Now available  to buy online at www.yoursecretboutique.co.uk.

 As Nicol Farhi is new to us this season at Havana, we thought you might like to know the story behind the brand. It’s one of those names that everyone has heard of,  conjuring up fabulous images of style and glamour. Behind the well-known name is an interesting story…

NICOLE FARHI
Nicole Farhi enters its 27th year of business in 2009 as an established and thriving British designer brand.

Nicole brought her Turkish heritage, French chic and sophistication to England in the early 1970’s and fused these influences with British eccentricity to create a style that is internationally recognized for its relaxed tailoring, knitwear, layering and chic detailing in the most luxurious fabrics.

Born in Nice and trained in fashion design, Nicole began her career in Paris as a freelance designer. In the early 1970’s she moved to London to begin her long and close association with Stephen Marks. First they worked together at French Connection, for whom Nicole was the principal designer for over a decade. Then in 1982, Marks launched the Nicole Farhi label, giving Nicole the opportunity to design a collection which more closely reflected the clothes she herself wanted to wear.

 Since then, the Nicole Farhi brand has grown to include shoes, small leather goods, perfume and jewellery, and 2009 sees the 10th anniversary of Nicole Farhi Homeware and Menswear. Nicole’s first fragrances have appeared recently, Nicole Farhi Femme and Nicole Farhi Homme. .

Nicole Farhi has won many awards during her career, including in 2008, a Lifetime Achievement prize at the First Women Awards – which recognise female “glass ceiling breakers” in business and public life, Entrepreneur of the Year at London’s Francais of the Year Awards and was presented with an honorary CBE (Commander of the British Empire) by Culture Secretary Andy Burnham in recognition of her services to the fashion industry.

Nicole Farhi supports talent in art, music and theatre and is married to the playwright David Hare.

To purchase Nicole Farhi see Nicole Farhi at Havana or buy online at www.yoursecretboutique.co.uk