Charlie Casely-Hayford

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Charlie Casely-Hayford
Charlie Casely-Hayford at The 20th Anniversary Party for 'How to Spend It' at Corinthia Hotel, London, UK - 25 November 2014.jpg
Charlie Casely-Hayford at 20th-anniversary party for How to Spend It at Corinthia Hotel, London, 25 November 2014
Born(1986-05-24)24 May 1986
London, England
Education Harrow School; Central St. Martins College of Art and Design; Courtauld Institute of Art
OccupationMenswear designer
SpouseSophie Ashby
Parent Joe Casely-Hayford (father)
Relatives J. E. Casely Hayford (great-grandfather);
Gus Casely-Hayford (uncle), Margaret Casely-Hayford (aunt)
Website casely-hayford.com

Charlie Casely-Hayford (born 24 May 1986) [1] [2] is a menswear designer based in London, England, where he was born. 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. [3]

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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 [4] [5] is his uncle and the lawyer, businesswoman and public figure Margaret Casely-Hayford CBE [6] 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, Casely-Hayford began to contribute to a number of styling projects internationally. [7] He has styled musicians varying from hip-hop artist Nas to UK band The xx and Grammy-award-winning artist Sam Smith. [8] He has contributed to international publications, from GQ Style to i-D magazine. [9]

Career

In 2008, while studying for a degree in History of Art at the Courtauld Institute, Casely-Hayford joined his father to launch luxury menswear label Casely-Hayford, [10] a brand based on English Sartorialism and British Anarchy. Casely-Hayford 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, Casely-Hayford was made the global face of Converse [11] '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. [12]

In June 2010, Casely-Hayford 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. [13]

In June 2011, Premier Model Management signed up Casely-Hayford as the newest addition to their Special Bookings board.

He was named one of GQ 's 50 best dressed men in Britain in 2013, [14] 2014, [15] and 2015. [16] and one of the 40 best dressed men in the world by Esquire in 2017. [17]

In 2015, he was named one of the most influential people under 40 by GQ magazine [18] and one of the 25 people who matter most in Menswear by Style.com [19]

In April 2017, Casely-Hayford 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. [20]

Personal life

Casely-Hayford is married to interior designer Sophie Ashby, founder of Studio Ashby. [21] [22] [23]

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References

  1. ↑ "Charlie Casely-Hayford (1986-), Fashion designer", National Portrait Gallery, London .
  2. ↑ Frank, Alex (11 March 2011). "FEATURE: Casely-Hayford's Inherited Resistance". Fader.
  3. ↑ "Casely-Hayford". Visit London. Retrieved 25 April 2022.
  4. ↑ "Dr. Augustus Casely-Hayford", Order of the British Empire, The Gazette, 9 June 2018.
  5. ↑ "Dr Gus Casely-Hayford OBE", SOAS.
  6. ↑ "Dr. Margaret Henrietta Augusta CASELY-HAYFORD", Order of the British Empire, The Gazette, 9 June 2018.
  7. ↑ "Joe and Charlie Casely-Hayford - Casely-Hayford". casely-hayford.com. Archived from the original on 1 April 2015. Retrieved 9 March 2015.
  8. ↑ "SAM SMITH". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 27 November 2017.
  9. ↑ Charlie Casely-Hayford (9 March 2013). "You've been framed: What happened when GQ Style turned artists into". The Independent .
  10. ↑ "Casely-Hayford - British Luxury Menswear & Womenswear". www.casely-hayford.com.
  11. ↑ "Jack Purcell « Show". Archived from the original on 27 April 2010. Retrieved 2010-06-19.
  12. ↑ "Ghana Rising".
  13. ↑ [ permanent dead link ]
  14. ↑ "50 Best Dressed Men in Britain 2013". GQ. 1 January 2013. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015.
  15. ↑ "50 Best Dressed Men in Britain 2014". GQ. 5 December 2013. Archived from the original on 16 February 2015.
  16. ↑ "50 Best Dressed Men in Britain 2015". GQ. 5 January 2015. Archived from the original on 7 January 2015.
  17. ↑ "The 40 Best-Dressed Men In The World (Who Actually Dress Themselves)". Esquire. 3 May 2017. Retrieved 27 November 2017.
  18. ↑ "The Cool List". GQ. 2 March 2015.
  19. ↑ "Men's Fashion - Men's Designer Clothes 2017 - Farfetch". www.style.com.
  20. ↑ Conlon, Scarlett (30 May 2017). "Topman Taps Charlie Casely-Hayford". www.vogue.co.uk. Retrieved 27 November 2017.
  21. ↑ "Interior designer Sophie Ashby opens a London concept store with husband Charlie Casely-Hayford", House & Garden , 18 October 2018.
  22. ↑ Ma, Fiona (18 October 2018), "Casely-Hayford Marks New Direction With U.K. Flagship", WWD.
  23. ↑ "Charlie Casely-Hayford & Sophie Ashby Talk Collaborating On Their Chiltern Street Store", Something Curated, 22 October 2018.

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