William Banks-Blaney

William Banks-Blaney is a fashion expert and author of "25 Dresses".[1] The original founder and CEO of vintage brand WilliamVintage, he stepped down from the role in 2017.[2] He has been referred to as "The Vintage King" by Vogue,[3] Harper's Bazaar,[4] The Times,[5] The Telegraph,[6] The Independent,[7] and The New York Times.[8]

William Banks-Blaney
Born
William Banks-Blaney

England
OccupationFashion expert and founder of williamvintage
Websitewww.williamvintage.com

Education and Charitable Work

During his time as CEO of WilliamVintage, Banks-Blaney was a visiting Fellow at the London College of Fashion,[9] a guest lecturer at the Conde Nast College of Art and Design[10] Style Ambassador to American Express [11] and lectured at the Victoria and Albert Museum and the The London Fashion and Textile Museum. He was also a Fashion Patron of Oxfam creating masterclasses shown on Vogue.com.[12] and directed a campaign with Guy Aroch which featured in national press, advertising and in Oxfam stores nationwide.[13]

Publishing

In September 2013, Quadrille Publishing announced it has signed Banks-Blaney for his first book 25 Dresses, a hard-back book focusing on the evolution of women's fashion and the legacy of haute couture in the 21st century, which launched March 2015.[14] The book was formally launched at the Hay Festival of Literature and Arts in May 2015.[15]

Personal life

Banks-Blaney had a previous relationship with Gregory Barker, the former UK Climate Change Minister. In October 2006 it was announced Barker had left his wife for Banks-Blaney amid intense media scrutiny upon them both.[16]

Banks-Blaney's lawyers, Carter-Ruck, soon issued a statement that ‘William Banks-Blaney has won substantial damages from the publishers of the Evening Standard and The Sun over false allegations which 'impugned his integrity'[17] and the newspapers printed subsequent apologies.[18]

References

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