Stuart Stockdale is an English fashion designer, born in Carlisle, Cumbria.
Biography
Stuart studied fashion design under John Galliano at Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design and went on to do a Master's degree at the Royal College of Art. He has worked in all major fashion capitals for designers such as Jasper Conran, Romeo Gigli, J Crew, Pringle of Scotland,[1] Jigsaw and Jean Paul Gaultier.[2]
From 2000 to 2005 he was the Design Director at Pringle of Scotland. He is widely attributed with revitalising the company worldwide and making the brand "sexy" again.[3][4] He left the company in 2005[5] to take up a position as Design Director of the Luxury British Heritage Brand, Holliday and Brown and contributed to their collaborations with Prada.
After working for French haute couture designer, Jean Paul Gaultier where he was responsible for creating the pret a porter collection and worked on various special projects such as costumes for Kylie Minogue's tour, he returned to London to take up a position as Design Director of Jaeger where he is responsible for the creative direction of the entire brand.[2] Jaeger was founded in 1884 and shows during London fashion Week.
References
- ^ Melanie Rickey (May 30 2002). "Stuart Stockdale For Pringle of Scotland". Fashion Windows. http://www.fashionwindows.com/fashion/pringle/stuart_stockdale.asp.
- ^ a b Leisa Barnett (04 November 2008). "Jaeger's New Stock". Vogue.com. http://www.vogue.co.uk/news/daily/081104-jaeger-appoints-new-design-director.aspx.
- ^ Sharon Ward (12 May 2005). "Pringle rocked by loss of design chief". The Scotsman. http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/business.cfm?id=512822005.
- ^ Tim Blanks. "slideshow of Stockdale's Pringle collection". Style.com. http://men.style.com/fashion/collections/S2006MEN/review/POSMEN.
- ^ "Pringle designer leaves". Vogue Online. http://www.vogue.co.uk/vogue_daily/story/story.asp?stid=25751.
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