Felicity Brown is an English-born artist and designer. She lives and works in London in the United Kingdom. Her website i
www.felicitybrown.co.uk
She studied Fine Art and Printed Textiles at the

Glasgow School of Art The Glasgow School of Art (GSA; gd, Sgoil-ealain Ghlaschu) is a higher education art school based in Glasgow, Scotland, offering undergraduate degrees, post-graduate awards (both taught and research-led), and PhDs in architecture, fine art, and ...

, receiving a first class honors degree. From there she went on to the

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in London, graduating in 2002 with an MA in Textiles. After leaving college, she gained experience in the European fashion houses, and craft skills from working in India, before setting up her own designer label with her brother, Henry Brown. The Felicity Brown label was officially launched in London in February 2010 and featured Felicity's signature dip-dyed silks, hand printing and artisan finishing. In 2010, the fashion magazine

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noted: ''Raw yet refined, the collection shows the amazing attention for detail and fantastic creative talent that have marked Felicity’s career to date''. At the beginning of 2011, Felicity became part of NEWGEN, a talent identification scheme developed by the

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that helped new fashion businesses to develop. This enabled Felicity to show collections in London, Paris and New York. In 2011, the

Victoria and Albert Museum The Victoria and Albert Museum (often abbreviated as the V&A) in London is the world's largest museum of applied arts, decorative arts and design, housing a permanent collection of over 2.27 million objects. It was founded in 1852 and nam ...

asked Felicity Brown to create an exclusive dress for its 2012 Ballgowns Exhibition. In 2012, curator Judith Clark commissioned a dress for the opening of a permanent exhibition at the

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in Seoul, South Korea. In June 2012, model Erin O'Connor wore a unique dress by Felicity Brown at the Investec Derby. Since 2013, Felicity Brown has been travelling on 'Fashion Journeys' throughout America and Europe. The concept involves taking a bag of fabric, meeting people, listening to their stories and making pieces for them in the moment. These journeys and stories have been documented through photography and are included on Felicity's website. In 2015, Felicity Brown's 'Bird Dress' was included in The Fashion Project's exhibition at Bal Harbour Shops, Miami. The 'Bird Dress' was exhibited alongside pieces from

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Léon Bakst Léon Bakst (russian: Леон (Лев) Николаевич Бакст, Leon (Lev) Nikolaevich Bakst) – born as Leyb-Khaim Izrailevich (later Samoylovich) Rosenberg, Лейб-Хаим Израилевич (Самойлович) Розенбе ...

and

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. In 2017, Felicity Brown's 'recycled silk and cotton top' was included in the

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' 'How To Spend It' section.

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External links

www.felicitybrown.co.uk
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