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Matthew Williamson

Matthew Williamson
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Williamson at the Factory Girl London premiere in 2007
Born (1971-10-23) 23 October 1971 (age 45)
Manchester, England
Nationality British
Education Central Saint Martin's College of Art and Design
Occupation Fashion designer
Labels Matthew Williamson
Pucci

Matthew Williamson (born 23 October 1971) is a British fashion designer renowned for his use of bold, colourful and carefully constructed designs.

Matthew Williamson was born in Manchester and studied in Manchester at Loreto College until he was 17 years old. He then moved to London to attend school at Central Saint Martin's College of Art and Design, in 1994.

His eponymous fashion house was founded in February 1997. That same year, he debuted his collection 'Electric Angels' at London Fashion Week.

His collections were displayed during New York Fashion week in 2002. His store at 28 Bruton Street, in Mayfair, London, followed in 2004.

In 2005, he launched his own perfume range and the following year he was appointed Creative Director at Emilio Pucci. In 2007, a runway show of his designs was incorporated into the video for Prince's song "Chelsea Rodgers" from his Planet Earth album. In 2007, the Design Museum, London, hosted a restrospective of his work entitled "Matthew Williamson – 10 years in Fashion".

In 2008, Williamson was awarded the "Red Carpet Designer" accolade at the British Fashion Awards where he has also received three nominations for Designer of the Year. In September 2008 Matthew Williamson returned to London full-time to focus fully on his own label's forthcoming ventures and expansion. He made a guest appearance on season 7 of Project Runway. The episode aired on 28 January 2010.

In Autumn 2010, a self-titled book was published by Rizzoli. The book is written by Colin McDowell with a foreword by Sienna Miller, and contributions from Anna Wintour, Alexandra Shulman and Diane von Fürstenberg. An accompanying photographic exhibition marked the book launch at Somerset House.


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