Charlie Casely-Hayford
Charlie Casely-Hayford (born 24 May 1986)[1][2] is a menswear designer based in London. He founded the international menswear brand Casely-Hayford at the age of 22 with his father, the acclaimed British fashion designer Joe Casely-Hayford OBE.
Early life and family[]
Charlie Casely-Hayford is the great-grandson of the respected politician and writer J. E. Casely Hayford MBE. The cultural historian Gus Casely-Hayford OBE[3][4] is his uncle and the lawyer, businesswoman and public figure Margaret Casely-Hayford CBE[5] is his aunt. In 2008 The Black Power List named the Casely-Hayford family the most influential black family in the UK.
Education[]
After leaving Harrow school, while studying at Central St. Martins College of Art and Design, Charlie began to contribute to a number of styling projects internationally.[6] Charlie has styled musicians varying from Hip-Hop artist Nas to UK band The xx and Grammy-award-winning artist Sam Smith.[7] He has contributed to international publications from GQ Style to i-D magazine.[8]
Career[]
In 2008, while studying for a degree in History of Art at the Courtauld Institute, Charlie joined his father to launch luxury menswear label Casely-Hayford,[9] a brand based on English Sartorialism and British Anarchy. Charlie currently works between London and Tokyo where the collections are produced; they focus on the idea of duality as a foundation for the brand's ethos. International stockists include Dover Street Market, Colette, Corso Como, Barneys, I.T. Hong Kong and Isetan.
Other work[]
In 2010 Charlie was made the global face of Converse[10]'s international ad campaign, which celebrates the 50th anniversary of the Jack Purcell Trainer. In 2008/2009 he modelled alongside Coco Sumner as the face of Dr. Martens.[11]
In June 2010 Charlie was selected by Esquire Magazine as a "Brilliant Brit" in their prediction of 75 young talents shaping 2010. He was also selected to feature in i-D magazine's 100 most important portraits in fashion, shot by Nick Knight.[12]
In June 2011, signed up Charlie as the newest addition to their Special Bookings board.
He was named one of GQ's 50 best dressed men in Britain in 2013,[13] 2014,[14] and 2015.[15] and one of the 40 best dressed men in the world by Esquire in 2017.[16]
In 2015, he was named one of the most influential people under 40 by GQ magazine [17] and one of the 25 people who matter most in Menswear by Style.com [18]
In April 2017 Charlie collaborated with UK fashion brand Topman on a successful suiting collection titled Topman Fine Tailoring. The collection was sold through 30 stores in the UK and internationally.[19]
Personal life[]
Casely-Hayford is married to interior designer Sophie Ashby, founder of Studio Ashby.[20][21][22]
References[]
- ^ "Charlie Casely-Hayford (1986-), Fashion designer", National Portrait Gallery, London.
- ^ Alex Frank, "FEATURE: Casely-Hayford’s Inherited Resistance", Fader, 11 March 2011.
- ^ "Dr. Augustus Casely-Hayford", Order of the British Empire, The Gazette, 9 June 2018.
- ^ "Dr Gus Casely-Hayford OBE", SOAS.
- ^ "Dr. Margaret Henrietta Augusta CASELY-HAYFORD", Order of the British Empire, The Gazette, 9 June 2018.
- ^ "Joe and Charlie Casely-Hayford - Casely-Hayford". casely-hayford.com. Archived from the original on 1 April 2015. Retrieved 9 March 2015.
- ^ "SAM SMITH". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 27 November 2017.
- ^ "You've been framed: What happened when GQ Style turned artists into". The Independent. 9 March 2013.
- ^ "Casely-Hayford - British Luxury Menswear & Womenswear". www.casely-hayford.com.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 27 April 2010. Retrieved 2010-06-19.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- ^ "Ghana Rising".
- ^ [1][permanent dead link]
- ^ "50 Best Dressed Men in Britain 2013". GQ. 1 January 2013. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015.
- ^ "50 Best Dressed Men in Britain 2014". GQ. 5 December 2013. Archived from the original on 16 February 2015.
- ^ "50 Best Dressed Men in Britain 2015". GQ. 5 January 2015. Archived from the original on 7 January 2015.
- ^ "The 40 Best-Dressed Men In The World (Who Actually Dress Themselves)". Esquire. 3 May 2017. Retrieved 27 November 2017.
- ^ "The Cool List". GQ. 2 March 2015.
- ^ "Men's Fashion - Men's Designer Clothes 2017 - Farfetch". www.style.com.
- ^ Conlon, Scarlett. "Topman Taps Charlie Casely-Hayford". www.vogue.co.uk. Retrieved 27 November 2017.
- ^ "Interior designer Sophie Ashby opens a London concept store with husband Charlie Casely-Hayford", House & Garden.
- ^ Ma, Fiona (18 October 2018), "Casely-Hayford Marks New Direction With U.K. Flagship", WWD.
- ^ "Charlie Casely-Hayford & Sophie Ashby Talk Collaborating On Their Chiltern Street Store", Something Curated, 22 October 2018.
Category:British fashion designers
- English fashion designers
- Living people
- Artists from London
- People educated at Harrow School
- Alumni of Central Saint Martins
- Alumni of the Courtauld Institute of Art
- Menswear designers
- English people of Ghanaian descent
- Casely-Hayford family
- Fante people
- Ghanaian people of English descent
- Black British fashion people
- 1986 births
- Ghanaian people of Irish descent