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| Name | Luella Bartley |
|---|---|
| Nationality | British |
| Birth place | Stratford Upon Avon, England |
| Education | Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design |
| Label name | Luella |
| Headquarters | Luella Bartley Ltd, Como House, 2nd Floor, 15 Wright's Lane, London |
Luella Dayrell Bartley MBE is an English fashion designer, magazine editor and former journalist based in the UK.
A onetime journalist and fashion editor of British Vogue and Canada's Evening Standard newspaper, Luella Bartley first attended the prestigious further education arts college, Warwickshire School of Arts, before gaining a place at the world famous Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design and launched her eponymous fashion label "Luella" in 1999 with a collection entitled "Daddy, I want a Pony" at a friend's (Steve Mackay - bassist from Pulp) apartment. Bartley is a former roommate of artists Justine Frischmann and Mathangi Arulpragasam (M.I.A.). A year after her first showcase, she was awarded Britain's Young Designer of the Year award. Her designs often draw influence from the British music scene and have been acclaimed for her quirky, punk inspired, often distinctly English style. Her LFW debut in February 2000 was the show "Daddy, who were the Clash?"
In January 2006, Bartley was selected to launch Target's Go International line.
She has showcased her work several times during London Fashion Weeks. She returned to London for Spring/Summer 2007, after six and a half years based in New York and previously Milan fashion weeks. During the same week she opened her first store, in London's Brook Street.
In 2008, she launched a limited edition bag collection "Friends of Luella" in Hong Kong. Later that year, the British Fashion Council named Luella 'Designer of the Year', having been nominated previously for two consecutive years. Following on from this prestigious accolade, Luella was privileged enough to achieve wider recognition and be crowned ‘International Designer of the Year’ by Elle Sweden in January 2009.
Wearers of her designs have included Kate Nash, Kelly Osbourne, Lily Allen, Amy Winehouse, Gwyneth Paltrow, Sienna Miller, Mischa Barton, Chloe Sevigny, Keira Knightley, Foxy Brown, Christina Aguilera, Reese Witherspoon, Cate Blanchett, Kate Bosworth, Alexa Chung, Pixie Geldof, Zooey Deschanel, and HRH Princess Beatrice and HRH Princess Eugenie. Bartley was announced to design the Liberty Christmas decor. Despite this, on 10 November 2009, it was reported that Luella had ceased trading. Bartley currently lives in Cornwall with her partner, fashion photographer David Sims and their children Kip, Stevie and Ned.
She was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2010 New Year Honours.
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She started her career as a freelance in Paris, before moving to London in the 1970s to work with Stephen Marks on his French Connection label. Their professional relationship resulted in a personal relationship, and they had a daughter before separating. She is now based in London.
In 1982, she and Marks created the Nicole Farhi fashion label within the French Connection group. The label now has shops worldwide, as well as restaurants in London and New York. On 15 March 2010, French Connection announced its sale to OpenGate Capital for up to £5 million.
She is married to the British dramatist and writer David Hare.
In February 2007, she was a signatory to the declaration of the Independent Jewish Voices, a new Jewish network, calling for an open and critical debate on Israel and criticising certain Jewish organisations' unconditional support of Israel.
In 2007 she was appointed an honorary CBE.
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| Name | Katie Armiger |
|---|---|
| Background | solo_singer |
| Birth name | Kaitlyn Michelle Armiger |
| Born | June 23, 1991 |
| Origin | Sugar Land, Texas, U.S. |
| Genre | Country |
| Occupation | Singer |
| Instrument | vocals-guitar |
| Years active | 2007-present |
| Label | Cold River Records |
| Url | http://www.katiearmiger.com |
Kaitlyn Michelle "Katie" Armiger is a country artist from Sugar Land, Texas. She was first inspired to pursue country music after winning a Houston, Texas city-wide competition for young country singers. Her self-titled debut album, was released on Cold River Records in the U.S. on August 21, 2007. It was produced by Mark Oliverius, the producer for other country acts such as Lorrie Morgan and Trick Pony. The first seven tracks of her album were co-written by Armiger with Oliverius and Ashlee Hewitt. She entered the Billboard country charts for the first time in 2010 with "Kiss Me Now." It served as the lead-off to her third album, Confessions of a Nice Girl, which was released in October 2010, and became her first album to chart. "Best Song Ever," released as the album's third single in October 2010, has become Armiger's highest-charting single to date.
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