Charlie Casely-Hayford
{{short description|British fashion designer}}
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|name = Charlie Casely-Hayford
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|image = Charlie Casely-Hayford at The 20th Anniversary Party for 'How to Spend It' at Corinthia Hotel, London, UK - 25 November 2014.jpg
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|caption = Charlie Casely-Hayford at 20th-anniversary party for How to Spend It at Corinthia Hotel, London, 25 November 2014
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|birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1986|5|24}}
|birth_place = London, England
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|education = Harrow School; Central St. Martins College of Art and Design; Courtauld Institute of Art
|parents = Joe Casely-Hayford (father)
|spouse = Sophie Ashby
|children =
|relatives = J. E. Casely Hayford (great-grandfather);
Gus Casely-Hayford (uncle), Margaret Casely-Hayford (aunt)
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|occupation = Menswear designer
|website = {{url|https://casely-hayford.com/}}
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Charlie Casely-Hayford (born 24 May 1986)[https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/person/mp160088/charlie-casely-hayford "Charlie Casely-Hayford (1986-), Fashion designer"], National Portrait Gallery, London.{{cite web|first=Alex |last=Frank|url=https://www.thefader.com/2011/03/11/feature-casely-hayfords-inherited-resistance |title=FEATURE: Casely-Hayford's Inherited Resistance|website=Fader|date= 11 March 2011}} is a menswear designer based in London, England, where he was born. He founded the international menswear brand Casely-Hayford at the age of 22 with his father, the acclaimed British fashion designer Joe Casely-Hayford OBE.{{cite web|url=https://www.visitlondon.com/things-to-do/place/48925652-casely-hayford|title=Casely-Hayford|website=Visit London|access-date=25 April 2022}}
Early life and family
Charlie Casely-Hayford is the great-grandson of the respected politician and writer J. E. Casely Hayford MBE. The cultural historian Gus Casely-Hayford OBE[https://www.thegazette.co.uk/notice/3041615 "Dr. Augustus Casely-Hayford"], Order of the British Empire, The Gazette, 9 June 2018.[https://www.soas.ac.uk/about/fellows/gus-casely-hayford "Dr Gus Casely-Hayford OBE"], SOAS. is his uncle and the lawyer, businesswoman and public figure Margaret Casely-Hayford CBE[https://www.thegazette.co.uk/notice/3041518 "Dr. Margaret Henrietta Augusta CASELY-HAYFORD"], Order of the British Empire, The Gazette, 9 June 2018. is his aunt. In 2008 The Black Power List named the Casely-Hayford family the most influential black family in the UK.
=Education=
After leaving Harrow School, while studying at Central St. Martins College of Art and Design, Casely-Hayford began to contribute to a number of styling projects internationally.{{cite web|url=http://casely-hayford.com/joe-and-charlie-casely-hayford|title=Joe and Charlie Casely-Hayford - Casely-Hayford|website=casely-hayford.com|access-date=9 March 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150401004120/http://casely-hayford.com/joe-and-charlie-casely-hayford/|archive-date=1 April 2015|url-status=dead}} He has styled musicians varying from hip-hop artist Nas to UK band The xx and Grammy-award-winning artist Sam Smith.{{Cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/samsmithworld/photos/a.314246725340693.66226.313595788739120/1435674159864605/?type=3&theater|title=SAM SMITH|website=www.facebook.com|language=en|access-date=2017-11-27}} He has contributed to international publications, from GQ Style to i-D magazine.{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/fashion/features/youve-been-framed-what-happened-when-gq-style-turned-artists-into-models-8523100.html|title=You've been framed: What happened when GQ Style turned artists into|author=Charlie Casely-Hayford|work=The Independent|date=9 March 2013|publisher=}}
Career
In 2008, while studying for a degree in History of Art at the Courtauld Institute, Casely-Hayford joined his father to launch luxury menswear label Casely-Hayford,{{cite web|url=http://www.casely-hayford.com|title=Casely-Hayford - British Luxury Menswear & Womenswear|website=www.casely-hayford.com}} a brand based on English Sartorialism and British Anarchy. Casely-Hayford currently works between London and Tokyo where the collections are produced; they focus on the idea of duality as a foundation for the brand's ethos. International stockists include Dover Street Market, Colette, Corso Como, Barneys, I.T. Hong Kong and Isetan.
Other work
In 2010, Casely-Hayford was made the global face of Converse{{cite web |url=http://play.converse.com/play/show/?tag%3Djack-purcell |title=Jack Purcell « Show |accessdate=2010-06-19 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100427030640/http://play.converse.com/play/show/?tag=jack-purcell |archivedate=27 April 2010 |df=dmy }}'s international ad campaign, which celebrates the 50th anniversary of the Jack Purcell Trainer. In 2008/2009 he modelled alongside Coco Sumner as the face of Dr. Martens.{{cite web|url=http://ghanarising.blogspot.com//2010/01/charlie-c-h-in-dr-martins-last-ad.html.|title=Ghana Rising|publisher=}}
In June 2010, Casely-Hayford was selected by Esquire Magazine as a "Brilliant Brit" in their prediction of 75 young talents shaping 2010. He was also selected to feature in i-D magazine's 100 most important portraits in fashion, shot by Nick Knight.
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In June 2011, Premier Model Management signed up Casely-Hayford as the newest addition to their Special Bookings board.
He was named one of GQ{{'}}s 50 best dressed men in Britain in 2013,{{cite news|title=50 Best Dressed Men in Britain 2013|url=http://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/style/articles/2013-01/01/gq-best-dressed-men-list-2013/viewgalleryframe/19|work=GQ|date=1 Jan 2013|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402141655/http://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/style/articles/2013-01/01/gq-best-dressed-men-list-2013/viewgalleryframe/19|archivedate=2 April 2015|df=dmy-all}} 2014,{{cite news|title=50 Best Dressed Men in Britain 2014|url=http://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/style/articles/2013-12/30/best-dressed-men-2014/viewgalleryframe/41/|work=GQ|date=5 Dec 2013|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150216112359/http://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/style/articles/2013-12/30/best-dressed-men-2014/viewgalleryframe/41/|archivedate=16 February 2015|df=dmy-all}} and 2015.{{cite news|title=50 Best Dressed Men in Britain 2015 |url=http://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/style/articles/2015-01/05/best-dressed-men-2015/ |work=GQ |date=5 Jan 2015 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150107145128/http://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/style/articles/2015-01/05/best-dressed-men-2015 |archivedate=7 January 2015 |df=dmy }} and one of the 40 best dressed men in the world by Esquire in 2017.{{Cite news|url=https://www.esquire.co.uk/style/news/g9965/best-dressed-men-in-the-world/|title=The 40 Best-Dressed Men In The World (Who Actually Dress Themselves)|date=2017-05-03|work=Esquire|access-date=2017-11-27|language=en}}
In 2015, he was named one of the most influential people under 40 by GQ magazine {{cite news|title=The Cool List|url=http://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/entertainment/articles/2015-03/2/35-men-under-38-and-a-half/|work=GQ|date=2 March 2015}} and one of the 25 people who matter most in Menswear by Style.com{{cite web|url=http://www.style.com/trends/mens/2015/influential-people-mens-fashion|title=Men's Fashion - Men's Designer Clothes 2017 - Farfetch|website=www.style.com}}
In April 2017, Casely-Hayford collaborated with UK fashion brand Topman on a successful suiting collection titled Topman Fine Tailoring. The collection was sold through 30 stores in the UK and internationally.{{Cite web|url=http://www.vogue.co.uk/gallery/casely-hayford-collaboration-with-topman|title=Topman Taps Charlie Casely-Hayford|last=Conlon|first=Scarlett|website=www.vogue.co.uk|date=30 May 2017|access-date=2017-11-27}}
Personal life
Casely-Hayford is married to interior designer Sophie Ashby, founder of Studio Ashby.[https://www.houseandgarden.co.uk/article/studio-ashby-and-casely-hayford-open-a-london-concept-store "Interior designer Sophie Ashby opens a London concept store with husband Charlie Casely-Hayford"], House & Garden, 18 October 2018.Ma, Fiona (18 October 2018), [https://wwd.com/fashion-news/fashion-scoops/casely-hayford-marks-new-direction-with-new-u-k-flagship-1202886293 "Casely-Hayford Marks New Direction With U.K. Flagship"], WWD.[https://somethingcurated.com/2018/10/22/charlie-casely-hayford-sophie-ashby-on-collaborating-on-their-chiltern-street-store "Charlie Casely-Hayford & Sophie Ashby Talk Collaborating On Their Chiltern Street Store"], Something Curated, 22 October 2018.
References
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External links
[https://casely-hayford.com/ Official website]
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Category:Alumni of Central Saint Martins
Category:Alumni of the Courtauld Institute of Art
Category:Fashion designers from London
Category:Black British fashion people
Category:British fashion designers
Category:English fashion designers
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