This Brazilian firecracker and rising star of the fashion world loves spending time at 5 Hertford Street and the National Art Library at the Victoria & Albert Museum. South Kensington based and a hugely talented women’s wear designer, Barbara Casasola has been lauded by Vogue as “a noted name on the London Fashion Week schedule” and has had her namesake label stocked at Harvey Nichols and Matches. This graduate of the Instituto Marangoni in Milan’s impressive spring 2015 showcase at Joseph on Brompton Cross brought passing traffic to a halt.
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Dame Mary Quant DBE FSCD (also known as Barbara Mary Plunket Greene)
Mary Quant is credited as the creator of the miniskirt, hot pants and most intriguingly duvet covers. This diminutive fashion designer also designed the interior of the Mini Quant back in 1988 but is now most likely to be spotted in La Brasserie in Brompton Cross. She married her business partner, Alexander Plunket-Greene, in 1953 and […]
Erika Bearman
A director of communications at Oscar de la Renta, Erika Bearman describes herself as “reporting from inside one of the world’s most prestigious fashion houses”.
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Why does she affect this rather odd lool…sort of doe eyed even though she is probably far from being doe. All these people who design frocks seem to develop odd facial expressions a la Beckham.