Gareth Pugh

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Gareth Pugh
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Gareth Pugh (born 31 August 1981)[1] is an English fashion designer[2][3] based in London. He is known for his unconventional use of volume and form when designing outfits, and his work is described as performance art. He achieved prominence in the Kashpoint's Autumn 2005 Alternative Fashion Week group show, and he made his solo premiere in London's Fall 2006 fashion week. Due to his focus on experimental fashion, Pugh has had limited success selling wearable clothes. Instead, his projects are funded through patronage by Rick Owens and Michèle Lamy.[4] His designs have been sported by notable performers, including Kylie Minogue, Beyoncé, and Lady Gaga.[5]

Career

Pugh's trademark inflated clothing

At 14, Pugh began working as a

Dazed & Confused magazine, who placed one of his designs on the magazine's cover shortly thereafter.[3]

Pugh's Spring 2007 collection also featured somewhat more wearable clothing, like this dress.

Pugh was selected to participate in the British reality show

!WOWOW!, a feature in Dazed & Confused, and a debut show at London club Kashpoint's Alternative Fashion Week brought Pugh to the attention of Fashion East, "London's breeding ground for cutting-edge new talent," leading them to invite Pugh to participate in its Autumn 2005 group show.[8] Pugh had only four weeks, with no studio, no assistants, and little money, to create the collection.[3] His collection ended up a critical success and attracted significant attention to his collections.[7]

Pugh's solo premiere was in London's Fall 2006 fashion week; he has since shown his Spring 2007 and Autumn 2007 collections there.[6][9][10] Pugh's shows have continued to draw critical praise. British Vogue, for instance, called his Spring 2007 collection "an incredible, unmissable show" and said that "his genius is undeniable."[11] Anna Wintour is a notable supporter of Pugh's designs.[3]

ARTPOP premiere at ArtRave.[17] Ashlee Simpson wore a leather and clear plastic striped Gareth Pugh dress in her video "Outta My Head." British pop music duo Pet Shop Boys wore Gareth Pugh outfits at their iconic performance at the 2012 Summer Olympics, with a reinterpreted design inspired by their post-modern look during their 1993 Very era.[18]

Pugh was awarded the prestigious ANDAM Fashion Award in 2008.[19]

In 2010, Gareth Pugh opened his first boutique in Hong Kong.[20]

Pugh was mentioned in a song by Kazaky, a Ukrainian dance music group.[21]

Dress of the Year 2014

In 2014, fashion journalist and stylist Katie Grand was invited by the Fashion Museum, Bath, to select an outfit to represent that year in their Dress of the Year collection. She chose one of Gareth Pugh's ensembles, a wrapped outfit in calico and plastic sheeting.[22] Later in spring-summer LFW of 2019, the Virgin Voyages revealed the collection designed by Pugh for the group.[23]

Aesthetic

Style.com describes Pugh as the "latest addition to a long tradition of fashion-as-performance-art that stretches back through Alexander McQueen, John Galliano, and Vivienne Westwood to the eighties club culture of Leigh Bowery."[9] (Pugh, however, dismisses frequent Bowery comparisons as "lazy journalism.")[3] Klaus Nomi has also been suggested as an influence on Pugh.[24] Pugh's collections are autobiographical rather than referential, and draw inspiration from Britain's extreme club scene.

electrically charged plastic in his clothing.[3]
Pugh describes his designs as being "about the struggle between lightness and darkness."

Commercial potential

Though he has received significant acclaim in contemporary fashion circles,

Michéle Lamy, who hold a 49% interest in Gareth Pugh's firm.[citation needed] The husband and wife team now fund all of Pugh's collection development, production and marketing activities.[10]

References

  1. ^ Murray, Janet (16 October 2007). "College days". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 3 May 2010.
  2. ^ a b "Gareth Pugh: Fashion Designer." Archived 14 August 2011 at the Wayback Machine Showstudio.com. Retrieved 9 April 2007.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m West, Daniel. "Gareth Pugh." Archived 14 November 2007 at the Wayback Machine Icon Magazine (December 2006). Retrieved 9 April 2007.
  4. ^ "Gareth Pugh Visual Research Journal". www.slideshare.net. Retrieved 26 June 2023.
  5. ^ Dazed (22 July 2022). "The inside scoop on Lady Gaga's outrageous Chromatica Ball fashions". Dazed. Retrieved 26 June 2023.
  6. ^ a b c d e Mower, Sarah. "Gareth Pugh Runway Review (Spring 2007)." Style.com (19 September 2006). Retrieved 9 April 2007.
  7. ^ a b c d e Crompton, Erica. "Supernova: Hint seeks out rising stars of design." Hint Magazine (Aug. 2005). Retrieved 9 April 2007.
  8. ^ "Fashion East – Pugh." Archived 27 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine Vogue (UK).
  9. ^ a b c Mower, Sarah. "Gareth Pugh Runway Review (Fall 2006)." Style.com (15 February 2006). Retrieved 9 April 2007.
  10. ^ a b c Mower, Sarah. "Gareth Pugh Runway Review (Fall 2007)." Style.com (15 February 2007). Retrieved 9 April 2007.
  11. ^ Jones, Dolly. "Gareth Pugh Spring/Summer 2007." Archived 30 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine Vogue.uk (19 September 2006). Retrieved 9 April 2007.
  12. ^ "Roisin Murphy Knows That Lady GaGa's Imitation Is In Fact Flattery". Idolator. 11 August 2009.
  13. ^ "Róisín Murphy Trades Gareth Pugh for Recent Design-School Grad". New York.
  14. ^ "Balenciaga Menswear Flops; H&M's Stock Suffers". New York.
  15. ^ Alesse, Norell. "Beyoncé Wears Gareth Pugh To The 2008 MTV EMAs." Batch!Please. 7 November 2008.
  16. ^ "Beyonce Gareth Pugh and Fringed Shades in 'Diva' - Beauty Confessional". Archived from the original on 21 August 2010. Retrieved 5 March 2010.
  17. ^ "Gagafashionland.com". gagafashionland.com.
  18. ^ "Gareth Pugh+Pet Shop Boys". 13 August 2012.
  19. ^ Bumpus, Jessica (21 January 2011). "Gareth Pugh". Vogue.
  20. ^ "Are you edgy enough for the Gareth Pugh store in Hong Kong?". CNN Travel.
  21. ^ Kazaky
  22. ^ "Prestigious Dress of the Year announced". ITV News. 24 March 2015. Archived from the original on 25 March 2015. Retrieved 25 March 2015.
  23. ^ Wightman-Stone, Danielle (18 September 2019). "Gareth Pugh unveils Virgin Voyages uniforms during LFW". FashionUnited. Retrieved 27 September 2023.
  24. ^ Limnander, Armand (26 January 2009). "Men's Fashion: The Ghost of Klaus Nomi". The New York Times.
  25. ^ "Gareth Pugh." Londonfashionweek.co.uk. Retrieved 9 April 2007.
  26. ^ Roe, Louise. "Hard Times." Archived 30 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine Vogue.uk (19 March 2007). Retrieved 9 April 2007.
  27. ^ Jones, Dolly. "Gareth Pugh Fall/Winter 2007." Archived 27 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine Vogue.uk (15 February 2007). Retrieved 9 April 2007.

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