‘Aged 18, I started designing my first bag. It was for my mother and I took great pride and pleasure in seeing her wear and style it. Her friends spotted the bag and that’s when I stared to think I might have the beginnings of a business.’ Born in 1986, Ethan was part of the...
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‘Getting into fashion was an accident, like most things in my life’ Simeon Farrar laughs. We meet at his exhibit in the basement of the Pirus store on Newburgh St. The exhibition is called ‘Of Rainbows and Halos’ and it consists of colourful prints, melting glass bottles, canvases that, hung in the right order,...
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I ask Imogen Belfield what she thinks she will be remembered for. Her answer is simple, straight-forward “Big, bold and sculptural jewellery“. I remember the first time I came across one of her designs. It was a beautiful, chunky looking, golden ring gracing the hand of singer, Lily Allen, on the cover of ‘STYLE’...
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“ I am always attracted by menswear – the utility and the toughness” Sophie Hulme says. In reality, it is not necessary for her to explain her penchant for simple, straight, masculine figures. Her designs speak for themselves. Growing up in North London, Sophie describes herself as a tomboy with a love for street...
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“Maybe it’s because we dream more” is the answer Louise Gray gives when asked why so many talented British designers come, like her, from Scotland. ‘When you’re boxed up in your home and it’s snowing – it’s as much dreaming as what you’re surrounded by” she continues, this time explaining the origin of her...
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