Meet The Experts
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Claire Angel
Claire is a highly experienced lecturer in fashion design, garment realisation, pattern cutting, print and knit for both womenswear and menswear. Claire joins LCS as a conscientious and dedicated team member. She is a superb teacher who is both supportive, and motivating towards her students. Claire graduated with a B.A 1st class honours degree in fashion design from the infamous Central St Martins College, London.
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Grace Banks
Grace Banks is a freelance journalist, writer and fashion editor who has been writing about fashion and style for the last five years, and continues to work as a highly sought after freelance journalist. After learning the ropes at two of the magazine industry's biggest titles, Grace got her first full-time job as the online features assistant New Woman magazine where she further developed her writing skills and keen eye for fashion. She then went on to work at In Style magazine where her love for magazine journalism was cemented.
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Dan Blake
Dan is a first rate editorial and freelance stylist. He is a highly infectious, relaxing and charismatic speaker who brings a wealth of insider knowledge to the LCS team. With many years of experience as a men's editorial and freelance stylist Dan also styles for women's and still life projects. Having studied fashion design at Central St Martins in 2006, Dan found his passion lay in styling and has worked in the industry ever since.
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Martin Carter
Martin is a brilliant make-up artist and a great communicator. His friendly, caring attitude has earned him respect amongst the movers and shakers in the fashion and beauty industries and he is well liked by everyone who knows him. Martin Graduated from the London College of Fashion in 1995 doing the HND Fashion Styling course. After a stint working as a National Artist for Versace, he became freelance and has built an impressive client base over the 15 years he has been working as a Hair & Make-Up Artist.
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Zoe Cosby
Zoe Cosby lights up the room with her charismatic and enchanting personality. She started her career as a dancer, with a scholarship to the Laban Centre the largest contemporary dance centre in Europe, designed by award winning architects Herzog and De Meuron. After a knee injury lead to a change in career, she began assisting top make-up artists and stylists in London working as a freelance fashion assistant for magazines including Tatler and Eve magazine.
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Wendy Elsmore - Celebrity Fashion Stylist
Wendy was the Fashion Expert for ITV's This Morning for six years. She is regarded as one of the most popular and engaging spokesperson's for style and fashion today. Charming by nature, her enthusiasm for people and life is infectious. Viewers and audiences are drawn to Wendy's natural persona and her capacity to engage with the public as a true people's person. She instinctively understands how to make people look and feel fantastic and many a public face has been styled by Wendy including Catherine Zeta Jones and Kevin Spacey.
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Selena Francis-Bryden
Selena is passionate about clothing but especially the recycling of clothes, accessories and home ware. She joins the LCS team as an inspiring and exciting teacher who will run interactive customising workshops with our students. From the age of six Selena worked alongside her father selling children's clothes in Portobello Market. She took over the stall at 18, selling vintage clothing. She then moved quite quickly into customising vintage and second hand items. In 2001 she received funding from the Prince's Trust and started her label 'Franny B'.
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Nuala Mulligan & Tom Davy
Nuala, is a multi national exhibiting and published photographer with over ten years experience in the Fine Art and Photography, having worked with clients across Europe and the States. Tom has notched up varied shoot experience in Advertising, Fashion and Private commissions which has seen him work with Warner Bross, The BBC and RDF productions amongst others. He is a perfectionist with a meticulous eye for detail.
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Saskia Osmond-Evans
Saskia has been in the PR industry for fifteen years working for leading brands in media and fashion. They include National Magazine Company, where she looked after magazines such as Cosmopolitan, Company and Harper's Bazaar. Marks and Spencer where she managed the menswear and childrenswear fashion PR. In addition she has also worked in Australia for a consumer PR agency working on key lifestyle accounts.
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Gary Page - Costumer / Fashion Designer
Gary is an extraordinary creative talent in the British Fashion industry. With a career that reads like a Who's Who from the world of design and film, respect for Gary is that of a master of his artistry who remains delightfully humble in the light of his incredible achievements. His training in design led to his first notable role in the industry as assistant designer for English Eccentrics and then senior designer for Wayne Hemingway's iconic Red or Dead label. He was also the designer for Eden Project.
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Mira Parmar
Mira is an amazing make-up artist which is instantly apparent when you see her with her brushes! She was transfixed by art and drawing from a young age and has used this skill and transformed it into a passion for make-up. At The London College of Style we are delighted to include Mira on our expert team with her gorgeous smile and personality to go with it. Mira is a self taught in make–up and has always had an instinctive eye for detail and precision.
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Jason Smith & Tony Cullen - Celebrity Hairdressers
Jason and Tony are masters of hair. They have created a stunning boudoir style salon, Smith and Cullen that sees clients travelling from miles around for the award winning cutting, colour and extension skills of this much loved duo. As well as running their own salon, Jason and Tony's international work continues to go from strength to strength with them appearing on stage across Europe, Scandinavia and the USA. They also represented Great Britain in the World Hairdressing Championships in Chicago.
