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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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