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.
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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