Caroline Charles Fashion Designer

Caroline Charles is one of London most respected women's wear designers. She has developed her business over the past four decades and the label is sold and marketed throughout the world.

2000 Awarded an OBE for services to the British fashion industry during the company 40th year in busines. A celebration and award from British Fashion Council Opened own shops in Harrogate, Richmond, Wilmslow, Guildford, Tunbridge Wells, Cheltenham Exeter Expanded concessions in Harrods, Harvey Nichols and Selfridges. The Studio Collection was launched. The collection is inspired by antique textiles and is pure luxury.

1990 Opened a store in Japan under license plus wholesale concessions. The British Embassy in Tokyo hosted Caroline Charles fashion show. Tony Blair visited the main store for a photo call Concessions opened in Self ridges and Harvey Nichols Designed the official scarf to mark the fortieth anniversary of the accession of HM The Queen Dressed Emma Thompson for the Oscars, where she won the award for Best Actress Transformed a 7 story London house into a new store in Bond Street Expanded with a working woman collection1980 Worked with major Japanese clothing, accessories and textile companies Began a licensing programmers, working with Charnos and Aristoc. Undertook a special project with Burberry Diana, Princess of Wales, Jerry Hall and Liza Minelli became clients Launched a bed linen collection under license and added other home products • Designed a range of men's ties, now collectors items. Caroline Charles women collection and have added the ties to their archives in Knights bridge Moved into 56/57 Beauchamp Place, the current flagship store and corporate headquarters Designed collections for BBC Weekend Wardrobe TV series and book.

1970 Marketed collection in the Middle East, Europe and the USA First Caroline Charles retail outlet opened in Beauchamp Place London Joined the committee of the British Color and Textile Group, representing the UK at International color trend meetings Designed worker wear for Boots the Chemist, Habitat, Estee Lauder and Jaguar Opened a store in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles Travelled extensively as a consultant to tannery and textile companies in Italy and India Took on design consultancy for Marks & Spencer which continued for the next two decades.

1960 Dressed Lulu, Marianne Faithful, Barbara Streisand, Dionne Warwick, Mick Jagger, Ringo Starr and Rudololph Nuryev, Madame Pompidou, Queen Muna of Jordan Weekly slot reporting fashion on BBC Radio show Teen Scene • Guest on Juke Box Jury and many other TV shows in the UK and the US Designed a new young range for Miss Selfridges Collection sold by the trend setting boutiques in Britain Paris and in the major fashion store groups in the USA, Europe and Australia. Toured USA putting on Fashion and Pop shows in 36 cities Received awards recognising her achievements as a young designer and travelled widely in promoting her collection Collaborated on the Yardley London campaign dressing Jean Shrimpton.