Gabriella Slade
QMC COURSES: A level Fine Art and A level Textile Design
UNIVERSITY: BA (Hons) Theatre Design: Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama
NOW: Costume and set designer
Gabriella has had her costume work on display in the V&A and was the lead Costume Designer for the Spice Girls Tour in 2019. She is also the Costume Designer for Six the Musical in the West End (which has now successfully moved to Broadway) for which she was nominated for an Olivier Award in 2019.
Helen Kirkum
QMC COURSE: A level Fine Art, A level Textile Design and Art based EPQ
UNIVERSITY: BA (Hons) Footwear & Accessories: Northampton University followed by MA Menswear-Footwear: Royal College of Art
NOW: Footwear designer
Helen won the Worshipful Company of Cordwainers Footwear Award when graduating from Northampton and also the Accessories Award and Vogue Talents Award at International Talent Support 2016 when graduating from the RCA. She creates bespoke footwear repurposing existing trainers, as well as collaborating with companies such as Adidas, Reebok and Lacoste. Her work has been featured in Vogue Italia, Dazed and GQ.
Charlie Ellis
QMC COURSE: A level Textile Design and Art based EPQ
UNIVERSITY: BA (Hons) Hand Embroidery: Royal School of Needlework
NOW: Running her own couture fashion business Ellis+Noronha
Charlie completed her studies at the RSN in the Summer of 2019 and launched her new business at the London Design Festival. This was backed by the press team at McQueen, the RSN and a Kickstarter campaign and was featured in London Runway Magazine.
Luke Hall
QMC COURSES: A level Photography, A Level Graphic Communication and A Level Fine Art
UNIVERSITY: BA (Hons) Menswear: Central Saint Martins
NOW: Artist, Interior & Product Designer
Luke works internationally across many disciplines, creating artwork, illustrations, textile designs and styling for fashion and interiors. A January 2016 article in Vogue described Luke as 'the interior design world's 26-year-old wunderkind'. His work has been featured in GQ, New York Times & The Telegraph and in 2019 TeNeus published the first book celebrating his work. He has collaborated with companies such as Burberry, for whom he created artwork for their 2016 campaign, Stubbs and Wootton, creating illustrations for bespoke embroidered slippers and a wide range of interior products including ceramics, framed prints and furniture for Liberty of London. He is currently an interior design columnist for Financial Times.
