Richard Nicoll

Designer name: Richard Nicoll

Origin: Richard was born in London and grew up in Australia.

Design background: Since graduating from Central Saint Martins MA in 2002, Richard has gained experience including freelance consulting alongside Marc Jacobs at Louis Vuitton and Creative Director of Womenswear at Cerruti. With his own label, he has been awarded three ANDAM prizes (2008), named Best Young Designer at the ELLE Style Awards (2009) and twice shortlisted for the BFC/Vogue Designer Fashion Fund. He received NEWGEN sponsorship for four seasons (SS06 - AW07).

Career highlight: “It hopefully hasn’t happened yet.”

Who is your ideal customer? “Linder Sterling because she is strong, empathetic, creative, unique and intelligent.”

Trademark piece: “It is our one-size-fits-all, oversized, geometric cut, silk T-shirt dress that everyone from Florence Welch (of Florence and the Machine) to my mother wears.”

Three spring/summer 2012 inspirations: “Henri Clouzot's unfinished film L'Enfer starring Romy Schneider; the thought of a holiday after this season; sixties futurism.”
 
What’s next for your brand? “We’ve just taken our Resort collection on a ‘world tour’ (predominantly the US and Hong Kong / China), which significantly increased press and sales in those markets.  We’ll be looking to leverage that momentum as much as possible in the coming seasons.”
 
Who are your design heroes? “Linder Sterling, Julie Verhoeven and Calvin Klein.”
 
What’s your favourite cultural hotspot in the capital? “I don’t think anyone could fault the Barbican as a space.”
 
In five years’ time I will be… “Five years older.”