Patrick Grant (designer)
| Patrick Grant | |
|---|---|
| Born |
1 May 1972 Edinburgh Scotland |
| Residence |
Three Mills, Bromley-by-Bow, East London England |
| Nationality | British |
| Education |
University of Leeds Saïd Business School, University of Oxford |
| Occupation | Fashion designer |
| Awards | Menswear Designer award at the British Fashion Awards 2010 |
| Labels |
Norton & Sons E. Tautz & Sons |
Patrick Grant (born 1 May 1972) is a British fashion designer and creative director of bespoke tailors Norton & Sons of Savile Row. As a media figure he is best known as a judge on the television series, The Great British Sewing Bee.
After taking over Norton in 2005, Grant has been credited with rejuvenating the once ailing business. He relaunched E. Tautz & Sons as a ready to wear label in 2009, for which he was awarded the Menswear Designer award at the British Fashion Awards in 2010.
Grant was born in Edinburgh, and raised in the city's Morningside district. His Musselburgh-born father James managed the pop band Marmalade before becoming an accountant. His mother Susan worked for the University of Edinburgh. He attended the Edinburgh Academy before joining Barnard Castle School as a boarding pupil. Grant explained that "My parents thought it would be better for me to be away from home. They have good friends who live not far from Barnard Castle and their two sons were there. So they knew the school and said it was good for rugby and I was mad on rugby." Whilst at Barnard Castle he represented Scottish rugby union at U18 and U19 level, although his rugby career was cut short by a shoulder injury. Grant lists his early fashion influences as Barbour, Burberry, Hunter, Lyle & Scott and Pringle.
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