Friday 4 May 2012

A Panel Discussion with Pamela Church Gibson, Daniella Helayel and Lucy Wood


Henny and Jana welcomed the audience


Many thanks to Pamela Church Gibson for chairing the discussion, and to Lucy Wood and Daniella Helayel for sharing their opinions and experiences, as well as engaging in a conversation with the audience. If you attended the Celebrity Marketing in Luxury Communications event, we would love to hear your thoughts. If you missed out, there is a new event coming up on the 16th - details to follow shortly.


To find out more about Pamela, Lucy and Daniella, please see the biographies below.


Pamela, Lucy and Daniella discussing their
opinions with the audience.

Pamela Church Gibson
Lecturer at London College of Fashion, author of Fashion and Celebrity Culture
Pamela Church Gibson is a reader in Cultural and Historical Studies at the London College of Fashion. She has published extensively on film, fashion, fandom, history and heritage. Edited anthologies include The Oxford Guide to Film Studies (OUP, 1998), Fashion Cultures: Theories, Explorations, Analysis (Routledge, 2000) and More Dirty Looks: Gender, Power, Pornography (BFI Publishing, 2004). Her most recent publications are the monograph Fashion and Celebrity Culture (Berg, 2011) and essays on the ‘celebrification’ of the contemporary art world, in Look at Me: Celebrity at the Venice Biennale (eds. Sich & Schieren, Arnoldsche 2011) and The Artist as Superstar: Tracey Emin & Paolo Vezzoli in the anthology Art and Fashion (ed. Pedroni, Milano, May 2012). Her next project will look at the targeting of ‘young adult‘ women, the schisms this has caused within contemporary feminism, and the extraordinarily lucrative nature of the ‘franchise films ‘ aimed so successfully at this particular demographic. 

Daniella Helayel
Founder and Designer, Issa London
Brazilian-born Daniella Helayel is the founder and designer behind Issa London, the British-based ready-to-wear label that is known for creating dresses that make everyday women feel comfortable, confident and chic. Born and raised in Brazil, Daniella moved to away to study at F.I.T in New York, before settling in London in 1999, whereupon she launched Issa. Despite its “Issa for all!” motto, the label quickly became favourite among celebrities, and over the years, Issa has grown its customer base to include stars like Madonna, Scarlett Johansson, Sharon Stone, Jennifer Lopez, Keira Knightley and Kirstin Davis. Today, Issa is also famed for its connection to Kate Middleton, a relationship that was highlighted when Duchess of Cambridge wore an Issa gown to announce her engagement to Prince William.

Lucy Wood
Fashion News Editor, LOOK Magazine
The University of the Arts London alumni started her career at Grazia magazine in 2005, joining the team as a Fashion News and Features Assistant after completing a BA (Hons) in Fashion Promotion: Journalism at the London College of Fashion. In 2007, Lucy left Grazia to become Fashion News Editor at LOOK Magazine – one of the UK’s biggest selling women’s glossy titles. Lucy has also contributed to Random Magazine, London Metro, Carnaby Street Magazine, Hannah Marshall, Sophie Gittins, and many other publications, companies and designers. Since early 2009, readers can follow Lucy’s blog Fashion Editor, where she reflect on everything from the latest ‘It’ bags, product launches, parties and fashion weeks to red carpet press releases, collection previews and TopShop’s new must-haves.

Lucy Wood and Daniella Helayel


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