Richard Nicoll

Born in London, but grew up in Australia. Richard Nicoll studied on the foundation course at Central Saint Martins, followed by BA menswear design (2000), and MA womenswear (2002).

He was awarded three Association Nationale pour le Développement des Arts de la Mode prizes and Elle’s Best Young Designer.

He worked for Marc Jacobs at Louis Vuitton in 2004, while planning his own label back in London, where he showed as part of Fashion East before creating his own line.

Nicoll debuted at London fashion week with a ready-to-wear womenswear collection in 2006, showing a menswear collection from 2012. Pop stars Lily Allen and Kylie Minogue, and actors Keira Knightley and Julianne Moore were his customers.

He adapted his own-label work for the brands Sportsgirl, Topshop and Fred Perry, and the shirtmakers Thomas Pink.

In 2010 he was made creative director of womenswear for the resurrected firm of Cerruti. However, it discontinued the line after three collections. This was followed by creative directorship at Jack Wills.

He also collaborated on costumes and textiles with the artist/designer Linder Sterling, notably on Northern Ballet’s 2013 performance piece The Ultimate Form, dedicated to the sculptor Barbara Hepworth.

In 2015 he closed his own label and moved back to Australia.