Bella Freud

(Born 1961) Spent childhood in North Africa, educated in England. Aged 16 worked in Vivienne Westwood and Malcolm McLaren's Seditionaries shop. Trained at Academia di Costuma e Moda Rome, and at the Institutto Mariotti. Returned to work with Vivienne Westwood as her personal assistant. Launched own label in 1990. Saucy tailored suits and knitwear in pastel colours and reworked British classics.

Source: The Cutting Edge - 50 years of British Fashion. The Overlook Press.

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