Joseph Ephraim Casely-Hayford (24 May 1956 – 3 January 2019) was a British
fashion designer
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. Beginning in the mid-1980s he established an international reputation as one of the UK's most respected and consistently relevant designers of men's and womenswear clothing. He was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire, for services to the fashion industry, in the
2007 Birthday Honours
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.
Personal life
In 1976 Casely-Hayford met Maria Stevens at
Saint Martin's School of Art
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. They married in 1980, and were life and business partners until his death in early 2019.
In 2008 The Black Power List named the
Casely-Hayford
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family the most influential black family in the UK.
In 2006 his sister,
Dr Margaret Casely-Hayford CBE, became the General Counsel, Director of Legal Services at The Waitrose -
John Lewis Partnership
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, a company with 70,000 employees. In 2014 she was appointed chair of
ActionAid
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ActionAid is a federation of 45 country offices that works with communities, often via local partner organis ...
UK.
In July 2017 she was named Chancellor of
Coventry University
, mottoeng = By Art and Industry
, established =
, type = Public
, endowment = £28 million (2015)
, budget = £787.5 million
, chancellor = Margaret Casely-Hayford
, vice_chancellor = John Latham
, students = ()
, undergr ...
. In February 2018 she was announced as The Chair of the board of
Shakespeare's Globe
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, taking over from
Lord Bichard
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. He was the brother of cultural historian and director of the
Smithsonian Institution
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's
National Museum of African Art
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,
Dr Gus Casely-Hayford OBE, and Peter Casely-Hayford, whose film company,
Twenty Twenty has made some of the UK's most popular television programmes, such as ''
The Choir'', ''
Brat Camp'' and ''
First Dates
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Production
The programme was filmed at the Paternoster Chop House restaur ...
''.
He was son of Victor Casely-Hayford, an accountant who had trained as a barrister, and was the grandson and namesake of the eminent lawyer and statesman
J. E. Casely Hayford
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,
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Molal ...
, whose 1911 novel ''
Ethiopia Unbound
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'' was one of the first novels to be published in English by a black African, greatly influencing
Pan-African politics and the leading
civil rights
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activists of its time.
Joe Casely-Hayford had two children:
Charlie Casely-Hayford
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, a designer and stylist, and Alice Casely-Hayford, the Digital Editor of
British ''Vogue'' magazine.
On 3 January 2019, Joe Casely-Hayford died following a three-year battle with cancer.
Training and education
Casely-Hayford's formal training began at the Tailor and Cutter Academy in
London
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(1974–75), where students were taught to draft and construct garments from scratch. He spent time in the workrooms of the celebrated Mount Street tailor Douglas Hayward before attending
Saint Martin's School of Art
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in 1975. He then completed Diana Weir's History of Art course at the
ICA, where he studied European art and history (1979–81).
Career
Casely-Hayford began producing collections in 1983 under the label name KIT, selling to small specialist fashion stores in London such as Demob in
Beak Street, Axiom and New Masters in the
King's Road
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, Chelsea. His first collections were made from recycled WWII army tents which were taken apart and then cut into jackets, trousers, skirts and tops. After construction, these garments would be industrially washed creating a worn and distressed appearance. This look was hugely successful, however, making clothes from used tents was labour-intensive.
Casely-Hayford discovered R&J Partington mill in
Manchester
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who were weaving incredibly robust cotton shirting. He began making shirts from this fabric. A shirt that opened at the front and back became an instant success and launched the Joe Casely-Hayford brand proper in 1984.
Now selling to international designer stores such as Jones,
Joseph
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and
Crolla in
London
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also
Susanne Bartsch
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, Charivari and
Bloomingdale's
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in
New York City
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.
Casely-Hayford was nominated for Womenswear
British Designer of the Year
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in 1989, and also Innovative Designer of the Year in 1991.
He also worked as a freelance
creative director
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with Piero Panchetti in
Italy
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, and wrote and styled pages for major publications including ''
The Face
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Face may also refer to:
Film
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* ''The Face'' (1996 film), an American television film
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'', ''
i-D'', ''
Arena Homme +
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'', ''
How to Spend It '' and ''
Senken Shimbun'' in Japan.
In 1991, for
Sock Shop
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, along with
Vivienne Westwood
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Westwood came to public notice when she m ...
, he designed a range of women's tights featuring the brands playing card motif and contributed clothes to the
Derek Jarman
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Biography
Jarman was born at the Royal Victoria Nursing Home ...
film ''
Edward II
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''.
In 1993 he was the first designer to be approached to create ranges exclusively for
Topshop
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, and he also designed special collector's pieces for the
Joseph
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label.
In 2002, he designed a limited edition T-shirt in collaboration with the
Turner Prize
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-winning artist
Chris Ofili
Christopher Ofili, (born 10 October 1968) is a British Turner Prize-winning painter who is best known for his paintings incorporating elephant dung. He was one of the Young British Artists. Since 2005, Ofili has been living and working in Trin ...
.
In 1995, as a departure from the nature of his previous commissions, Casely-Hayford undertook the design of the hugely successful and critically acclaimed exhibition ''The Art of African Textiles – Technology, Tradition, and Lurex'' at London's
Barbican Centre
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museum. The exhibition was a major feature of the "
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" programme in the United Kingdom. Casely-Hayford contributed definitive pieces of work to many fashion and art related exhibitions around the globe, as well as being the subject of exhibitions himself. "Through the Ages", a retrospective of his work, was held at "The Edge" space in
Tokyo
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, September 1996.
Joe Casely-Hayford pieces are kept in permanent collections by the
Victoria and Albert Museum
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,
Fashion and Textile Museum
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in
London
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, the
Museum of London
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and the Museum at FIT
Fashion Institute of Technology
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in New York City.
Casely-Hayford produced his own brand label for men and women continuously between the mid-1980s and 2005, and showed his collections on the runway in
Paris
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,
London
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and
Tokyo
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. In addition, he undertaken work for film,
ballet
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, and bespoke commissions for bands and artists in the music industry, dressing many leading celebrities. His clientele included
The Clash
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,
Lou Reed
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,
Liam Gallagher
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,
Jarvis Cocker
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,
Take That
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,
Suede
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,
Benedict Cumberbatch
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, and
Michael Fassbender
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. Casely-Hayford designed the stage wardrobe for
U2 from 1991 to 1993. This led to his having created seminal outfits for the band during their two-year world tour and for the albums ''
Achtung Baby
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'' and ''
Zooropa
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''.
U2's
Bono
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Born and raised in Dublin, he attended M ...
photographed wearing Joe Casely-Hayford was the first man to be featured on the cover of ''
Vogue
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** British ''Vogue'', a British fashion magazine
** ''Vogue Arabia'', an Arab fashion magazine
** ''Vogue Australia'', an Australian fashion magazine
** ''Vogue China'', ...
'' in December 1992. This cover was also selected as one of
Alexandra Shulman
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's top 20 covers.
His signature style of original yet wearable clothing has been sold through over 150 stores worldwide, the majority being in Japan. From 1993 to 2004 his collections were distributed through Look Inc., also the distributors for
Marc Jacobs
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' Look. The collections have been sold in prestigious stores and select shops throughout Japan such as
Beams; United Arrows; Edifice; History; Deuxième Classe; Tomorrowland; Robehouse; and Dressterior. International stockists have included
Selfridges
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,
Barneys
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Barneys N ...
,
Liberty
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In modern politics, liberty is understood as the state of being free within society fr ...
, b-Store and
colette
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.
Casely-Hayford is featured in the book ''Fashion Now'', which lists the 150 designers in the world considered most important to
i-D, edited by Terry Jones, and published by
Taschen
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History
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in 2003. He is also included in the second edition, issued in 2005, called ''Fashion Now 2'', and the third edition, ''Icons'', published in 2006. In February 2007, Joe Casely-Hayford was named in the ''Independent'' newspaper as one of "The Fabulous Fifty" most influential fashion creatives in London.
Casely-Hayford worked in his own right on limited-edition collections for specialist stores in the Japanese market, which began with a capsule range in 2004 for B2nd menswear. He worked with Jun Co. Ltd on a menswear collaboration label with Adam et Ropé, using traditional Japanese artisan dyeing techniques combined with modern styling. The range was distributed through the leading Adam et Ropé stores across Japan. Following the launch of the Casely-Hayford collection in 2009, he designed an exclusive Sartorial collection for
Barneys New York
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Barneys N ...
Japan.
In 2005 Joe Casely-Hayford became creative director of
Gieves & Hawkes, the 200-year-old
Savile Row
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house. In January 2006 the new Gieves collection was launched on the runway in Paris. Casely-Hayford was credited with bringing the 200-year-old house into the 21st century.
In 2008 he was approached to form a collaboration with
Sir Terence Conran
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for the launch in London's
Shoreditch
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In the 16th century, Shoreditch was an impor ...
area of a new boutique hotel, restaurant and deli called Albion (www.theboundary.co.uk). The first stage of the project opened it doors on 1 January 2009. Casely-Hayford was responsible for the creative direction of all the clothing throughout the development.
In Spring/Summer 2009 he launched a new luxury menswear brand called Casely-Hayford, in collaboration with his son
Charlie Casely-Hayford
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. The brand philosophy reflects the Casely-Hayford spirit with duality at its core, combining "English heritage" with "British anarchy", Savile Row tailoring methods with modern-day sportswear. It is the first time in high fashion where both father and son actively partnered at the creative helm. The collection is sold through world leading specialist boutiques and department stores such as
Selfridges
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,
Dover Street Market
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Dover Street Market was created by Rei Kawakubo of Japanese fashion ...
,
Harvey Nichols
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,
Liberty (department store)
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, United Arrows, and
Barneys New York
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Barneys N ...
Japan. ''
i-D'' magazine said of the launch of the collection: "The most accomplished debut London Collections: Men will ever see".
In June 2014 Joe Casely-Hayford was appointed a Visiting Fellow of the
University of the Arts London
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.
In January 2015 ''Vogue'' magazine included Casely-Hayford in a list of the 25 people who matter the most in menswear right now. In 2016, ''
The Financial Times
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'' magazine ''
How to Spend It
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'' said that "few British menswear designers sell London to the world better than Joe and Charlie Casely-Hayford".
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