60 Seconds with...Lee Lapthorne

A man of many monikers. Founder/creative director of London Fashion Week’s On/Off

schedule, and fashion designer, photographer, artist, producer.

Education
University of Central England (now Birmingham) with distinction in MA Textiles.

Achievements
Founding young design talent platform, On/Off in 2003, which at the time broke industry boundaries, and leading it to international growth (On/Off now also has a place in Paris and Milan fashion weeks). It has recently picked up designers from Mark Fast to Hannah Marshall.

Designing a unisex fashion line (available at Harvey Nichols).

Industry Event Award winning production for Clothes Show Live 2009 and also for BBC, Sky, Italian Vogue.

An advisor on Sky TV’s Make Me a Super Model.

Art commissions and installations at Gloucester Cathedral, Barbican’s St Giles’s.

Currently an external examiner for Central St Martin’s Print MA and sits on the advisory board at the London College of Fashion.

Being included in the first 100 of The Observer’s Top 500 ‘Generation Next’ individuals.

Currently working on
Growing On/Off into a truly global platform by working with other fashion capitals.

Objectives
Looking for vision, talent and something ‘new’ in prospective young designers.