Stephen Jones Biography
Stephen Jones OBE is a British milliner based in London who is widely regarded as one of the most radical and influential milliners of the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries.
How old is Stephen Jones? – Age
He is 68 years old as of 2022. He was born in 1954 in Wirral Peninsula, United Kingdom.
Stephen Jones Education
He attended Liverpool College. His mother instilled in him a love of art at a young age by taking him to the Walker Art Gallery, Speke Hall, and National Trust properties throughout the North West. He studied art at High Wycombe College of Art at the foundation level.
Who is Stephen Jones’s Wife?
He is married to Craig West. The couple met his leading man during his early career and married on February 17, 2014, in London.
How much does Stephen Jones make? – Net Worth
His net worth is estimated to be $10 Million (£8,030,050). His salary is not known.
Stephen Jones Dior
Stephen Jones was the only British milliner with control of a Paris haute couture millinery studio, or atelier de la modiste, in November 1996, making hats for Galliano’s high-profile couture shows at Dior. In 2008, he created hats for Marc Jacobs, L’Wren Scott, Basso & Brooke, Comme des Garçons, Giles Deacon, Loewe, Pollini, and Walter van Beirendonck, in addition to four Dior collections per season and two for Galliano’s own label. His work has also appeared in advertisements for perfumes such as Nina Ricci’s L’Air Du Temps and Parfums Christian Dior. Hats by Philip Treacy, Mitza Bricard for Dior, Claude Saint-Cyr for Norman Hartnell, and Vladzio d’Attainville for Cristóbal Balenciaga were shown alongside the work of emerging milliners Noel Stewart and Nasir Mazhar.
Stephen Jones Hats: An Anthology
Hats: An Anthology, a 2009 exhibition at the V&A, was inspired by Cecil Beaton’s landmark exhibition of garments donated by leading fashion designers of the twentieth century. Gloria Guinness, Isabella Blow, Anna Piaggi, and Gertrude Shilling wore hats, as did celebrities Dita Von Teese, Madonna, and Boy George. The exhibition included hats worn by Philip Treacy, Mitza Bricard for Dior, Claude Saint-Cyr for Norman Hartnell, and Vladzio d’Attainville for Cristóbal Balenciaga. A month after the exhibition opened in February 2009, visitor attendance figures were reported to be unprecedented.
Stephen Jones Partners
Jones was the only British milliner with control of a Paris haute couture millinery studio, or atelier de la modiste, in November 1996, making hats for Galliano’s high-profile couture shows at Dior. He’s been working with Galliano since 1993. Jones was also responsible for Vivienne Westwood’s iconic Harris Tweed Crown from 1987. His hats have been in high demand for multiple shows per season since the 1980s. In early 1995, he was creating human-hair hats for Nicolas Ghesquière’s first collection at Balenciaga, as well as designs for Peter O’Brien at Marcel Rochas and Claude Montana, in addition to Galliano.
In 2008, he created hats for Marc Jacobs, L’Wren Scott, Basso & Brooke, Comme des Garçons, Giles Deacon, Loewe, Pollini, and Walter van Beirendonck, in addition to four Dior collections per season and two for Galliano’s own label. Throughout his career, he has created hats for many other designers and couturiers’ shows.
Stephen Jones Career
Jones created a hat line for Fiorucci in 1979. Jones’ first millinery salon, which opened nearby on 1 October 1980 in the basement of the trendy store PX, Endell Street, Covent Garden, was funded by Blitz’s owner Steve Strange. It was an instant success, as Jones stated in 2008: “Overnight, I had a business.” Jones’ head was shaved by drunk friends on New Year’s Eve 1980, leading him to discover that without hair, his head was a perfect woman’s stock size, and that he could become his own fit model, developing all his ideas and designs on himself.
Jones’ first Paris fashion show was in 1982, as was his first televised show (for the BBC’s Riverside). In addition to his Blitz clients, he was able to count Diana, Princess of Wales as a regular customer by this point, and had a hat commissioned by the Victoria & Albert Museum for their newly refurbished Costume Court. Jones’ long and fruitful relationship with the V&A culminated in the Hats: An Anthology exhibition in 2009, which he co-curated with Oriole Cullen. [5] One of his hats was featured on the cover of Tatler in December 1982, the first time his work had appeared on a magazine cover; the hat is now in the V&A.
In 1984, Jones moved his studio to Lexington Street. Jean Paul Gaultier invited him to Paris that year to make hats for his show, his first designs for a Paris couturier, and he also made hats for Thierry Mugler. Following their second show together, Gaultier made certain that Jones was given full credit for his hats, ensuring that the Paris fashion world was aware of his work. In 1984, he also sold his first designs to Bloomingdale’s, a New York department store. Jones received the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2010 New Year Honours.