Stuart Stockdale

English fashion designer

Stuart Stockdale

British fashion designer Stuart Stockdale in London, July 2011

Born|

Carlisle, Cumbria

Occupation| Fashion designer
Known for| Design Director at Pringle of Scotland (2001-2005) and Jaeger (2008-2012)

Stuart Stockdale is an English fashion designer, born in Carlisle, Cumbria. He has lived and worked around the world and he currently lives in London and Paris.[1]

## Education

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Stuart studied fashion design at Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design and went on to do a Master's degree at the Royal College of Art.

## Biography

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He has worked in all major fashion capitals for designers such as Jasper Conran, Romeo Gigli, J Crew, Pringle of Scotland,[2] Jigsaw and Jean Paul Gaultier.[3]

From 2001 to 2005 he was the Design Director at Pringle of Scotland. He is widely attributed with revitalising the company worldwide and making the brand "sexy" again.[4][5] He left the company in 2005[6] to take up a position as Design Director of the luxury British tie brand, Holliday and Brown, and contributed to their collaborations with Prada.

After working for French haute couture designer, Jean Paul Gaultier, where he was responsible for creating the pret a porter collection and worked on various special projects such as costumes for Kylie Minogue's tour, he returned to London to take up a position as Design Director of Jaeger where he was responsible for the creative direction of the entire brand.[3][7] At Jaeger he designed the uniforms for the staff at Kensington Palace.[8]

## References

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1. ^ Jill Hilbrenner (27 October 2009). "In The Studio With: Jaeger's Stuart Stockdale". The Fash Pack. Retrieved 6 October 2010.
2. ^ Melanie Rickey (30 May 2002). "Stuart Stockdale For Pringle of Scotland". Fashion Windows. Archived from the original on 28 September 2007.
3. ^ a b Leisa Barnett (4 November 2008). "Jaeger's New Stock". Vogue.com. Archived from the original on 5 August 2009.
4. ^ Sharon Ward (12 May 2005). "Pringle rocked by loss of design chief". The Scotsman. Archived from the original on 11 March 2007.
5. ^ Tim Blanks. "slideshow of Stockdale's Pringle collection". Style.com. Archived from the original on 6 August 2006.
6. ^ "Pringle designer leaves". Vogue Online. Archived from the original on 27 September 2007.
7. ^ Harriet Hawksworth (9 October 2010), Campaigning for wool, The Financial Times
8. ^ "Kensington Palace unveils new Jaeger staff uniforms - Telegraph". fashion.telegraph.co.uk. Retrieved 4 July 2018.

## External links

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* Stuart Stockdale at FMD