...]
PHILIP TREACY
Philip Treacy's feathered, fur-trimmed or velvety creations have little in common with conventional headwear. In fact, Treacy's glamorous and fantastical hat designs have completely re-defined modern millinery. Fashion leaders such as Franca Sozzani, Amanda Harlech and Isabella Blow (the latter has worn Treacy hats from the beginning of his career) covet his work. [...]
JOHN RICHMOND
Destroy, Disorientate, Disorder' and Debenhams, the British department store: John Richmond is equal parts raring-to-rock and ready-to-wear. The music-loving' Mancunian has a singular talent for reconciling anarchic punk aesthetics with elegant tailoring. Born in 1961, Richmond graduated from Kingston Polytechnic in 1983 and worked as a freelance designer for Emporio Armani, Fiorucci and [...]
STELLA MCCARTNEY
Stella McCartney's stratospheric success story has only a little to do with her fabulous connections. Born in 1971, she graduated from Central Saint Martins in 1995. Her final year collection was snapped up by the biggest names in retail (including Browns and Bergdorf Goodman) and a mere two years later her sharp-tailoring talents landed her [...]
BURBERRY
Yorkshire-born Christopher Bailey has become something- of a household name, thanks to his sterling work as creative director of Burberry, the British company he joined back in 2001. Yet Bailey (born 1971) is far from an overnight sensation, having previously notched up impressive fashion credentials. On completing a Master's degree at the Royal College [...]
PAUL SMITH
A serious accident while riding his bike put paid to Paul Smith's dream of becoming a professional racing-cyclist. However, this mishap propelled him to pursue a career involving his other passion: fashion. In 1970, Smith (born Nottingham, 1946) opened a store in his native city, selling his own early designs that reflected the types [...]
ALEXANDER MCQUEEN
ALEXANDER MCQUEEN The Gothic sensibility of a Brothers Grimm fairytale is closer in spirit to Alexander McQueen's clothing – than the fetish, gore and misogyny he's been accused of promoting. However dark McQueen's design, it still achieves a femininity that has seduced everyone from Bjork to the Duchess of Westminster. McQueen's rise to power is a fashion fairytale all of [...]
