House Of Flora
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House Of Flora is an established British
fashion
label and design house founded by its head designer Flora McLean (born 2 April 1971). McLean’s range of hats, jewellery, clothes and accessories are exhibited twice yearly in the London
and Paris
Fashion Shows. The design house produces commercial collections for stores worldwide but McLean is more notable as a designer who produces haute couture
millinery for other established designers such as Givenchy
, Katherine Hamnett, Caroline Cornu, Bruce Oldfield
and Matthew Williamson
, and her work has featured on fashion runways around the world.
House Of Flora/McLean's designs have been exhibited in the Victoria & Albert Museum in London as part of the Anthology of Hats exhibition curated by millinery doyen Stephen Jones
. Jones, considered 'one of the world's most radical and important milliners of the late 20th and early 21st centuries', chose the work of Mclean and four other designers Piers Atkinson, Nasir Mazhar, Justin Smith and Noel Stewart.
Of Mclean and her contemporaries, Jones said: "Today we did Millinery In Motion. And it was myself introducing five young designers, these are the people on the vanguard of millinery London and they are extraordinary people. Often they use very sculptural techniques or very unusual materials to create very innovative effects."
. Some of her first self-made designs were the hats and turbans made for her father's 1996 film, Urban Turban.
Influenced by Vogue magazine and her mother's tendency to make clothes, Flora McLean began sewing and making items as young as six. As a student she studied an MA in fashion womenswear at the Royal College of Art
and, in her final year, she was commissioned by Ashley Page and began designing for the Royal Ballet. There she saw what she later described as her ‘seemingly impossible’ designs made real by the Royal Ballet's costume department: ‘They weren’t fazed by my naïve collages, they understood what was going on in my head and it made me feel that anything was possible’.
House Of Flora, McLean's own design house, was founded in 1996 when she started taking on private commissions and making millinery props for magazines, advertising and fashion shows. Her avant-garde
design aesthetic is informed by her stated influences of surrealism
, constructivism
and the Bauhaus
movement.
House of Flora has created Millinery Couture for Matthew Williamson
, Blumarine
, Bruce Oldfield
and for Riccardo Tisci
at Givenchy
Haute Couture.
in 2006 and 2008.
McLean debuted her first dress design created under the House Of Flora name - entitled Dress No.1 - at the SHOWstudio's 'Future Tense' project in 2008 (a military style cotton printed shirt dress). Dress No.2 (a wool, blue gabardine coat dress) and Dress No.3 (a red printed mackintosh mac dress) followed. It is McLean's stated intention to produce a single House Of Flora dress design per season.
in Paris, Bumble and bumble
in New York, and Liberty
in London.
on a collection of accessories inspired by letterpress printing, and which debuted at the 2009 London Fashion Week
; this saw the designer's work being rendered as laser-cut typography on rubber for garments and accessories - the piece, entitled Dress No.2, was reviewed at the 2009 London Fashion Week
. The designs were also featured in Vogue
. Film of the work, Letterhead, can be seen on the Vogue website. An interview with Flynn for Print Week described the design collaboration:
magazine, by Kate Moss
for French Vogue, wearing haute couture Givenchy
headwear designed by McLean, and Helena Bonham Carter
, Agyness Deyn
and Roisin Murphy
. McLean's work has also been photographed by Mario Testino
, Paolo Roversi
, Nick Knight
, and Arthur Elgort
, among others.
The singer Paloma Faith
has been pictured wearing one of Mclean's House Of Flora pvc berets and also, while performing at the T In The Park Festival (July 2010), Faith wore a red version of the Flora McLean/Neil Moodie designed 'Marcel' hat
High profile fashion ad campaigns and shows featuring House Of Flora's designs include MAC
make-up 2008, Victoria’s Secret shocking pink corset showpiece 2006, Victoria’s Secret trench coat 2008 modelled by Lara Stone
in Vogue
, Katherine Hamnett ad campaign 2005, Rocco Barocco
ad campaign, Blumarine
campaign 1999, Luisa Beccaria, and the 'Millinery In Motion' show with Stephen Jones
.
In 2010, Mclean was invited to create an installation of her designs for Kalbiri, Covent Garden
.
An exhibition of the work of all the award winners opened 17-June - 25 July at the Jerwood Space, London, 2010.
(London, Hong Kong), Liberty
(London), Browns
(London), My Sugarland (London), Kabiri in Selfridges
(London), Maria Luisa
(Paris), Colette
, Alan Journo (Milan), Not Just A Label (online), Candy
(Japan), Mahna Mahna (Japan), HP France (Japan), and the Stockholm Design Center and TLC Sweden (Sweden), Hatwoman (Hong Kong), Daily Projects (Hong Kong), Liger
(Hong Kong), Alan Journo (Milan), Left
(Australia) and Zadig
(Rome).
magazine, British Vogue, Vogue Paris
(nos.862 and 863), Vogue Italia
(nos.661 and 675), Elle
UK (Nov 06), Vogue Russian, Vogue Deutsch, Vogue Beauty, Vogue Nippon (no.84), Vogue Casa (no.10), Elle
UK (Oct 06, Oct 07), Elegance
(no.2), EPS Moda, Grazia
and Grazia
Hot List, Independent Magazine, Surface Magazine, Vandidad, British Vogue, The Guardian
, Numéro
(no.77), Wonderland (nos.01,2,4 and 5), Aygo Magazine, Perspex, Interview
(no.101), Toni and Guy Spring 07, Flair (magazine), Numéro
(nos.75, 76), Numéro
(no.75), Ballet Costume, Frank Magazine, Max & Co
Japan, Givenchy
Haute-Couture, I-D
(no.249), The Face
(nos.79 and 80).
In 2011, as part fo their continuing 'Design' book series - 'Fifty Shoes', 'Fifty Bags', etc. - a collection of historical important millenary was produced by The Design Museum
called Fifty Hats That Changed The World. The books are designed to showcase what The Design Museum considers to be 50 of the most influential worldwide designs relating to each book's subject. The Fifty Hats book features Flora McLean's House Of Flora hats created in collaboration with hairstylist, Neil Moodie :
"In 2003 a collaboration between Flora McLean founder of the avant garde millinery studio House of Flora and editorial hairstylist Neil Moodie sought to reintegrate
, McLean was senior fashion lecturer and program leader of Fashion Design, Styling and Promotion at Middlesex University
, London. She now teaches at the Architectural Association. She also works as a travelling lecturer, representing the British Council
in Poland and Kazakhstan. McLean is a co-editor, with photographic artist Anne Hardy
, of the art book project, FASH n RIOT, which is sold in Paris
, Zurich
and Tokyo
.
.
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
fashion
Fashion
Fashion, a general term for a currently popular style or practice, especially in clothing, foot wear, or accessories. Fashion references to anything that is the current trend in look and dress up of a person...
label and design house founded by its head designer Flora McLean (born 2 April 1971). McLean’s range of hats, jewellery, clothes and accessories are exhibited twice yearly in the London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
and Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
Fashion Shows. The design house produces commercial collections for stores worldwide but McLean is more notable as a designer who produces haute couture
Haute couture
Haute couture refers to the creation of exclusive custom-fitted clothing. Haute couture is made to order for a specific customer, and it is usually made from high-quality, expensive fabric and sewn with extreme attention to detail and finished by the most experienced and capable seamstresses,...
millinery for other established designers such as Givenchy
Givenchy
Givenchy is a French brand of clothing, accessories, perfumes and cosmetics with Parfums Givenchy.The house of Givenchy was founded in 1952 by designer Hubert de Givenchy and is a member of Chambre Syndicale de la Haute Couture et du Pret-a-Porter...
, Katherine Hamnett, Caroline Cornu, Bruce Oldfield
Bruce Oldfield
Bruce Oldfield OBE is a British fashion designer, best known for his couture occasionwear. He dresses Hollywood actresses, British and International royalty and European aristocracy; famous clients have included Sienna Miller, Barbra Streisand, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Diana Ross, Emmanuelle...
and Matthew Williamson
Matthew Williamson
Matthew Williamson is an English fashion designer. His collections often have an Indian influence, perhaps related to the time Williamson spent working in India for the clothing store Monsoon...
, and her work has featured on fashion runways around the world.
House Of Flora/McLean's designs have been exhibited in the Victoria & Albert Museum in London as part of the Anthology of Hats exhibition curated by millinery doyen Stephen Jones
Stephen Jones (milliner)
Stephen Jones OBE is a leading British milliner based in London, who is considered one of the world's most radical and important milliners of the late 20th and early 21st centuries. He is also one of the most prolific, having created hats for the catwalk shows of many leading couturiers and...
. Jones, considered 'one of the world's most radical and important milliners of the late 20th and early 21st centuries', chose the work of Mclean and four other designers Piers Atkinson, Nasir Mazhar, Justin Smith and Noel Stewart.
Of Mclean and her contemporaries, Jones said: "Today we did Millinery In Motion. And it was myself introducing five young designers, these are the people on the vanguard of millinery London and they are extraordinary people. Often they use very sculptural techniques or very unusual materials to create very innovative effects."
History
McLean is the daughter of performance artist and photographer Bruce McLeanBruce McLean
Bruce McLean is a Scottish performance artist and painter.McLean was born in Glasgow and studied at Glasgow School of Art from 1961 to 1963, and at St Martin's School of Art, London,from 1963 to 1966...
. Some of her first self-made designs were the hats and turbans made for her father's 1996 film, Urban Turban.
Influenced by Vogue magazine and her mother's tendency to make clothes, Flora McLean began sewing and making items as young as six. As a student she studied an MA in fashion womenswear at the Royal College of Art
Royal College of Art
The Royal College of Art is an art school located in London, United Kingdom. It is the world’s only wholly postgraduate university of art and design, offering the degrees of Master of Arts , Master of Philosophy and Doctor of Philosophy...
and, in her final year, she was commissioned by Ashley Page and began designing for the Royal Ballet. There she saw what she later described as her ‘seemingly impossible’ designs made real by the Royal Ballet's costume department: ‘They weren’t fazed by my naïve collages, they understood what was going on in my head and it made me feel that anything was possible’.
House Of Flora, McLean's own design house, was founded in 1996 when she started taking on private commissions and making millinery props for magazines, advertising and fashion shows. Her avant-garde
Avant-garde
Avant-garde means "advance guard" or "vanguard". The adjective form is used in English to refer to people or works that are experimental or innovative, particularly with respect to art, culture, and politics....
design aesthetic is informed by her stated influences of surrealism
Surrealism
Surrealism is a cultural movement that began in the early 1920s, and is best known for the visual artworks and writings of the group members....
, constructivism
Constructivism (art)
Constructivism was an artistic and architectural philosophy that originated in Russia beginning in 1919, which was a rejection of the idea of autonomous art. The movement was in favour of art as a practice for social purposes. Constructivism had a great effect on modern art movements of the 20th...
and the Bauhaus
Bauhaus
', commonly known simply as Bauhaus, was a school in Germany that combined crafts and the fine arts, and was famous for the approach to design that it publicized and taught. It operated from 1919 to 1933. At that time the German term stood for "School of Building".The Bauhaus school was founded by...
movement.
Hats
McLean specialises in avant-garde headwear for haute couture designers, catwalks, fashion campaigns and personal collectors. The designs are made often from a variety of different materials not normally associated with millinery, such as PVC, Perspex, felt, leather, wood veneer, fibreglass and nylon, and are influenced by strong geometry and historical figures as well as concepts in modern art. The geometric nature of the designs and the bespoke fabrication detail of the work often leads to it being described as part fashion/part art.House of Flora has created Millinery Couture for Matthew Williamson
Matthew Williamson
Matthew Williamson is an English fashion designer. His collections often have an Indian influence, perhaps related to the time Williamson spent working in India for the clothing store Monsoon...
, Blumarine
Blumarine
Blufin S.p.A is an Italian fashion house founded by Anna Molinari and her late husband Gianpaolo Tarabini. The core brand is Blumarine, which they started in 1977, followed by Miss Blumarine , Blugirl and Anna Molinari , which is being repositioned as their luxury brand...
, Bruce Oldfield
Bruce Oldfield
Bruce Oldfield OBE is a British fashion designer, best known for his couture occasionwear. He dresses Hollywood actresses, British and International royalty and European aristocracy; famous clients have included Sienna Miller, Barbra Streisand, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Diana Ross, Emmanuelle...
and for Riccardo Tisci
Riccardo Tisci
Riccardo Tisci is an Italian fashion designer. He graduated from London's Central Saint Martins Academy in 1999, and in 2005 was named Creative Director for Givenchy womenswear and haute couture...
at Givenchy
Givenchy
Givenchy is a French brand of clothing, accessories, perfumes and cosmetics with Parfums Givenchy.The house of Givenchy was founded in 1952 by designer Hubert de Givenchy and is a member of Chambre Syndicale de la Haute Couture et du Pret-a-Porter...
Haute Couture.
Jewellery & Accessories
In 2004 House of Flora expanded its range to also include a range of fashion jewellery and accessories, including rings, necklaces, bracelets, bangles, cuffs, headbands, sunglasses, bags and belts.Clothing
The design house also provides bespoke clothing designs, such as the pink fibreglass corset and black trench coat outfits designed and fabricated for Victoria's SecretVictoria's Secret
Victoria's Secret is an American retailer of women's wear, lingerie and beauty products. It is the largest segment of publicly-traded Limited Brands with sales of over US$5 billion and an operating income of $1 billion in 2006...
in 2006 and 2008.
McLean debuted her first dress design created under the House Of Flora name - entitled Dress No.1 - at the SHOWstudio's 'Future Tense' project in 2008 (a military style cotton printed shirt dress). Dress No.2 (a wool, blue gabardine coat dress) and Dress No.3 (a red printed mackintosh mac dress) followed. It is McLean's stated intention to produce a single House Of Flora dress design per season.
Neil Moodie
McLean and House Of Flora's design project collaborations include those with hairstylist Neil Moodie, and with whom McLean has created ‘Iconic Heads’ - hats inspired by hairstyles and created from in felt and other fabrics, one hat in the form of Elvis's quiff. 'Iconic Heads' has toured to ColetteColette
Colette was the surname of the French novelist and performer Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette . She is best known for her novel Gigi, upon which Lerner and Loewe based the stage and film musical comedies of the same title.-Early life and marriage:Colette was born to retired military officer Jules-Joseph...
in Paris, Bumble and bumble
Bumble and bumble
Bumble and bumble is one of 27 brands owned by Estée Lauder Companies, Inc. It was founded as a New York City hair salon in 1977 by hairdresser and entrepreneur Michael Gordon. The company operates two flagship salons in Manhattan: a midtown location on East 56th Street and on the top two floors...
in New York, and Liberty
Liberty
Liberty is a moral and political principle, or Right, that identifies the condition in which human beings are able to govern themselves, to behave according to their own free will, and take responsibility for their actions...
in London.
Danny Flynn
House Of Flora worked with award winning printer Danny FlynnDanny Flynn (printer)
Danny Flynn , is an established and D&AD award winning designer and printer in both the fine art and commercial fields, specialising in limited edition book design and illustration, and letterpress and screen-printing disciplines...
on a collection of accessories inspired by letterpress printing, and which debuted at the 2009 London Fashion Week
London Fashion Week
London Fashion Week is an apparel trade show held in London, England twice each year, in February and September. It is one of the "Big Four" fashion weeks, along with New York Fashion Week, Milan Fashion Week and Paris Fashion Week.-Organization:...
; this saw the designer's work being rendered as laser-cut typography on rubber for garments and accessories - the piece, entitled Dress No.2, was reviewed at the 2009 London Fashion Week
London Fashion Week
London Fashion Week is an apparel trade show held in London, England twice each year, in February and September. It is one of the "Big Four" fashion weeks, along with New York Fashion Week, Milan Fashion Week and Paris Fashion Week.-Organization:...
. The designs were also featured in Vogue
Vogue (magazine)
Vogue is a fashion and lifestyle magazine that is published monthly in 18 national and one regional edition by Condé Nast.-History:In 1892 Arthur Turnure founded Vogue as a weekly publication in the United States. When he died in 1909, Condé Montrose Nast picked up the magazine and slowly began...
. Film of the work, Letterhead, can be seen on the Vogue website. An interview with Flynn for Print Week described the design collaboration:
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was spotted living it up at a Luella show, and Sienna MillerSienna MillerSienna Rose Diana Miller is a British-American actress, model, and fashion designer, best known for her roles in Layer Cake, Alfie, Factory Girl, The Edge of Love and G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra. In 2007, the London Film Criticsnamed her British Actress of the Year for Interview...
hogged the headlines when she unveiled her own line of clothing, one person that escaped the glare of the paparazzi at London Fashion WeekLondon Fashion WeekLondon Fashion Week is an apparel trade show held in London, England twice each year, in February and September. It is one of the "Big Four" fashion weeks, along with New York Fashion Week, Milan Fashion Week and Paris Fashion Week.-Organization:...
, but managed to catch the attention of fashionistas was Flora McLean, head designer at House of Flora. With the help of Danny Flynn of Astonish Me Press, McLean created fashion accessories and jewellery inspired by letterpress printing – with a twist! The designs could also be used to print with and came with their own inking pots so the wearer could quite literally print on the go. Rubber embossed belts turned into rollers along with laser cut roller handbags and cuffs bearing laser-cut text.
Justin Anderson
The showcase fashion films for the new House Of Flora dress collections Dress No.1, Dress No.2 and Dress No.3. were all created by the director Justin Anderson for Ponyboy Films and displayed by Vogue.Notable ad campaigns and celebrated models
House Of Flora designs have been modelled by Beyonce, on the cover of The FaceThe Face (magazine)
The Face was a British music, fashion and culture monthly magazine started in May 1980 by Nick Logan.-1980s:Logan had previously created the teen pop magazine Smash Hits, and had been an editor at the New Musical Express in the 1970s before launching The Face in 1980.The magazine was influential in...
magazine, by Kate Moss
Kate Moss
Kate Moss is an English model. Moss is known for her waifish figure and popularising the heroin chic look in the 1990s. She is also known for her controversial private life, high profile relationships, party lifestyle, and drug use. Moss changed the look of modelling and started a global debate on...
for French Vogue, wearing haute couture Givenchy
Givenchy
Givenchy is a French brand of clothing, accessories, perfumes and cosmetics with Parfums Givenchy.The house of Givenchy was founded in 1952 by designer Hubert de Givenchy and is a member of Chambre Syndicale de la Haute Couture et du Pret-a-Porter...
headwear designed by McLean, and Helena Bonham Carter
Helena Bonham Carter
Helena Bonham Carter is an English actress of film, stage, and television. She made her acting debut in a television adaptation of K. M. Peyton's A Pattern of Roses before winning her first film role as the titular character in Lady Jane...
, Agyness Deyn
Agyness Deyn
Agyness Deyn is an English fashion model, actress and singer.-Early life:Deyn is from Failsworth in the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham, Greater Manchester...
and Roisin Murphy
Róisín Murphy
Róisín Marie Murphy is an Irish singer-songwriter and record producer, known for her electronic style.Murphy first came to note as part of the electronic music duo Moloko. Her partner in the band was then-boyfriend Mark Brydon. After the two ended their romantic relationship, Murphy released her...
. McLean's work has also been photographed by Mario Testino
Mario Testino
-Early Life:Testino grew up in Lima, the eldest son of a businessman. When he was young he wanted to be a priest. Testino recalls being unpopular at school because of his flamboyance. He was good at math and went on to study economics at Universidad del Pacífico, where his insistence on wearing...
, Paolo Roversi
Paolo Roversi
Paolo Roversi is an Italian-born fashion photographer who currently lives and works in Paris.Born in Ravenna in 1947, Paolo Roversi’s interest in photography was kindled as a teenager during a family vacation in Spain in 1964...
, Nick Knight
Nick Knight
Nicholas Verity Knight is a former England cricketer. Knight's middle name was in honour of the 1930s English Test bowler Hedley Verity who was killed in World War II and is a distant family relation...
, and Arthur Elgort
Arthur Elgort
Arthur Elgort in New York) is a fashion photographer, who has become especially known for his work as a Vogue photographer.-Life and career:...
, among others.
The singer Paloma Faith
Paloma Faith
Paloma Faith is a British singer-songwriter and actress. In 2009, she released her debut single "Stone Cold Sober", then her debut album, Do You Want the Truth or Something Beautiful?, which was certified Platinum by the British Phonographic Industry. Her debut album stayed within the top 40 album...
has been pictured wearing one of Mclean's House Of Flora pvc berets and also, while performing at the T In The Park Festival (July 2010), Faith wore a red version of the Flora McLean/Neil Moodie designed 'Marcel' hat
High profile fashion ad campaigns and shows featuring House Of Flora's designs include MAC
Make-up Art Cosmetics
Make-up Art Cosmetics, better known as M·A·C or MAC Cosmetics, is a manufacturer of cosmetics founded in Toronto, Canada and headquartered in New York City, New York.-History:...
make-up 2008, Victoria’s Secret shocking pink corset showpiece 2006, Victoria’s Secret trench coat 2008 modelled by Lara Stone
Lara Stone
Lara Catherina Stone is a Dutch model.On February 19, 2010, she was tabulated as the world's number-one fashion model on the international modelling site models.com's Top 50 Models Women ranking, a position she maintains as of November 2011...
in Vogue
Vogue (magazine)
Vogue is a fashion and lifestyle magazine that is published monthly in 18 national and one regional edition by Condé Nast.-History:In 1892 Arthur Turnure founded Vogue as a weekly publication in the United States. When he died in 1909, Condé Montrose Nast picked up the magazine and slowly began...
, Katherine Hamnett ad campaign 2005, Rocco Barocco
Rocco Barocco
Rocco Barocco, born in Naples, Italy in 1944 is a Fashion designer.His real name is Gennaro Muscariello. After his first steps in the fashion industry he legally changed his name and surname to Rocco Barocco....
ad campaign, Blumarine
Blumarine
Blufin S.p.A is an Italian fashion house founded by Anna Molinari and her late husband Gianpaolo Tarabini. The core brand is Blumarine, which they started in 1977, followed by Miss Blumarine , Blugirl and Anna Molinari , which is being repositioned as their luxury brand...
campaign 1999, Luisa Beccaria, and the 'Millinery In Motion' show with Stephen Jones
Stephen Jones (milliner)
Stephen Jones OBE is a leading British milliner based in London, who is considered one of the world's most radical and important milliners of the late 20th and early 21st centuries. He is also one of the most prolific, having created hats for the catwalk shows of many leading couturiers and...
.
In 2010, Mclean was invited to create an installation of her designs for Kalbiri, Covent Garden
Covent Garden
Covent Garden is a district in London on the eastern fringes of the West End, between St. Martin's Lane and Drury Lane. It is associated with the former fruit and vegetable market in the central square, now a popular shopping and tourist site, and the Royal Opera House, which is also known as...
.
Awards
McLean is a winner of the Jerwood Contemporary Makers prize, an award initiative set up by the Jerwood Charitable Foundation and the UK's only award for the applied arts. The chosen recipients share a prize fund of £30,000 and an exhibition at the Jerwood Space gallery. The Flora McLean/House Of Flora design piece, entitled Marcel, which was chosen for the Jerwood Foundation's third and final year of awards and exhibitions, was part of the Iconic Heads wool felt hat project with sylist Neil Moodie in 2009.An exhibition of the work of all the award winners opened 17-June - 25 July at the Jerwood Space, London, 2010.
Venues for House Of Flora sales
House Of Flora retails its apparel through the official House Of Flora website http://www.houseofflora.net/, Harvey NicholsHarvey Nichols
Harvey Nichols, founded in 1813, is an upmarket department store chain. Its original store is in London. Founded in 1813 as a linen shop, it sells many international brands of clothing for women and men, fashion accessories, beauty products, wine and food...
(London, Hong Kong), Liberty
Liberty
Liberty is a moral and political principle, or Right, that identifies the condition in which human beings are able to govern themselves, to behave according to their own free will, and take responsibility for their actions...
(London), Browns
Browns (fashion boutique)
Browns is an independent fashion boutique in London, United Kingdom. It was founded by Joan Burstein and husband Sidney in 1970. The flagship store on London's South Molton Street is famous for its long window displays, which once featured John Galliano's graduate collection.-History:Joan Burstein...
(London), My Sugarland (London), Kabiri in Selfridges
Selfridges
Selfridges, AKA Selfridges & Co, is a chain of high end department stores in the United Kingdom. It was founded by Harry Gordon Selfridge. The flagship store in London's Oxford Street is the second largest shop in the UK and was opened on 15 March 1909.More recently, three other stores have been...
(London), Maria Luisa
Maria Luisa
-People:* Anna Maria Luisa de' Medici , last of the Medici to live in the Pitti Palace* Archduchess Maria Luisa of Austria , second wife of Napoléon Bonaparte* Maria Luisa Ambrosini , non-fiction author...
(Paris), Colette
Colette
Colette was the surname of the French novelist and performer Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette . She is best known for her novel Gigi, upon which Lerner and Loewe based the stage and film musical comedies of the same title.-Early life and marriage:Colette was born to retired military officer Jules-Joseph...
, Alan Journo (Milan), Not Just A Label (online), Candy
Candy
Candy, specifically sugar candy, is a confection made from a concentrated solution of sugar in water, to which flavorings and colorants are added...
(Japan), Mahna Mahna (Japan), HP France (Japan), and the Stockholm Design Center and TLC Sweden (Sweden), Hatwoman (Hong Kong), Daily Projects (Hong Kong), Liger
Liger
The liger is a hybrid cross between a male lion and a tigress . Thus, it has parents with the same genus but of different species. It is distinct from the similar hybrid tiglon. It is the largest of all known cats and extant felines.Ligers enjoy swimming, which is a characteristic of tigers, and...
(Hong Kong), Alan Journo (Milan), Left
Left
Left may refer to:* Left * Left , 2006* Left * Left-wing politics, the political trend or ideology...
(Australia) and Zadig
Zadig
Zadig ou la Destinée, is a famous novel and work of philosophical fiction written by Enlightenment philosopher Voltaire. It tells the story of Zadig, a philosopher in ancient Babylonia...
(Rome).
Feature magazines & books
House Of Flora designs have featured in magazines such as BibaBiba
Biba was an iconic and popular London fashion store of the 1960s and 1970s. It was started and primarily run by the Polish-born Barbara Hulanicki with help of her husband Stephen Fitz-Simon.-Early years:...
magazine, British Vogue, Vogue Paris
Vogue Paris
The French edition of Vogue magazine, Vogue Paris, is a fashion magazine that has been published since 1920.-1920–1954:The French edition of Vogue was first issued on June 15, 1920. More information about French Vogue in the 1920s is available in Mary E. Davis's book Classic Chic: Music, Fashion,...
(nos.862 and 863), Vogue Italia
Vogue Italia
Vogue Italia is the Italian edition of Vogue magazine. Owned by Condé Nast International, it is the least commercial of all editions of Vogue magazine and has been called the top fashion magazine in the world....
(nos.661 and 675), Elle
Elle (magazine)
Elle is a worldwide magazine of French origin that focuses on women's fashion, beauty, health, and entertainment. Elle is also the world's largest fashion magazine. It was founded by Pierre Lazareff and his wife Hélène Gordon in 1945. The title, in French, means "she".-History:Elle was founded in...
UK (Nov 06), Vogue Russian, Vogue Deutsch, Vogue Beauty, Vogue Nippon (no.84), Vogue Casa (no.10), Elle
Elle (magazine)
Elle is a worldwide magazine of French origin that focuses on women's fashion, beauty, health, and entertainment. Elle is also the world's largest fashion magazine. It was founded by Pierre Lazareff and his wife Hélène Gordon in 1945. The title, in French, means "she".-History:Elle was founded in...
UK (Oct 06, Oct 07), Elegance
Elegance
Elegance is a synonym for beauty that has come to acquire the additional connotations of unusual effectiveness and simplicity. It is frequently used as a standard of tastefulness particularly in the areas of visual design, decoration, the sciences, and the esthetics of mathematics...
(no.2), EPS Moda, Grazia
Grazia
Grazia is an Italian weekly women's fashion and celebrity gossip magazine, with international editions printed in France, Serbia, Australia, United Kingdom, Greece, Portugal, Japan, the Netherlands, India, Bulgaria and Germany....
and Grazia
Grazia
Grazia is an Italian weekly women's fashion and celebrity gossip magazine, with international editions printed in France, Serbia, Australia, United Kingdom, Greece, Portugal, Japan, the Netherlands, India, Bulgaria and Germany....
Hot List, Independent Magazine, Surface Magazine, Vandidad, British Vogue, The Guardian
The Guardian
The Guardian, formerly known as The Manchester Guardian , is a British national daily newspaper in the Berliner format...
, Numéro
Numéro
Numéro is an international fashion magazine published by the Groupe Alain Ayache. It has a circulation of 80,000. The women's publication has reached its 100th issue...
(no.77), Wonderland (nos.01,2,4 and 5), Aygo Magazine, Perspex, Interview
Interview (magazine)
Interview is an American magazine which has the nickname The Crystal Ball Of Pop. It was founded in late 1969 by artist Andy Warhol. The magazine features intimate conversations between some of the world's biggest celebrities, artists, musicians, and creative thinkers...
(no.101), Toni and Guy Spring 07, Flair (magazine), Numéro
Numéro
Numéro is an international fashion magazine published by the Groupe Alain Ayache. It has a circulation of 80,000. The women's publication has reached its 100th issue...
(nos.75, 76), Numéro
Numéro
Numéro is an international fashion magazine published by the Groupe Alain Ayache. It has a circulation of 80,000. The women's publication has reached its 100th issue...
(no.75), Ballet Costume, Frank Magazine, Max & Co
Max & Co
Max & Co is a stop-motion animated feature film released in Belgium, France, and Switzerland in February 2008. It won the Audience Award at the 2007 Annecy International Animated Film Festival...
Japan, Givenchy
Givenchy
Givenchy is a French brand of clothing, accessories, perfumes and cosmetics with Parfums Givenchy.The house of Givenchy was founded in 1952 by designer Hubert de Givenchy and is a member of Chambre Syndicale de la Haute Couture et du Pret-a-Porter...
Haute-Couture, I-D
I-D
i-D is a British magazine dedicated to fashion, music, art and youth culture. i-D was founded by designer and former Vogue art director Terry Jones in 1980. The first issue was published in the form of a hand-stapled fanzine with text produced on a typewriter...
(no.249), The Face
The Face (magazine)
The Face was a British music, fashion and culture monthly magazine started in May 1980 by Nick Logan.-1980s:Logan had previously created the teen pop magazine Smash Hits, and had been an editor at the New Musical Express in the 1970s before launching The Face in 1980.The magazine was influential in...
(nos.79 and 80).
In 2011, as part fo their continuing 'Design' book series - 'Fifty Shoes', 'Fifty Bags', etc. - a collection of historical important millenary was produced by The Design Museum
Design Museum
Design Museum is a museum by the River Thames near Tower Bridge in central London, England. The museum covers product, industrial, graphic, fashion and architectural design. It was founded in 1989 and claims to be the first museum of modern design...
called Fifty Hats That Changed The World. The books are designed to showcase what The Design Museum considers to be 50 of the most influential worldwide designs relating to each book's subject. The Fifty Hats book features Flora McLean's House Of Flora hats created in collaboration with hairstylist, Neil Moodie :
"In 2003 a collaboration between Flora McLean founder of the avant garde millinery studio House of Flora and editorial hairstylist Neil Moodie sought to reintegrate
their divergent disciplines. The duo first met while working on a photographic shoot for Face magazine and soon after embarked on an ongoing series of pieces." The Design Museum
Teaching and Lecturing
As well as teaching at Central St. Martins College of Art and Design and The Royal College of ArtRoyal College of Art
The Royal College of Art is an art school located in London, United Kingdom. It is the world’s only wholly postgraduate university of art and design, offering the degrees of Master of Arts , Master of Philosophy and Doctor of Philosophy...
, McLean was senior fashion lecturer and program leader of Fashion Design, Styling and Promotion at Middlesex University
Middlesex University
Middlesex University is a university in north London, England. It is located in the historic county boundaries of Middlesex from which it takes its name. It is one of the post-1992 universities and is a member of Million+ working group...
, London. She now teaches at the Architectural Association. She also works as a travelling lecturer, representing the British Council
British Council
The British Council is a United Kingdom-based organisation specialising in international educational and cultural opportunities. It is registered as a charity both in England and Wales, and in Scotland...
in Poland and Kazakhstan. McLean is a co-editor, with photographic artist Anne Hardy
Anne Hardy
Anne Hardy is a British artist best known for her large-scale photographic work of unusual interior spaces. She completed an MA in photography at the Royal College of Art in 2000, having graduated from Cheltenham School of Art in 1993 with a degree in painting...
, of the art book project, FASH n RIOT, which is sold in Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
, Zurich
Zürich
Zurich is the largest city in Switzerland and the capital of the canton of Zurich. It is located in central Switzerland at the northwestern tip of Lake Zurich...
and Tokyo
Tokyo
, ; officially , is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan. Tokyo is the capital of Japan, the center of the Greater Tokyo Area, and the largest metropolitan area of Japan. It is the seat of the Japanese government and the Imperial Palace, and the home of the Japanese Imperial Family...
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External links
- House of Flora - Official website
- Interview with Flora McLean by Fascineshion