OUR STORY

... FROM THE BEGINNING: JANE DE LACEY SHOWS AT LONDON FASHION WEEK AND WHOLESALES OWN LABEL MEN’S AND WOMEN’S COLLECTIONS TO STORES INCLUDING BERGDORF GOODMAN AND HENRI BENDEL IN NY, MAXFIELD IN LA, HARRODS, AND JONES IN THE UK
 
DRESSES BANDS INCLUDING MADNESS, U2 AND THE STRANGLERS, SETS UP A STUDIO IN CAMDEN EMPLOYING A PATTERN CUTTER AND SAMPLE MACHINIST AND PRODUCES FROM THE SAME LOCAL FACTORY AS VIVIENNE WESTWOOD
 
APPROACHED BY A JAPANESE AGENCY, JDL SELLS TO SEVERAL JAPANESE STORES INCLUDING BEAMS IN TOKYO
 
AS ORDERS INCREASE, OPENS A STUDIO IN A WAREHOUSE IN OLD STREET
 
 
HEAD-HUNTED BY AN INTERNATIONAL FASHION BRAND AS WOMEN’S WEAR DESIGNER, JANE LIVES AND WORKS IN EUROPE AND HONG KONG FOR 3 YEARS. RETURNS TO LONDON AS MENSWEAR DESIGNER/BUYER FOR COVENT GARDEN LIFESTYLE STORE DAVIES, SUCCESSFULLY INTRODUCING THEIR FIRST WOMEN’S WEAR COLLECTION

 
 
LAUNCHES OWN DESIGNER UNDERWEAR AND SLEEPWEAR LABEL EXHIBITING IN PARIS AND SELLING TO STORES INCLUDING 
LE BON MARCHE IN PARIS, SELFRIDGES, HARRODS, AUSTIQUE, MUSA, TOP SHOP’S DESIGNER LINGERIE ROOM, AND BAYCREWS IN JAPAN
 
     
                                       
2013 LAUNCHES D R E SS M I T H TRANSEASONAL WOMEN'S WEAR COLLECTION SELLING TO INDEPENDENT STORES IN THE UK AND EUROPE
    
 
2021 OPENED PHYSICAL STORE AT 77 DYKE ROAD, BRIGHTON.
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