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Nicole Farhi postpones search for Sykes successor

Fashion label Nicole Farhi has decided to wait with the search for a new creative director. Last Friday, news broke that Joanna Sykes, had leftthe label one year after her appointment to focus on new projects. The label's current in-house design team will continue working without a director for now. Nicole Farhi revealed in a statement Sykes...

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Nicole Farhi's creative director steps down

Joanna Sykes, creative director at fashion label Nicole Farhi, has stepped down from her role and left the company. Sykes reportedly left the label into order to give her full attention to new projects, according to Drapersonline. She first joined Nicole Farhi in 2012, after working as design director for Aquascutum. “I have always had great...

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Joanna Sykes moves to Nicole Fahri

Joanna Sykes has been appointed creative director of Nicole Farhi. Formerly Aquascutum creative director, Sykes left the label in early June after it was placed into administration in April and sold in May. "Nicole Farhi has always been about timeless style and effortless elegance," the brand's founder, who is still a significant shareholder and...

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Joanna Sykes Aquascutum debut

Joanna Sykes is somewhat of an enigma, well-known within the industry having designer her own label and Matches' in-house brand Freda, but has never garnered the kind of press attention bestowed on the young creatives Christopher Kane, Richard Nicholl, Jonathan Saunders, and the list goes on. Sykes, as it happens designs beautiful and more...