Margaret Howell

Margaret Howell CBE (born 5 September 1946, Tadworth, Surrey, England) is a contemporary British clothing designer who has worked successfully in both men's and women's wear for nearly four decades. Keynote designs are her take on the shirt, gymslip, lace-up shoe, duffle coat and trench coat. With their androgynous quality, and sympathetically shot by photographers such as Bruce Weber, Koto Bolofo, and Alasdair McLellan, her clothes have been described as 'marrying traditional styles with modern appeal... [so] all her work... has a stylish timelessness.' She herself says, "My style could be described as understated quality, updated modern classics." "I am often inspired by the method by which something is made... Good design has to work. Clothes have to work for people just as a chair has to...”

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