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Zoe Jordan is an Irish fashion designer. [1] She studied architecture and business before embarking on a career as a bond trader in New York for HSBC and later an equity sales-trader at Credit Suisse. After years on Wall Street, she left the world of finance behind in order to pursue her real passion, fashion design. Her eponymous brand launched in London in 2011 and went on to be winner of several awards. [2]

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Jordan has garnered many awards, accolades and global recognition for her pioneering designs. She has been the winner of Elle Talent Launchpad, a Walpole Brand of tomorrow, twice finalist for the prestigious British Fashion Council (BFC) Vogue designer fashion fund and winner of the BFC Ebay Contemporary award.

She began showing on schedule at London Fashion Week in 2011. Sir Stuart Rose, Brit Smith Start, Natalie Imbruglia, and Sir Harold Tillman all attended. [3] She then moved to show in New York to expand the empire in 2014, where she described her collection "It's a tribute to the grown-up tomboy in her urban environment with an energetic minimalism and international heritage”. [4] [5]

In 2013, Jordan was short listed for the British Fashion Council Vogue Fashion Fund award. [6]

She is a daughter of the former F1 Team Owner, Eddie Jordan. [7]

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  2. ↑ Street, Chloe. "Meet Designer Zoë Jordan, the Former Banker Modernising Knitwear". Tatler Asia. Retrieved 21 September 2023.
  3. ↑ "Irwin & Jordan Hits the Schedule". ELLE. 18 February 2011. Retrieved 21 September 2023.
  4. ↑ "Zoë Jordan's NYFW Move". British Vogue. 15 August 2014. Retrieved 21 September 2023.
  5. ↑ "Dublin-Born Designer Zoe Jordan Makes New York Fashion Week Debut". Her.ie. Retrieved 21 September 2023.
  6. ↑ "BFC Vogue Fashion Fund Shortlist 2012 (Vogue.com UK)". Vogue.co.uk. 6 January 2012. Retrieved 13 November 2013.
  7. ↑ "Luxe, girly tailoring puts F1 star's designer daughter in pole position". Independent.ie. 19 September 2011. Retrieved 13 September 2023.
  8. ↑ "The winners of ELLE's Talent Launch Pad". ELLE. 1 September 2010. Retrieved 21 September 2023.
  9. ↑ "Luxurious Future". British Vogue. 25 May 2011. Retrieved 21 September 2023.
  10. ↑ "Another win for Irwin & Jordan". ELLE. 25 May 2011. Retrieved 21 September 2023.
  11. ↑ Parry, Caroline (24 May 2011). "Walpole unveils 2011 "Brands of Tomorrow"". Drapers. Retrieved 21 September 2023.
  12. ↑ "Unlikely Muse". British Vogue. 24 August 2012. Retrieved 21 September 2023.
  13. ↑ "British Fashion Council". www.britishfashioncouncil.co.uk. Retrieved 21 September 2023.
  14. ↑ "BFC Contemporary Launches". British Vogue. 23 July 2014. Retrieved 21 September 2023.
  15. ↑ "The winners of ELLE's Talent Launch Pad". ELLE. 1 September 2010. Retrieved 21 September 2023.
  16. ↑ Zoe Jordan X River Island | Design Forum, 21 September 2015, retrieved 21 September 2023


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