Jayne Pierson is a Welsh

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. She launched her début collection with On, Off at

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in September 2009. She has designed for

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and

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. Her speciality is designing fashions for artists and actors.

Early life

Pierson was born in

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, and raised in Dallas,

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. She graduated with a BA Honours degree in Drama from the

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and later went to the West Wales School of the Arts, University of Glamorgan and graduated with a first class BA Honours degree in Fashion Design. She also combined additional units of study from

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, London. She won the London Graduate Fashion Week Ecological Design Award.

Professional life

Pierson designed for

. She also designed for Vivienne Westwood, who also offered her a position as a Design Assistant. Pierson stated that she greatly admires McQueen, Vivienne Westwood, Yves Saint Laurent and Mugler. Pierson showcased her debut collection at On, Off,

in September 2009. When she showed her 2012 collection in 2011, she used

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instead of models for her "directional, luxury" line of womenswear. In 2012, she created a line of

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womenswear for Welsh fashion brand

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. Pierson's 2013 London Fashion Week presentation was accompanied by a short film she created. She was listed as one of the

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talents in 2010, 2011 and 2012.

References

External links

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Profile on the British Fashion Council
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Vogue

Timeline Jayne Pierson's collections
{{DEFAULTSORT:Pierson, Jayne Living people British fashion designers Welsh fashion designers British women fashion designers Alumni of the University of Glamorgan Year of birth missing (living people) Alumni of the University of Kent