Patrick Cox is a Canadian–British fashion designer and an eponymous fashion label specializing in the creation of shoes, leather goods and accessories. Cox is most noted for the use of unusual materials and a mixture of Avant-garde and traditional styles.

Born 19 March 1963, in Edmonton, Canada, to a ballerina mother and linguist father, Cox was educated locally, except for periods when his father's work led the family to postings in Nigeria, Chad and Cameroon.^[1] Cox eventually graduated from school in Edmonton Canada and moved to Toronto on his own when he was 17.

Early career[link]

At the age of 19, Cox produced his first pair of shoes, for the Toronto-based designer Loucas Kleanthous, who suggested Cox consider a career as a designer.^[1] An interest in British fashion led Cox to study at Cordwainer's Technical College, London,^[1] a design school that was absorbed into the London College of Fashion in 2000. Cox studied at Cordwainer's from 1983 to 1985.

During his time as a student in London Cox spent as much time in nightclubs as he did studying.^[1] Through his partying Cox became friends with several well known designers, such as Vivienne Westwood and John Galliano who, at that time, were emerging stars.^[1] As a result, in 1984, Westwood asked Cox to design shoes to go with her "Clint Eastwood" collection.^[1] One of the shoes that Cox created incorporated a 6 inch platform that would become the prototype of a 9 inch pair later worn by supermodel Naomi Campbell, when she famously fell during a Westwood fashion show in Paris, France in 1993.^[1]

Personal Life[link]

Cox used to date Canadian journalist, entrepreneur, and magazine publisher Tyler Brûlé.^[1] They split up in 1996.

Working life[link]

Cox set up his own company designing shoes in 1985, and in 1986 designed the shoes for John Galliano's "Fallen Angels" collection.^[1] Subsequently, Cox launched his own Patrick Cox label, adopting the fleur-de-lys logo. Cox continued to work with Galliano for a further six seasons.

In 1991 Cox opened his first shop opposite the Peter Jones department store in Sloane Square, Chelsea, a well known fashion district of London.^[1] In 1993, Cox marketed his first collection designed for the mass market. This diffusion range called "Wannabe" increased the company's annual sales from 2000 to 200,000 pairs.^[1] In 1994, Cox opened his first store in Paris at 62 rue Tiquetonne, followed in 1995 by a second store in London at 129 Sloane Street, a new store in New York and a second store in Paris on rue de Grenelle.^[1] During this time, Cox was twice awarded Accessory Designer of the Year at the British Fashion Awards.^[1] 1998 saw Cox move his design office and production from the UK to Civitanova, in the Italian Marche, an area known for shoe manufacture.^[1]

In 2000, Cox was approached by the fashion house Charles Jourdan, and in January 2003 he was appointed Creative Director, his brief being to rejuvenate the brand.^[1] After 2 years of successful collaboration, Cox decided to move on to concentrate on the development of his own label.^[2]

In 2008 following business problems that saw the closure of his Chelsea store, Cox was forced to sell his business to self-styled ‘Lord’ Eddie Davenport for £2.5m.^[3] Although he relinquished ownership of the business, Cox remained on the board of designers.^[4]

In September 2010, Cox opened 'Cox Cookies & Cake', a baked goods shop in Soho, with Eric Lanlard to whom he was introduced by Elizabeth Hurley.^[5] In keeping with local seedy business, the decor is black and neon, the staff wear leather aprons and chains^[6] and delicacies include titty and bum cupcakes along with his mother Maureen's recipe for traditional Canadian Nanaimo bars. The shop has subsequently closed down.

References[link]

• Encyclopedia Article - Answers.com

External links[link]

• Patrick Cox - Official Website
• Patrick Cox designer profile at Fashion Model Directory

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John Paul Kelly (born 16 June 1987 in Dublin) is a former Irish professional footballer who played for Bohemian F.C. and Drogheda United.

Club career[link]

"Joxer" as he is commonly known as, played at youth level for Lourdes Celtic before moving to the famed Liverpool academy in 2003 under the guidance of Steve Heighway. He made quick progression at Liverpool and before long was a regular in the reserves. Despite this, he was fired by Liverpool for his off field antics and returned home to Dublin where he took a huge step up and joined Bohemians.

He made his league debut on April 1, 2005 in a 1-0 defeat by Derry City and soon became an integral part of the side. An exciting and skilful player, Kelly played a part in Bohs' Double winning 2008 season picking up his first domestic medals of his career.

However when his contract ended at the finish of the 2008 season, Joxer was released by Bohemians.[1] He signed for Drogheda United in time for the beginning of the 2009 season. He then left Drogheda 12 games into the 2009 season.

International career[link]

"Joxer" has represented Ireland at many underage levels and was voted Under-19 Player of the Year at FAI Awards in 2006.

He captained the Irish Under-21 team in all three of their games in the Madeira tournament in early 2007. Also played twice for the Irish U23s [2] [3].

Honours[link]

• League of Ireland: 1
  • Bohemians - 2008
• FAI Cup: 1
  • Bohemians - 2008

Elizabeth Hurley
Liz Hurley campaigning for Breast Cancer Awareness, London October 2010
Born	Elizabeth Jane Hurley (1965-06-10) 10 June 1965 (age 47) Basingstoke, Hampshire, England
Nationality	English
Other names	Liz Hurley
Occupation	Actress, model
Years active	1987–present
Spouse	Arun Nayar (m. 2007–2011)
Partner	Hugh Grant (1987–2000) Shane Warne (2010–present; engaged)
Children	Damian Charles Hurley (born 2002)
Website
www.elizabethhurley.com

Elizabeth Jane Hurley (born 10 June 1965) is an English model and actress. In the 1990s, Hurley became known as a girlfriend of Hugh Grant.^[1] In 1994, as Grant became the focus of worldwide media attention due to the global box office success of his film Four Weddings and a Funeral,^[2] Hurley accompanied him to the film's Los Angeles premiere in a plunging black Versace dress held together with gold safety pins, which gained her instant media attention.^[3]

Hurley has been associated with the cosmetics company Estée Lauder for over 15 years since the company awarded Hurley her first modelling job at the age of 29.^[4] It has featured her as a representative and model for its products, especially perfumes such as Sensuous, Intuition, and Pleasures, since 1995.^[5] As an actress, her best known cinematic works to date have been as Vanessa Kensington in Mike Myers' hit spy comedy, Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (1997) and as the Devil in Bedazzled (2000).^[6] Hurley currently owns an eponymous beachwear line.^[7]

Early life[link]

Hurley was born in Basingstoke, Hampshire, the younger daughter of Angela Mary (née Titt) and Roy Leonard Hurley.^[8] Her father was a Major in the British Army; her Anglican^{[citation needed]} mother was a teacher at Kempshott Infant School.^[8] She has an older sister, Kate, and a younger brother, Michael James Hurley.^[9]

Aspiring to be a dancer as a young girl, she took ballet classes and later briefly studied dance and theatre at the London Studio Centre.^[10] While in her teens, she became involved with punk fashion, dyeing her hair pink and piercing her nose.^[6] "When I was 16 – this was about 1981, 1982 – the thing to be in Basingstoke, the suburb I grew up in, was punk," she explained.^[11] She also reportedly associated with the New Age Travellers in her youth.^[12]

Career[link]

Fashion[link]

Hurley with fashion designer Valentino Garavani at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival

In 1995, with no prior modelling experience, Hurley was introduced as an Estée Lauder spokesmodel.^[4][6] She later recounted, "I was far from an ingénue, having had my first modelling job at 29."^[4] Hurley has since featured in ads for Lauder's 'Pleasures', 'Beautiful', 'Dazzling', 'Tuscany per Donna', and 'Sensuous' fragrances as well as participated in campaigns for the company's other cosmetics.^[13] She was replaced as the face of Estée Lauder by Carolyn Murphy in 2001. However, she continues to work with the company non-exclusively, signing a contract for the 16th year with Lauder in 2010.^[5] In 2005, she modelled for Saloni, Liverpool Department Stores of Mexico, and Lancel.^{[citation needed]} She was part of the seasonal advertising campaigns for Jordache, Shiatzy Chen, Got Milk?, Patrick Cox, MQ Clothiers of Sweden, and Lancel in 2006^{[citation needed]} and Monsoon in 2007.^{[citation needed]} In 2008, Hurley was unveiled as the seasonal campaign face for Blackglama mink.^{[citation needed]}

In April 2005, Elizabeth Hurley Beach, her beachwear line that she also models every summer, was launched at Harrods in the UK. It debuted later that year in select Saks Fifth Avenue stores in the United States and other European countries.^[14] She told Tatler magazine, "I was on Necker Island for a fashion shoot and even as [Richard Branson] was lying back in a hammock, he was on the phone, doing deals, managing his empire. But then I thought I am never going to have even a holiday home, let alone an island, unless I start a business that I can do without disrupting Damian's school days."^[15] In May 2008, Hurley designed and modelled a capsule collection of 12 swimsuits for the Spanish clothes brand MANGO.^[16] Hurley has appeared three times on the cover of British Vogue.^[17] She is signed to TESS Management in London.^[18]

Film[link]

Hurley made her first film appearance in Aria (1987).^[8] She has since appeared in the movies Passenger 57, EDtv, Bedazzled, and Serving Sara. In 1997, she received her first and only acting award, the ShoWest Supporting Actress of the Year, for her performance in the spy spoof Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery.^[6] When Hugh Grant founded and became the director of Simian Films in 1994, Hurley was credited as one of the producers for the company's two Grant vehicles, Extreme Measures (1996) and Mickey Blue Eyes (1999).^[19] In 2000, she was publicly criticised for breaking a five-month acting strike to film an Estée Lauder advertisement, for which she was fined $100,000 (£70,000 in 2000) by the Screen Actors Guild and labelled "Elizabeth Scably" by protesters.^[20][21]

Television[link]

Hurley at the launch of Estee Lauder's new fragrance, Sensuous, in July 2008

In the late 1980s, Hurley portrayed the title character in a five-part television drama, Christabel. After appearing in John Cleese's The Human Face (2001), she hosted the inaugural season of the British reality series Project Catwalk on Sky1 in 2006. The show drew tepid ratings with only 1% of its target audience tuning into the first few episodes.^[22] Hurley was almost universally criticised as a presenter. Marcelle D'Argy Smith, a former editor of Cosmopolitan magazine, called her "witheringly boring" and added: "Liz Hurley has no fashion experience whatsoever. She wore a dress and has appeared at premieres."^[22] GQ 's Dylan Jones defended her as someone "immersed in the fashion world as a celebrity."^[22] Hurley was ridiculed by critics for her "aspirational Basingstoke-gone-jetset accent and dead fish stare,"^[22] while also being described as "the not-nice-but-dim host."^[22]

She was dropped after one season because her bosses reportedly believed she was too wooden.^[23] It was later revealed that Hurley had asked contestants to send her free clothes off the record.^[24] In 2011 Hurley filmed a guest star role in the series pilot of NBC's Wonder Woman as the villain Veronica Cale, potentially recurring.^[25] The network decided not to pick up the series. However, in July 2011, it was announced that Hurley would join the cast of Gossip Girl for a guest-arc. She will portray Diana Payne in the fifth series, who producers describe as "a sexy, smart, self-made media mogul and all-around force to be reckoned with" and that "Diana’s entrance on the Upper East Side will change the lives of all our characters – including, and especially Gossip Girl herself."^[26]

Charity[link]

Hurley has been active in Estée Lauder's Breast Cancer Awareness Campaign, as part of which the company created an "Elizabeth Pink" lipstick whose sales benefit The Breast Cancer Research Foundation.^[27] Hurley, whose grandmother died of breast cancer,^[28] was the mistress of ceremonies at "The Hot Pink Party" that marked the tenth anniversary of The Breast Cancer Research Foundation.^{[citation needed]}

Hurley supported The Prince's Trust by co-presenting the 2003 Fashion Rocks event in its aid^[29] and helping launch the Get Into Cooking youth initiative in 2004.^[30] She has also helped raise funds for End Hunger Network,^[31] ARK children's charity,^[32] and the Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital & Research Centre.^[33]

Personal life[link]

Hurley was a struggling actress in 1987, when she met Hugh Grant while working on a Spanish production called Remando Al Viento. While dating Hurley,^[6] Grant gained international notoriety for soliciting the services of a female prostitute in 1995. Hurley stood by him and accompanied Grant to the premiere of his movie Nine Months.^[6] After 13 years together, Hurley and Grant announced an "amicable" split in May 2000.^[34] According to The Guardian,^[1] Hurley was "then known as 'Hugh Grant's girlfriend,' now known as 'Hugh Grant's former girlfriend,'" due to the high-profile nature of their relationship.^[35]

Hurley with her then husband Arun Nayar at the Ampney Crucis Village Fete in 2008

On 4 April 2002, Hurley gave birth to a son, Damian Charles Hurley.^[36] The baby's father, Steve Bing, denied paternity by alleging that he and Hurley had a brief, non-exclusive relationship in 2001.^[37] A DNA test, however, established Bing as the child's father.^[38] Hugh Grant is his godfather.^[39] Hurley is godmother to Patsy Kensit and Liam Gallagher's son Lennon and two of David and Victoria Beckham's sons (Brooklyn and Romeo).^[40]

In late 2002, Hurley started dating Indian textile heir Arun Nayar, who has run a small software company since 1998.^[41] On 2 March 2007, Hurley and Nayar married at Sudeley Castle and then had a second traditional Hindu wedding at Umaid Bhawan Palace in Jodhpur.^[42] The Indian celebrations included a sangeet at Nagaur Fort^[43][44] and a reception at Mehrangarh Fort.^[45] The wedding ceremonies, photos of which were sold to Hello! magazine for a reported £2 million,^[46] were attended by numerous celebrities, including Elton John, who gave Hurley away.^[47] Hurley, whose net worth was estimated at £13 million in 2003,^[48] resided on a 400-acre (1.6 km²) organic farm in Barnsley, Gloucestershire, with her son and husband.^[49][50]

On 12 December 2010, following press reports linking her romantically with Australian cricketer Shane Warne,^[51][52] Hurley announced via her Twitter account that she and her husband Arun had separated several months earlier.^[53] Hurley filed for divorce on 2 April 2011, citing Nayar's "unreasonable behaviour" as the cause;^[54] this is a conventional ground for divorce under English law. The divorce was granted on 15 June 2011.^[55] On 30 September 2011, three months after her divorce, it was reported that Hurley and Warne were engaged and she was spotted wearing a large sapphire ring,^[56] with their engagement confirmed via Twitter shortly thereafter.^[57]

Filmography[link]

Theatre

• The Cherry Orchard – A Jubilee (Russian & Soviet Arts Festival)
• The Man Most Likely To (Middle East tour)

Documentary film

• Signé Chanel (2005) ... Herself
• Valentino: The Last Emperor (2008) ... Herself

References[link]

External links[link]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Elizabeth Hurley

• Official website
• Elizabeth Hurley at the Internet Movie Database
• Elizabeth Hurley at the Fashion Model Directory