Miss Holly Fulton
Creative Director (Holly Fulton)
UK |
Holly Fulton is a womenswear and accessories designer living and working in East London. Born in Scotland, Holly studied in Edinburgh before going on to the prestigious Masters at the Royal College of Art. She established her eponymous label in 2009 after gaining industry experience in London and Paris.
Holly won Elle New Designer 2010, Scottish Young Designer 2009 and 2010, Elle Talent Launch Pad 2010 and Emerging Talent Accessories at British fashion awards 2010. She was a part of London’s Fashion East platform for two seasons before being awarded sponsorship and support from the UK's NEWGEN initiative five seasons in a row.
The Holly Fulton label epitomises modern relaxed luxury. Attention to detail, complex graphic embellishment and witty twists are what make Holly’s work instantly recognisable. Hand rendered, digitally manipulated print coupled with unusual fabrications and embellishment create strong unified looks, from top to toe.
Since her debut collection in February 2009 Holly has developed her own unique visual language, drawing upon a dizzying array of sources, from art deco lines and Bauhaus shapes, to pop art painting and psychedelic illustration. Rich multi-layered surfaces reflect a genuine love of both art history and popular culture. The research of a collection is of paramount importance to Holly, whose references have ranged from Joan Collins to Lady Chatterley, Margate to Mexico. Jewellery completes what Holly calls her ‘total look’, often cleverly worked into the clothing itself.
Holly designs for a confident woman, not afraid of adventure, or indeed attention. |
Miss Molly Goddard
Creative Director (Molly Goddard)
UK
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West London native Molly Goddard began to specialise in traditional hand-craft techniques such as hand pleating, smocking and crocheting during her BA in Fashion Knit at Central St Martins. Her work touches upon themes of special occasions, nostalgia and coming of age, often taking inspiration from party dresses and Sunday best. The techniques that she utilises serve to create clothes that are both delicate and fragile, but the character she designs for conflicts with the beauty of her technique, and brings a clumsy and charming awkwardness to her silhouettes and fabric combinations.
Molly presented her AW15 collection on schedule at Somerset House in February 2015, on the set of a makeshift working art studio. A life drawing class was in session as the models sat at their easels in their boiled wool cardigans and ethereal tulle dresses and captured a nude model on their canvases. Various sculptures, paints and brushes completed the scene and reinforced the nature of Molly’s collection: organic and beautifully undone.
The success of Molly’s SS15 and AW15 collections is reflected in her acquisition of prestigious stock lists such as Dover Street Market London, Dover Street Market New York, IT Hong Kong and Club 21. For Dover Street Market’s AW15 seasonal changeover, Goddard was even commissioned to take over the front window and create an installation that reflected her new collection.
Molly was supported by NEWGEN for SS16 and presented this collection on schedule during LFW. |
Professor Eileen Karp
Chairperson, Fashion Design Department
School of Art and Design
Fashion Institute of Technology, U.S.A.
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Before becoming Chair, Professor Eileen Karp was International Coordinator for fashion design Study Abroad Programs. Professor Karp was named Distinguished Alumni of 2014 from NDSU in Fargo, ND. She earned her M.S.Ed. from California State University–East Bay. Joining FIT’s Fashion Design faculty in 2007, she developed from inception the Technical Design BS program for FIT’s School of B&T. Her thirty-plus years of professional experience in creative design, patternmaking, and technical design management careers while teaching adjunct led to progressive challenging experiences and ongoing growth in her creative skills and abilities as a problem solver, critical thinker, and communicator in the apparel industry. |
Professor Elinor Renfrew
Head of Fashion Department & Associate Head of Design School
Kingston University, UK |
Professor Elinor Renfrew was appointed Course Director of BA Fashion at Kingston University following her successful leadership of BA Fashion Womenswear, Menswear Textiles and Promotion at Ravensbourne where she was gained the Governors' Award for Excellence.
Since joining Kingston the course has been awarded the Creative Skillset Tick, one of 7 courses in the pilot and the first in the faculty. BA Fashion currently ranks third in the world on the new Business of Fashion website, fourth in the global Fashionista website and fourth in the Guardian league table the highest in the University.
Elinor is a member of the British Fashion Council Steering Committee and has been voted as a Trustee of the new Graduate Fashion Week Executive Committee as one of eight academics from the UK. She was recently appointed as Head of the Fashion Department in the new Kingston School of Art structure. |
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