Hope Macaulay
Hope Macaulay (born 26 April 1996) is a Northern Ireland fashion and textiles designer, creative director and founder of the contemporary luxury fashion brand Hope Macaulay.
Career[edit]
Macaulay graduated from the UK-based University for the Creative Arts in Fashion Textiles: Print in 2018.[1] In the same year she showed her graduate collection at London's Graduate Fashion Week [2] and in London Fashion Week[3]
In 2018, she launched her namesake brand Hope Macaulay.[4] She is most well known for her "kaleidoscopic knitwear and fantasy prints".[5] She was listed in the Irish Times as ‘Top 50 People to Watch in 2019’[6] and spotlighted by Elle magazine [7] and Vanity Fair Italia [8] in 2020. Macaulay's handmade-to-order garments have been featured in British Vogue's “Best Street Style at London Fashion Week”[9] and have been worn by Irish actress Bronagh Waugh[10] and Grammy nominated singer and songwriter, Halsey[11]
In May 2020, Vogue magazine featured Hope Macaulay as "an independent craft-led label you need to know about now".[12]
Personal life[edit]
Macaulay was born in Magherafelt in 1996 and grew up in Portstewart [13] in Northern Ireland, where her studio is based. Her father is the writer Tony Macaulay.
References[edit]
- ^ "Q+A MEET FASHION DESIGNER HOPE MACAULAY AND HER POWERFUL PRINTS". Texintel. Retrieved 8 July 2020.
- ^ Milton, Josh (17 July 2018). "Hope Macaulay". Ragged Cult Magazine. Retrieved 8 July 2020.
- ^ Stewart, Gracie (18 February 2019). "LONDON CALLING: THE BEST STREET STYLE LOOKS FROM LONDON FASHION WEEK FW19". Harpers Bazaar Singapore. Retrieved 8 July 2020.
- ^ "Hope Macaulay | Contemporary Luxury Fashion Designer". Hope Macaulay. Retrieved 3 June 2020.
- ^ Bell, Gail (20 January 2020). "Co Antrim designer Hope Macaulay living the dream in surreal world of fashion". The Irish News. Retrieved 3 June 2020.
- ^ "50 people to watch in 2019: Ireland's hottest young talent". The Irish Times. Retrieved 3 June 2020.
- ^ ELLE, Team (1 April 2020). "100 Independent Fashion Brands To Support During The Pandemic (And Beyond)". ELLE. Retrieved 3 June 2020.
- ^ Cicchetti, Silvia (18 June 2020). "Si può fare shopping in giro per il mondo (via Instagram)". Vanity Fair Italia. Retrieved 8 July 2020.
- ^ Fattie (19 May 2019). "HOPE MACAULAY LONDON FW2019". Fashion Maniac. Retrieved 3 June 2020.
- ^ "Co Antrim fashion designer: When Bronagh Waugh wore my clothes in Paris, people stopped and asked who her designer was". belfasttelegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 3 June 2020.
- ^ "Fashion North".
- ^ "6 New Names In Summer Knitwear To Obsess Over". British Vogue. 22 May 2020. Retrieved 3 June 2020.
- ^ Winter, Peter (23 June 2020). "Hope and glory Portstewart designer Hope Macaulay is making a big splash in the fashion world". Coleraine Chronicle. Retrieved 8 July 2020.
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