Nick Smith
| Nick Smith | |
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| Born | 9 November 1979 Liverpool, England |
| 🏫 Education | London Institute London College of Fashion |
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| Label(s) | Nick Smith Couture |
Nick Smith (born 9 November 1979) is a British milliner, fashion designer, and socialite.
Biography[edit]
Smith is a hat designer or milliner. He is also a socialite, author, recording artist, actor, venture capitalist, and philanthropist.
Smith studied fashion design and technology at the London College of Fashion and specialized in accessories and millinery. His millinery company is based in London; his central offices are based on Fifth Avenue, New York City, and in Liverpool, England.
Career[edit]
Millinery[edit]
Smith presented his debut collection at the Cafe de Paris during the 2001 London Fashion Week.
In 2005, Smith presented an environmentally friendly clothing line at Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Los Angeles using modal and other organic environmentally friendly fabrics.[1]
In 2006, Smith won the Societas Style Award for designer of the year, which recognized his talent for environmental ethical clothing.[2]
In 2008, Vogue announced Smith's return to London Fashion Week with Murder by Millinery, a collection that features vintage Jimmy Choo shoes worked into bonnets, to raise money for charity and become a touring exhibition after the end of LFW. Smith told Vogue that "the collection mixes both couture and art".
Smith launched the “Wonderland” collection in 2010 at Dallas, Texas.[3]
Other ventures[edit]
2007 Smith launched the world’s first organic, dairy free, gourmet designer chocolate: "couture du chocolat" in Selfridges.[4]
References[edit]
- ↑ [1] Archived October 17, 2006, at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ "Miss Deaf UK". Archived from the original on 2008-01-25. Retrieved 2009-05-15. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Patch". Dallas.going.com. Retrieved 2013-10-07.[dead link]
- ↑ My Last Supper: Nick Smith – Liverpool Echo
External links[edit]
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