Lulu Guinness
{{Short description|British fashion designer (born 1960)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
File:Lulu Guinness, Burlington Arcade, London 01.jpg, London]]
Lucinda "Lulu" Jane Guinness {{post-nominals|country=GBR|OBE}} (née Rivett-Carnac; born 29 May 1960) is a British accessories fashion designer.
Biography
She was born in May 1960,{{cite web|url=https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/company/02282816/officers|title=LULU GUINNESS HOLDINGS LIMITED - Officers (free information from Companies House)|author=|date=|website=beta.companieshouse.gov.uk|accessdate=1 May 2018}} the daughter of Sir Miles Rivett-Carnac, 9th Baronet, descended from a chairman of the East India Company who was also an MP and (briefly) Governor of Bombay.{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/finance-obituaries/6266592/Sir-Miles-Rivett-Carnac-Bt.html |title=Sir Miles Rivett-Carnac, Bt |publisher=Telegraph |date= 6 October 2009|accessdate=2012-02-13}}
In 1986, she married the Honourable Valentine Guinness (born 9 March 1959), a younger son of the 3rd Baron Moyne. She has two daughters, Tara and Madeleine. The couple divorced in 2013,having lived apart for several years.{{cite web|title=Valentine and Lulu Guinness: divorce|date=8 August 2013 |url=http://peeragenews.blogspot.co.uk/2013/08/valentine-and-lulu-guinness-divorce.html|publisher=Peerage News}}
Lulu was appointed an OBE for services to the Fashion Industry in the 2006 Queen's Birthday Honours and in 2009 received The Independent Handbag Designer Awards ICONOCLAST Award for "Lifetime Achievement in Handbag Design".{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/5089316.stm |title=UK | England | Dozens win awards for commitment |publisher=BBC News |date=2006-06-17 |accessdate=2012-02-13}}{{cite web|url=http://www.handbagdesigner101.com/h?s=trends&id=148 |title=Handbag Designer 101 |publisher=Handbag Designer 101 |date=2009-06-18 |accessdate=2012-02-13}}
Lulu Guinness company
Lulu Guinness was launched in 1989 as a handbag and accessories retailer and currently operates multinationally.
The brand unveiled its first ready-to-wear range of clothing in 2017.{{Cite magazine|url=http://www.harpersbazaar.co.uk/fashion/fashion-news/news/a41407/lulu-guinness-ready-to-wear-collection/|title=Lulu Guinness unveils her clothing line: 'I want to flatter all women'|last1=Alex|first1=Ella|last2=er|date=2017-05-10|magazine=Harper's BAZAAR|language=en-GB|access-date=2019-11-20}}
As part of her 'Collectables' range, Lulu's The Florist Basket forms a permanent part of the Victoria and Albert Museum's "The Cutting Edge: 50 Years of British Fashion 1947-1997" exhibition in London.{{cite web|url=https://collections.vam.ac.uk/exhibition/the-cutting-edge-50-years-of-british-fashion-1947-1997/15/ |title=Exhibition: The Cutting Edge: 50 Years of British Fashion 1947-1997 - Victoria & Albert Museum - Search the Collections |publisher=Collections.vam.ac.uk |date=2009-08-25 |accessdate=2012-02-13}}
The brand has sold through QVC for many years.{{Cite web|url=https://www.qvcuk.com/lulu-guinness/shoes-&-handbags/_/N-1z140zsZlfpk/c.html|title=Lulu Guinness - QVC UK|website=www.qvcuk.com|access-date=2019-11-20}}
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20100914235424/http://www.luluguinness.com/Homepage.aspx Lulu Guinness Online]
{{authority control}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Guinness, Lulu}}
Category:British fashion designers
Category:Daughters of baronets
Category:Officers of the Order of the British Empire
Category:British women fashion designers
{{fashion-designer-stub}}