Helen storey biography

Professor Helen Storey is an artist, designer and scientist living and working in London. She graduated in Fashion from Kingston Polytechnic in 1981, then worked with Valentino and Lancetti in Rome.

She returned to London and worked with Belville Sasson before launching her own label in 1983 with Caroline Coates’ company Amalgamated Talent. Storey’s late ‘80s and early ‘90s collections were noted for their questioning of traditional notions of glamour, expense and women’s image, including boas created from rags and evening gowns made from plastic refuse-bags or printed with corporate logos.

Following her second catwalk show, Present Times in 1991, Storey won Most Innovative Designer Of The Year and was nominated for British Designer of the Year by the British Fashion Council. Following the closure of the trading arm of Helen Storey in 1995, Storey published a biography, aptly titled Fighting Fashion, charting her personal experience within the industry.

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