Stuart Stockdale

Stuart Stockdale is an English fashion designer, born in Carlisle, Cumbria.

Biography

Stuart studied Fashion Design at St Martin’s College under Jeff Banks, and has worked for DKNY, Jasper Conran, Romeo Gigli and J Crew.cite web | title=Stuart Stockdale For Pringle of Scotland | author=Melanie Rickey | url=http://www.fashionwindows.com/fashion/pringle/stuart_stockdale.asp | publisher=Fashion Windows | date=May 30 2002] From 2001 to 2005 he was the Head of Design at Pringle of Scotland. He is widely attributed with revitalising the company,cite web | date=12 May 2005 | title=Pringle rocked by loss of design chief | author=Sharon Ward | url=http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/business.cfm?id=512822005 | publisher=The Scotsman] which had for years been associated purely with golf-wear. Part of his strategy to revitalise the brand was to reintroduce the twinset and Argyle motifs synonymous with the company's boom years.cite web | url=http://men.style.com/fashion/collections/S2006MEN/review/POSMEN | title=slideshow of Stockdale's Pringle collection | author=Tim Blanks | publisher=Style.com] cite web | url=http://www.vogue.co.uk/vogue_daily/story/story.asp?stid=25751 | publisher=Vogue Online | title=Pringle designer leaves] He left the company in 2005 and joined luxury tie manufacturer Holliday & Brown. He is now working for French haute couture designer Jean Paul Gaultier. He designed Westlife's (now signature) matching white suits.

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