Nabil El-Nayal

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El-Nayal was born in Syria and moved to England at the age of 14. He went on to win many prestigious awards including the Royal Society of Arts Award,{{cite web|url=http://www.mmu.ac.uk/news/articles/841/|title=Fashion student wins prestigious award - News & Events - Manchester Metropolitan University|work=Mmu.ac.uk|accessdate=2015-07-09|archive-date=2016-03-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304122414/http://www.mmu.ac.uk/news/articles/841/|url-status=dead}} the Graduate Fashion Week 'Best Womenswear' Award{{cite web|url=http://www.elleuk.com/fashion/news/node_325406|title=All the winners from Graduate Fashion Week 2008|work=elleuk.com|date=12 June 2008 }} and the British Fashion Council MA Scholarship Award;{{cite web|url=http://www.britishfashioncouncil.com/pressreleases/MA-Scholarship|title=British Fashion Council|work=britishfashioncouncil.com}}{{cite web|url=http://www.britishfashioncouncil.com/Education/Colleges-Council/MA-Scholarship/2008-Winner|title=British Fashion Council - 2008 Winner|work=britishfashioncouncil.com}} enabling him to study at the Royal College of Art.{{cite web|url=http://fashion.telegraph.co.uk/article/TMG7818674/Graduate-Fashion-Week-Royal-College-of-Art-fashion-show.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150704223645/http://fashion.telegraph.co.uk/article/TMG7818674/Graduate-Fashion-Week-Royal-College-of-Art-fashion-show.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 4, 2015|title=Graduate Fashion Week: Royal College of Art fashion show|work=telegraph.co.uk}}{{cite web|url=http://www.mmu.ac.uk/alumni/stories/stories_detail.php?id=54|title=Alumni Stories|author=|work=Mmu.ac.uk|accessdate=2015-07-09|archive-date=2016-03-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304111152/http://www.mmu.ac.uk/alumni/stories/stories_detail.php?id=54|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=http://www.fashioncapital.co.uk/industry/news/14014-nabil-nayal-elizabethan-catwalk-artistry-meets-middle-eastern-delight|title=Nabil Nayal: Elizabethan Catwalk Artistry Meets Middle Eastern Delight|author=JoJo Iles|work=Fashioncapital.co.uk|accessdate=2015-07-09|archive-date=2015-09-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924010602/http://www.fashioncapital.co.uk/industry/news/14014-nabil-nayal-elizabethan-catwalk-artistry-meets-middle-eastern-delight|url-status=dead}}

In 2008 he was invited by Christopher Bailey to work as ’Researcher Reporting to the Creative Director’ at Burberry Prorsum{{cite web|url=http://www.wonderlandmagazine.com/2015/04/one-watch-nabil-el-nayal/|title=One To Watch: Nabil El-Nayal - Wonderland Magazine|work=Wonderland Magazine|accessdate=2015-07-09}} and in 2009 River Island commissioned him to create a capsule collection{{cite web|url=http://www.mmu.ac.uk/news/news-items/1177/|title=Nabil has designs on success - News & Events - Manchester Metropolitan University|author=|work=Mmu.ac.uk|accessdate=2015-07-09}} which sold out in 3 days.{{cite web|url=http://www.fashionfringe.co.uk/designers/fashion-fringe-finalists/nabil-nayal/|title=Nabil Nayal|work=fashionfringe.co.uk}}{{cite web|url=http://www.littlemsfashion.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=110:fashion-fringe-lfw&catid=12:front-page-news|title=Fashion Fringe LFW|author=Zoe Yates|work=littlemsfashion.com}} Nabil’s entire MA collection was purchased by Harrods{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2014/jun/06/uk-cities-fashion-week-shows|title=UK cities take on London in the fashion stakes|author=Carlene Thomas-Bailey|work=the Guardian|date=6 June 2014 }} as part of the 2010 Harrods Launches platform{{cite web|url=http://www.harrods.com/flash/HP-LP-Flash/HarrodsLaunches/15-03-2011/Nabil/Mainframe.swf |title=Harrods Launches Nabil El Nayal|publisher=Harrods.com |accessdate=2015-07-09}}{{cite web|url=http://www.vogue.co.uk/news/2011/03/28/harrods-new-designers-zara-gorman-nabil-el-nayal-jung-yoon-shin|title=Harrods new designers Zara Gorman, Nabil El-Nayal, Jung-Yoon Shin (Vogue.co.uk)|work=Vogue UK|date=28 March 2011 }} and he was invited to the Buckingham Palace Reception for the British Clothing Industry where he met Queen Elizabeth II.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lHy-5BNHG5UC&q=nabil+el-nayal+buckingham+palace&pg=PT145|title=Her Majesty|isbn=9781453249185|last1=Hardman|first1=Robert|date=3 April 2012}} At this time Nabil worked alongside David Sassoon as Assistant Designer at Bellville Sassoon and in 2011 he made his London Fashion Week debut as a semi-finalist in Colin McDowell's [http://www.fashionfringe.co.uk Fashion Fringe] competition,{{cite web|url=http://www.harpersbazaar.co.uk/fashion/fashion-news/fashion-fringe-2011-286|title=Fashion fringe semi finalists announced|work=harpersbazaar.co.uk}}{{cite web|url=http://www.vogue.co.uk/news/2011/05/25/roland-mouret-and-claudia-schiffer---fashion-fringe-finalists|title=Roland Mouret and Claudia Schiffer - Fashion Fringe finalists (Vogue.co.uk)|work=Vogue UK|date=25 May 2011 }} attracting high-profile supporters such as Claudia Schiffer,{{cite web|url=http://fashion.telegraph.co.uk/article/TMG8775519/Claudia-Schiffer-and-Roland-Mouret-on-the-future-of-London-fashion.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150704225756/http://fashion.telegraph.co.uk/article/TMG8775519/Claudia-Schiffer-and-Roland-Mouret-on-the-future-of-London-fashion.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 4, 2015|title=Claudia Schiffer and Roland Mouret on the future of London fashion|work=telegraph.co.uk}} Lady Gaga,{{cite web|url=http://www.fashionfringe.co.uk/going-gaga-for-nabil-nayal/|title=Going Gaga for Nabil Nayal|work=fashionfringe.co.uk|access-date=2015-07-03|archive-date=2015-09-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924010553/http://www.fashionfringe.co.uk/going-gaga-for-nabil-nayal/|url-status=dead}} Florence Welch & Rihanna.

In July 2018, El-Nayal graduated with a PhD in Fashion from Manchester Metropolitan University, Fashion Institute. His thesis was titled ‘Disruption as a Generative [https://www.aerodigitalworld.com/mirror-tv/ Principle] in Fashion Design. The ‘Elizabethan Sportswear’ Collections of Nabil Nayal’.{{Cite web|url=https://www.mirrorworld.co.uk/news/index.php/introducing/|title=Introducing…. – Mirrorworld Blog|language=en-US|access-date=2019-06-17}} In September 2018 the brand delivered their debut presentation on the official London Fashion Week schedule and was the first brand to host a LFW show at the British Library. The SS19 collection incorporated rare Elizabethan archives into the collection, including the Tilbury speech by Elizabeth I. In February 2019, the brand's showed their AW19 collection at London Fashion Week, with inspiration from Marie Antoinette.{{Cite web|url=https://www.sleek-mag.com/article/nabil-nayal/|title=The London designer fusing Renaissance romance with high-tech sportswear|website=www.sleek-mag.com|language=en|access-date=2019-06-17}}

In April 2019, 'The Library Collection' launched at Selfridges London. In May 2019 he won the 2019 BFC Fashion Trust Grant.{{Cite web|url=https://www.britishfashioncouncil.co.uk/business-support-awards/BFC-Fashion-Trust|title=British Fashion Council|website=www.britishfashioncouncil.co.uk|access-date=2019-06-17}}

His clothes have been worn by Lady Gaga, Claudia Schiffer and Lorde.{{cite web |url=https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/lorde-performs-at-le-zenith-on-october-5-2017-in-paris-news-photo/858011152 |title=Lorde Performs At Le Zenith In Paris |website=Getty Images |date=5 October 2017 |accessdate=19 July 2019}} Karl Lagerfeld commissioned Nabil to make a shirt for his muse and collaborator Amanda Harlech, who then styled and photographed Jerry Hall wearing it for the V Magazine 100 issue.{{Cite web|url=https://en.vogue.me/archive/legacy/karl-lagerfeld-shoots-fashion-spread-featuring-jerry-hall-in-nabil-nayal-v-magazine/|title=Karl Lagerfeld Photographs Jerry Hall in Nabil Nayal|website=Vogue Arabia|language=en-GB|access-date=2019-07-23}}

El-Nayal has received awards including:

• Royal Society of Arts Award 2008
• Graduate Fashion Week 'Best Womenswear' Award 2008
• British Fashion Council MA Scholarship Award – for the Royal College of Art 2008
• Crown Paint 2009 (interior design competition){{cite web|url=http://designinspiration.typepad.com/design_inspiration_planet/2010/03/a-snappy-stencil-for-crown-paint.html|title=A snappy stencil for Crown Paint - Design Inspiration. Planet Stencil Library.|work=typepad.com}}
• Harrods Launches 2010
• Fashion Fringe Semi-Finalist 2011
• LVMH Prize shortlist 2015{{cite web|url=http://www.businessoffashion.com/articles/news-analysis/lvmh-unveils-shortlist-prize|title=LVMH Unveils Shortlist for Prize|work=The Business of Fashion}}{{cite web|url=http://www.dazeddigital.com/fashion/article/23712/1/lvmh-reveals-designer-shortlist-for-prestigious-prize|title=LVMH reveals designer shortlist for prestigious prize|author=|work=Dazeddigital.com|date=20 February 2015 |accessdate=2015-07-09}}
• LVMH Prize finalist 2017{{cite web |last=Ghanem |first=Khaoula |url=https://en.vogue.me/fashion/news/nabil-el-nayal-2017-lvmh-prize-finalist/ |title=Nabil El-Nayal Announced as a LVMH Prize Finalist |date= 28 March 2017 |website=Vogue |accessdate= 19 July 2019}}
• BFC Fashion Trust Grant and Mentoring 2019{{Cite web|url=https://www.aerodigitalworld.com/mirror-tv/BFC-Fashion-Trust|title=British Fashion Council|website=www.britishfashioncouncil.co.uk|access-date=2019-06-17}}

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