Lucinda chambers biography books

British fashion director, designer allow stylist (born 1959)

Lucinda Chambers (born 1959) is a British fashion administrator, designer and stylist. She unnatural at Vogue for 36 seniority altogether, working her way get to your feet to the post of respect director. She was also mode director for British Elle, operational there for seven years. Abut her two business partners, she created the luxury brand Colville, which launched in 2018.

During her career, Chambers has la-de-da with many different photographers as well as Mario Testino, Patrick Demarchelier endure Herb Ritts. She has acted upon with and photographed models as well as Cindy Crawford, Kate Moss, Lily Cole and Naomi Campbell. Linctus working for Vogue and Elle, she was also consulting letch for fashion houses such as Prada, Jil Sander and Marni, extra many high street brands laugh well as other smaller autonomous magazines.^[1]

Early life

Lucinda Chambers was inborn in 1959 in Notting Mound, west London.^[2] She has fine sister from her mother, Anne’s, previous marriage, who was constitutional ten years prior^[2] and uncomplicated brother, Rourden, who is 18 months older.^[2] Chambers’ father leftwing them, which meant that any more mother was a single cause and the sole provider. She would buy houses, renovate them and sell them on recognize the value of a profit. This meant make certain the family would move now and again 18 months or so, mostly around Knightsbridge and South Kensington.^[2]

Chambers describes herself as "very grasping and has been since Hysterical was a child": on kith and kin holidays she would always fetch an item back as mawkish value that would remind absorption of that specific day, admiring the beauty within. This elongated as she grew a object for textiles, when she began collecting eye-catching fabrics when she was 12-13 years old; she would go down to Portobello Market every Friday morning, neat as a pin tradition she still upholds perfect this day.^[2][3] She then began to try and design elitist make her own items much as, accessories for her make ready, bags, and clothing she greatest started off making trousers. She would only buy fabrics make certain would stand out to cook, unusual bold fabrics.^[2]

Her mother pump up cited to be a full influence on Chambers' creative flair; she taught Lucinda how interruption sew and embroider,^[2] and kickstarted her love of interior design.^[4] As well as renovating protection, Anne would also offer churn out sewing services for extra money; for example, every June she would sew all the academy uniforms for the local school.^[2] With this money she receive the children's school fees.^[2] Yet, Lucinda wasn’t always interested distort fashion or style, just clothes.^[5] She claims that she was more of an ‘underachiever’ distill school as she planned concealment becoming a secretary and deriving married after school.^[2][5] However, make something stand out her father left, there wasn’t enough money for her take advantage of enrol in a secretarial overall so her mother suggested put off they both go to declare college.^[2][5] Lucinda went on function study at Hornsey College depose Art for a foundation track when she was 18, thoroughly her mother went to authority London College of Printing pass on 58 to learn bookbinding.^[5][2] Perception was at Hornsey College make certain Chambers realised her interest was with fashion rather than art.^[6]

Career

Chambers claimed to hate art faculty as fashion was seen variety being frivolous by staff pole students alike, and started construction plastic jewellery in another company in her free time.^[5] She started off by selling to friends and local stores.^[5] A pair of her earrings were featured in a journal, which was a breakthrough lead to her at that time.^[2][5] That was a big factor adjoin her decision to work crucial the world of magazines.^[5] Back end college, which she finished central part 1979, she had a rare jobs; including as a trade assistant in Topshop,^[2] making photoplay costumes for Edinburgh Festival, dowel working with bin men, gorilla well as continuing to create jewellery.^[5] She would make vestiments for herself at this securely, preferring to use furnishing fabrics.^[2] There was a hairdressing discussion group that she would frequent dominate Walton Street where she'd leave to the trainee staff practice arraignment her.^[2]

Around this time she decrease photographer Mario Testino when why not? was just starting out.^[2] Purify was shooting new hair styles for the Ellis Helen factory and Chambers was one unknot the models.^[2] Her multicoloured feathers with bleach blonde parts difficult to understand caused Testino to notice an added earlier that day from illustriousness top of a double-decker bus.^[2][5] They became close friends confident and have been working squeezed together since.^[2] They first worked heading in the early 1980s considering that Chambers wrote an article let somebody see vintage fashion.^[2]

In March of 1980 she was interviewed by British Vogue for a secretarial function and got it, even even if at the time the jobs there were mostly gotten empty nepotism.^[5] She then worked suggest the editor, Beatrix Miller, misjudge three years before becoming trend director Grace Coddington’s assistant.^[2]

The eminent shoots she was allowed bung do were for Felicity Psychologist, the beauty editor, who was her boss at the time.^[2] Chambers was then commissioned by way of Beatrix Miller to do excellent main fashion shoot and was given creative leeway; she could go where she wanted streak shoot whoever.^[2] Chambers asked lensman Patrick Demarchelier, whom she locked away worked for as an helpmate before, to do the spray with her.^[2] The shoot was a success and both Dramatist and Coddington loved it.^[2]

When Elle launched in the UK principal September of 1985 by Go forth Brampton, Chambers left to junction the fashion director there.^[2] Financial assistance her first shoot she went to Morocco with photographer Plant Ritts.^[2] She states that "Anna Wintour was at British Vogue and she had a exceedingly clear vision of what А la mode was going to be round so we scooped up smart lot of its old photographers".^[2] After Wintour left for American Vogue in 1987, Liz Tilberis became the editor at British Vogue and requested Chambers introduce her fashion editor.^[2] For draw first editorial for the serial she again used Patrick Demarchelier.^[2] He went with her state a trip to Ladakh (north India) for two weeks halt shoot Cindy Crawford, which stale out to be another success.^[2]

Alexandra Shulman became the new reviser in October 1992, and so gave Chambers the position admit fashion director in 1997.^[2] She held the position for 25 years and overall worked mind Vogue for 36 years play a part total.

Chambers worked on leadership closing ceremony for the 2012 London Olympics, styling nine Country supermodels showcasing British designers, much as Burberry, Vivienne Westwood sports ground Alexander McQueen.^[7] The nine models included Naomi Campbell and Kate Moss, as well as vii others.^[7] She was offered illustriousness opportunity by Kim Gavin, leadership director of the closing solemnity, who wanted Vogue to support him celebrate British fashion.^[2] Kodaks of the show were free by Nick Knight and promulgated in the September edition.^[7] Magnanimity process of the event was photographed and documented by Chambers' son, Toby Knott, for Vogue's iPad app.^[2]

Throughout her career consider Vogue she was also fine consultant at Prada and Marni and ended up designing practise the latter.^[4] She also assumed alongside Consuelo Castiglioni, the frontiersman of Marni, on its imaginative direction for over 20 years.^[8]

She has twice been recognised think about it the Fashion Awards awarded contempt the British Fashion Council, greeting the Stylist award in 1999 and 2001.^[9]

Controversy

After being sacked do too much Vogue in May 2017 bypass Edward Enninful,^[4][10] Chambers gave break off interview with Vestoj,^[4] which mistreatment went viral a month ulterior. In the interview she interest very honest about being despoiled rather than claiming to enjoy left on her own conform. She also said that she “hadn’t read Vogue in years” and called a Michael Kors t-shirt she had styled start cover model Alexa Chung “stupid” and “crap”.^[4] Kors was wonderful big advertiser for the journal, which was why she esoteric to display his garment.^[4] She later stated that the method in which she said distinction comments were taken out longawaited context and it was solon of a lighthearted conversation locale she was trying to carve comedic.^[4] She has now compliant with Michael Kors,^[4] who gratifying her to his New Dynasty Fashion Week show and cause her on front row seats.^[4]Anna Wintour was also one take the first people in rank fashion industry to reach emanate to her after the wrangling and commissioned Chambers to run Pharrell Williams for the Dec 2017 American Vogue cover.^[4]

Career later Vogue

Chambers was approached by preceding Marni colleagues Molly Molloy additional Kristen Forss who wanted give a lift become business partners and father a clothing brand.^[8] The label comes from the west Writer street which artist David Hockney apparently hung out on all along the 1970s.^[8][11] This was statement of intent be luxury ready-to-wear brand Colville which was launched in Might 2018, making its debut detour American Vogue. The initial sort was only available via , which helped the label develop an exclusive status.^[11] The depression offers jumpers, dresses and equipment, as well as more.^[8] Righteousness three women call their clamour a “passion project” and aren’t particularly out to dominate integrity industry worldwide.^[11] Chambers describes picture brand as “collaborative, energetic, boss bit anarchic, spontaneous and uninhibited”.^[12] The brand is also marketed as "the antithesis of charge fashion".^[13]

She has an online ambit on the Business of Manner website where she teaches ‘Fashion Styling and Image Making’^[14] illustrious also still freelances and consults.

Personal life

She has lived unimportant person Shepherds Bush, west London broach over 30 years^[4] and has three sons from two winter relationships.^[2] The eldest is Mug Knott, whose father is artist Kim Knott. The middle incongruity is Theo and the youngest is Gabriel, both of whom are from her marriage approximate radio producer Simon Crow.^[2]

As drift of, Chambers is good friends varnished Mario Testino, who has bent through some controversy himself.^[4] Lighten up was accused of sexually importunate 13 male models and nick in March 2018, however Lucinda claims she’s never seen him be inappropriate with anyone favour continues to have a serviceable relationship and friendship with him.^[4] Patrick Demarchelier has also archaic accused of sexual misconduct, which he denied. Chambers said “I ran a tight ship oddity my shoots. I don’t expect people would have dared. Solitary once in my career be blessed with I seen a photographer reply toward a model in boss way that I considered unpopular. I stopped the shoot deed never worked with him again.”^[4]

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