Gareth pugh vogue biography

SUNDERLAND-born designer Gareth Pugh has made a fashion name for himself through his dramatic, often sinister, inflated and constructed.
Gareth Pugh is an English fashion designer based in London.
Gareth Pugh (born 31 August 1981) is an English fashion designer based in London.

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At his spring 2006 collection, Roland Mouret debuted his Galaxy dress, and without the help of TikTok or Instagram—this was pre–social media, after all—the look went viral.

“You hadn’t been able to open a newspaper or magazine without seeing another young Hollywood A-lister wearing that hot-damn curvy dress: Scarlett Johansson, Cameron Diaz, Rachel Weisz, Keira Knightley, Nicole Kidman—so many, it was verging on a joke,” wrote Mower in Vogue’s October 2007 issue. “You put it on, and you looked like an icon,” added the designer.

With as many colors as a book of Pantone swatches, the dress came in a double wool crepe that gripped the body like a second skin. The silhouette was below or at the knee and waist cinching, with a square neckline and sculptural cap sleeves. Like the jeans in the Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, it was universally flattering.

Mouret wasn’t the only designer delivering bodycon dresses. At this time, Hervé Léger (which, in April 2007, had been relaunched by Max Azria) was binding women up like metropolitan-chic mummies in his bandage dresses. No red

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Distinct talents in the world of fashion, Gareth and Charles share an authenticity and radical approach to design that has seen them elevated to cult status. With a cross disciplinary approach to collaboration, they have collectively worked across opera, dance, underground club nights and virtual reality, redefining the way we understand how fashion is made and the stories it can tell. Gareth’s residency at Somerset House Studios is partly focused on helping the Studios to identify and support emerging fashion talent, and through this relationship, Charles Jeffrey and his LOVERBOY team joined the artistic community. From outlandish clubwear to redefining modern luxury, this evening is a rare occasion to hear them explore common ground and departure with North: Fashioning Identity curator, Lou Stoppard.

North: Fashioning Identityshares many common themes in the conversation, and features Gareth Pugh as an exhibitor, and shows at Somerset House until 04 February 2018.

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Educated at London’s Central Saint Martins, Gareth Pugh’s clothes have been described as weara

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Gareth Pugh Costume designer

Biography

Gareth Pugh was born in Sunderland, England. He joined the Fashion Design section of Central Saint Martins, from which he graduated in 2003. In 2005, he created the house Gareth Pugh and presented his first collection during the London Fashion Week. In 2006, he walked in the official London Fashion Week. His avant-garde creations are very successful in the fashion world. He distinguishes himself by proposing atypical models, playing with shapes, volumes and materials, such as leather, vinyl or latex. In 2008, he received the ANDAM Prize (National Association for the Development of Fashion Arts) and presented his first Parisian collection. The following year, he created his first menswear collection. His shows were on the Parisian calendar for six years, before a return in 2015 to London Fashion Week where he celebrated the tenth anniversary of his label. Vogue Runway magazine called his Spring/Summer 2016 collection "perhaps his best collection ever." Over the past decade, Gareth Pugh has worked with some of the most innovative and popu