Elle UK – September 2019

The trendsetter:

CLAREWAIGHTKELLER

ArtisticdirectoratGivenchy

It’sonethingfora designertocreate

a royalweddingdress.It’sanother

tomakea seriesofmomentsthat

amounttoa chapterforthehistory

books,asClareWaightKeller

hasdonewiththewardrobeshe

createdforMeghan,Duchess

ofSussex,duringherfirstyearof

marriagetoPrinceHarry.Shewill

alsomakethehistorybooksherself

• asthefirstfemalecreativedirector
  ofGivenchyinitsexistence.

The trailblazer:SINÉADBURKE

Writer,educatorandadvocate

If youseeclothesforlittlepeoplehangingonthe

railsofluxuryshopsinthefuture,thankSinéadBurke.

Sheis changingthewaywetalkaboutdisability

infashion– literally.Sheintroduced‘duinebeag’

(theGaelictranslationfor‘littleperson’)totheIrish

lexiconin2O16andeducatesbrandsandretailers

aboutthebarrierspreventingpeoplewithdisabilities

fromengagingwithfashion.Shehasbeen

recognisedbypowerfulbrandsandpersonalities,

includingBurberry,Prada,Gucciandwill.i.am.

Sinéad

Burke

Theeducator:FA B IOP IR A S

Coursedirectorof MAFashionatCSM

WhatdoMattyBovan,SimoneRocha,Charles

JeffreyandRoksandaIlincichaveincommon?

Otherthanbeingsomeoftheworld’smost-feted

designers,they’veallpassedthroughFabioPiras’

CentralSaintMartinsclassroom.Takingover

fromprofessorandindustryicon,thelateLouise

Wilson,Fabiois notafraidtotakea gambleon

studentsandknowshowtospotfuturestars. Matty

Bovan

Fabio

Piras

CREATIVEEYE

FabioPiras

hasaneye

forspotting

newtalent

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Clare Waight Keller

MAKING HISTORY

Waight Keller’s

Givenchy designs

(left and above

right) work for both

runway and royalty