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'''Louise Janet Wilson''', [[Officer of the Order of the British Empire|OBE]] (23 February 1962 – 16 May 2014) was a British professor of [[fashion design]]. Wilson was based at the [[Central Saint Martins College of Arts and Design]] in [[London]], where she was the course director of their [[Master of Arts|MA]] in Fashion from 1992 until 2014. Her former students include [[Alexander McQueen]], [[Jonathan Saunders]], [[Christopher Kane]], [[Marios Schwab]], [[Peter Jensen (fashion designer)|Peter Jensen]], [[Richard Nicoll]], [[Christopher Shannon]] and [[Sophia Kokosalaki]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Sanders|first=Charlotte|title=Louise Wilson: style dictator|url=http://fashion.telegraph.co.uk/news-features/TMG3365696/Louise-Wilson-style-dictator.html|work=[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]]|date=26 October 2008|accessdate=4 May 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Davis|first=Johnny|title=The fashion stars of Central Saint Martins|url=https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2010/feb/07/central-saint-martins-louise-wilson|work=[[The Guardian]]|date=7 February 2010|accessdate=4 May 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Arts Insider interview Professor Louise Wilson OBE|url=http://newsevents.arts.ac.uk/20979/arts-insider-interview-professor-louise-wilson-obe/|publisher=[[University of the Arts London]]|date=18 February 2011|accessdate=4 May 2011}}</ref>
'''Louise Janet Wilson''' {{postnominals|country=GBR|size=100%|OBE}} (23 February 1962 – 16 May 2014) was a British professor of [[fashion design]]. Louise Wilson was based at the [[Central Saint Martins College of Arts and Design]] in [[London]], where she was the course director of their [[Master of Arts|MA]] in Fashion from 1992 until 2014. Her former students include [[Alexander McQueen]], [[Jonathan Saunders]], [[Louise Goldin]], [[Christopher Kane]], [[Marios Schwab]], [[Peter Jensen (fashion designer)|Peter Jensen]], [[Richard Nicoll]], [[Christopher Shannon]], [[Yu Lun Eve Lin]], [[Charles Jeffrey (fashion designer)| Charles Jeffrey]] and [[Sophia Kokosalaki]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Sanders|first=Charlotte|title=Louise Wilson: style dictator|url=http://fashion.telegraph.co.uk/news-features/TMG3365696/Louise-Wilson-style-dictator.html|work=[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]]|date=26 October 2008|access-date=4 May 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Davis|first=Johnny|title=The fashion stars of Central Saint Martins|url=https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2010/feb/07/central-saint-martins-louise-wilson|work=[[The Guardian]]|date=7 February 2010|access-date=4 May 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Arts Insider interview Professor Louise Wilson OBE|url=http://newsevents.arts.ac.uk/20979/arts-insider-interview-professor-louise-wilson-obe/|publisher=[[University of the Arts London]]|date=18 February 2011|access-date=4 May 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110510130135/http://newsevents.arts.ac.uk/20979/arts-insider-interview-professor-louise-wilson-obe/|archive-date=10 May 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref>


==Life and career==
==Life and career==
Wilson was born in [[Cambridge]], England, moving to the [[Scottish Borders]] later in her childhood.<ref name=frankel/> After initially studying [[textiles]] at Galashiels Technical College, she went on to take a degree in fashion at Preston Polytechnic (later the [[University of Central Lancashire]]),<ref name=Guardian>{{cite news|last=O'Neill|first=Alistair|title=Louise Wilson obituary|url=https://www.theguardian.com/fashion/2014/may/20/louise-wilson|work=[[The Guardian]]|date=20 May 2014|accessdate=21 May 2014}}</ref> graduating in 1984 with first class honours. In 1986 she gained an MA in Fashion with distinction from [[Saint Martin's School of Art]] (later Central St Martins).<ref>{{cite web|title=Wilson, Prof. Louise|work=[[Who's Who]] |publisher=[[A & C Black]]|date=2014|url=http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whoswho/U247198| accessdate= 18 May 2014}}</ref>
Wilson was born in [[Cambridge]], England, moving to the [[Scottish Borders]] later in her childhood.<ref name=frankel/> After initially studying [[textiles]] at Galashiels Technical College, she went on to take a degree in fashion at Preston Polytechnic (later the [[University of Central Lancashire]]),<ref name=Guardian>{{cite news|last=O'Neill|first=Alistair|title=Louise Wilson obituary|url=https://www.theguardian.com/fashion/2014/may/20/louise-wilson|work=[[The Guardian]]|date=20 May 2014|access-date=21 May 2014}}</ref> graduating in 1984 with first class honours. In 1986 she gained an MA in Fashion with distinction from [[Saint Martin's School of Art]] (later Central St Martins).<ref>{{cite web|title=Wilson, Prof. Louise|work=[[Who's Who]] |publisher=[[A & C Black]]|date=2014|url=http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whoswho/U247198| access-date= 18 May 2014}}</ref>


She worked for various designers including Les Copains, [[Gianfranco Ferré]] and [[Daniel Hechter]] and as a designer for [[Guess (clothing)|Guess]] [[jeans]] before becoming an associate lecturer at St Martins in the early 1990s.<ref name=frankel/> In 1992 she succeeded [[Bobby Hillson]] as the course director of the MA degree programme in Fashion Design.<ref name=frankel>{{cite news|last=Frankel|first=Susannah|title=Louise Wilson: 'As much as I might decry the students, as much as they're a nightmare, it is a privilege to be among youth'|url=http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/louise-wilson-as-much-as-i-might-decry-the-students-as-much-as-theyre-a-nightmare-it-is-a-privilege-to-be-among-youth-2359127.html|accessdate=22 January 2013|newspaper=The Independent|date=24 September 2011}}</ref><ref name=sherwood>{{cite news|last=Sherwood|first=James|title=I taught them a lesson; As fashion's most formidable mistress, she mentored McQueen, oversaw Ozbek and goaded the great Galliano|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-3728509.html|accessdate=22 January 2013|newspaper=The Independent|date=19 February 2007}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Wyllie|first=Alice|title=Interview: Professor Louise Wilson, style queen|url=http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/features/Interview-Professor-Louise-Wilson-style.6463237.jp|work=[[The Scotsman]]|date=9 August 2010|accessdate=4 May 2011}}</ref> She moved to [[New York City]] in 1997 to become [[creative director]] for [[Donna Karan]]. After two years she returned to Central St Martins and was made a full professor in 1999, although she simultaneously continued to work for Donna Karan until 2002.<ref name=frankel/>
She worked for various designers including Les Copains, [[Gianfranco Ferré]] and [[Daniel Hechter]] and as a designer for [[Guess (clothing)|Guess]] [[jeans]] before becoming an associate lecturer at St Martins in the early 1990s.<ref name=frankel/> In 1992 she succeeded [[Bobby Hillson]] as the course director of the MA degree programme in Fashion Design.<ref name=frankel>{{cite news|last=Frankel|first=Susannah|title=Louise Wilson: 'As much as I might decry the students, as much as they're a nightmare, it is a privilege to be among youth'|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/louise-wilson-as-much-as-i-might-decry-the-students-as-much-as-theyre-a-nightmare-it-is-a-privilege-to-be-among-youth-2359127.html|access-date=22 January 2013|newspaper=The Independent|date=24 September 2011}}</ref><ref name=sherwood>{{cite news|last=Sherwood|first=James|title=I taught them a lesson; As fashion's most formidable mistress, she mentored McQueen, oversaw Ozbek and goaded the great Galliano|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-3728509.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130216051115/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-3728509.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=16 February 2013|access-date=22 January 2013|newspaper=The Independent|date=19 February 2007}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Wyllie|first=Alice|title=Interview: Professor Louise Wilson, style queen|url=http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/features/Interview-Professor-Louise-Wilson-style.6463237.jp|work=[[The Scotsman]]|date=9 August 2010|access-date=4 May 2011}}</ref> She moved to [[New York City]] in 1997 to become [[creative director]] for [[Donna Karan]]. After two years she returned to Central St Martins and was made a full professor in 1999, although she simultaneously continued to work for Donna Karan until 2002.<ref name=frankel/>


==Awards and honours==
==Awards and honours==
Wilson was appointed [[Officer of the Order of the British Empire]] (OBE) in the [[2008 Birthday Honours]] for services to education and the fashion industry.<ref name=gazette>{{London Gazette|issue=58729|supp=y|page=13|date=14 June 2008}}</ref> In 2012 she received the Isabella Blow Award for Fashion Creator at the [[British Fashion Awards]];<ref>{{cite news|last=Cope|first=Rebecca|title=Stella McCartney crowned British designer of the year|url=http://www.harpersbazaar.co.uk/fashion/fashion-news/british-fashion-awards-2012-winners-271112|work=[[Harper's Bazaar]]|location=UK|date=27 November 2012|accessdate=18 May 2014}}</ref> on announcing the award the [[British Fashion Council]] described her as "one of the foremost educators of her generation".<ref>{{cite press release|title=British Fashion Awards 2012|url=http://www.britishfashioncouncil.co.uk/news_detail.aspx?id=478|publisher=[[British Fashion Council]]|date=27 November 2012|accessdate=18 May 2014}}</ref><ref name=AFP/>
Wilson was appointed [[Officer of the Order of the British Empire]] (OBE) in the [[2008 Birthday Honours]] for services to education and the fashion industry.<ref name=gazette>{{London Gazette|issue=58729|supp=y|page=13|date=14 June 2008}}</ref> In 2012 she received the Isabella Blow Award for Fashion Creator at the [[British Fashion Awards]];<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Cope|first=Rebecca|title=Stella McCartney crowned British designer of the year|url=http://www.harpersbazaar.co.uk/fashion/fashion-news/british-fashion-awards-2012-winners-271112|magazine=[[Harper's Bazaar]]|location=UK|date=27 November 2012|access-date=18 May 2014}}</ref> on announcing the award the [[British Fashion Council]] described her as "one of the foremost educators of her generation".<ref>{{cite press release|title=British Fashion Awards 2012|url=http://www.britishfashioncouncil.co.uk/news_detail.aspx?id=478|publisher=[[British Fashion Council]]|date=27 November 2012|access-date=18 May 2014}}</ref><ref name=AFP/>


==Personal life==
==Personal life==
Wilson had a long-term partner and a son who was in his twenties at the time of her death.<ref>{{cite news|last=Mower|first=Sarah|title=Remembering Louise Wilson, Central Saint Martins' Legendary Professor|url=http://www.vogue.com/vogue-daily/article/louise-wilson-tribute-central-saint-martins-professor/#1|work=Vogue|location=UK|publisher=Condé Nast|date=18 May 2014|accessdate=19 May 2014}}</ref> She was treated for [[breast cancer]], but continued to work during her treatment.<ref name=AFP>{{cite news|author=[[Agence France-Presse]]|title=Legendary British fashion tutor Louise Wilson dies|url=http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/afp/140517/legendary-british-fashion-tutor-louise-wilson-dies|work=[[GlobalPost]]|date=18 May 2014|accessdate=18 May 2014}}</ref>
Wilson had a long-term partner and a son who was in his twenties at the time of her death.<ref>{{cite news|last=Mower|first=Sarah|title=Remembering Louise Wilson, Central Saint Martins' Legendary Professor|url=http://www.vogue.com/vogue-daily/article/louise-wilson-tribute-central-saint-martins-professor/#1|work=Vogue|location=UK|publisher=Condé Nast|date=18 May 2014|access-date=19 May 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140519204115/http://www.vogue.com/vogue-daily/article/louise-wilson-tribute-central-saint-martins-professor/#1|archive-date=19 May 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> She was treated for [[breast cancer]], but continued to work during her treatment.<ref name=AFP>{{cite news|author=Agence France-Presse|author-link=Agence France-Presse|title=Legendary British fashion tutor Louise Wilson dies|url=http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/afp/140517/legendary-british-fashion-tutor-louise-wilson-dies|work=[[GlobalPost]]|date=18 May 2014|access-date=18 May 2014}}</ref>


==Death and legacy==
==Death and legacy==
Wilson died in her sleep while visiting her sister in [[Scotland]] on 16 May 2014, aged 52.<ref name=Guardian/><ref>{{cite web|last=Jones|first=Dolly|title=Louise Wilson Dies|url=http://www.vogue.co.uk/news/2014/05/17/louise-wilson-dies|work=[[Vogue (British magazine)|Vogue]]|location=UK|publisher=[[Condé Nast]]|date=17 May 2014|accessdate=18 May 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|author=[[Press Association]]|title=Louise Wilson, 'inspirational' figure in the world of fashion, dies at 52|url=https://www.theguardian.com/fashion/2014/may/17/louise-wilson-fashion-central-saint-martins-dies|work=[[The Guardian]]|date=17 May 2014|accessdate=18 May 2014}}</ref>
Wilson died in her sleep while visiting her sister in [[Scotland]] on 16 May 2014, aged 52.<ref name=Guardian/><ref>{{cite web|last=Jones|first=Dolly|title=Louise Wilson Dies|url=http://www.vogue.co.uk/news/2014/05/17/louise-wilson-dies|work=[[Vogue (British magazine)|Vogue]]|location=UK|publisher=[[Condé Nast]]|date=17 May 2014|access-date=18 May 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|author=Press Association|author-link=Press Association|title=Louise Wilson, 'inspirational' figure in the world of fashion, dies at 52|url=https://www.theguardian.com/fashion/2014/may/17/louise-wilson-fashion-central-saint-martins-dies|work=[[The Guardian]]|date=17 May 2014|access-date=18 May 2014}}</ref>


== References ==
== References ==
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==External links==
==External links==
*[http://www.vogue.co.uk/person/louise-wilson Vogue UK profile]
*[http://www.vogue.co.uk/person/louise-wilson Vogue UK profile]
*[http://www.businessoffashion.com/louise-wilson BoF profile]
*[http://www.businessoffashion.com/louise-wilson BoF profile]

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For the British video artist, see Jane and Louise Wilson.

Louise Wilson
OBE
Born
Louise Janet Wilson[1]

(1962-02-23)23 February 1962[2]
Cambridge, England
Died16 May 2014(2014-05-16) (aged 52)
Scotland
Academic work
InstitutionsCentral Saint Martins College of Arts and Design

Louise Janet Wilson OBE (23 February 1962 – 16 May 2014) was a British professor of fashion design. Louise Wilson was based at the Central Saint Martins College of Arts and Design in London, where she was the course director of their MA in Fashion from 1992 until 2014. Her former students include Alexander McQueen, Jonathan Saunders, Louise Goldin, Christopher Kane, Marios Schwab, Peter Jensen, Richard Nicoll, Christopher Shannon, Yu Lun Eve Lin, Charles Jeffrey and Sophia Kokosalaki.[3][4][5]

Life and career

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Wilson was born in Cambridge, England, moving to the Scottish Borders later in her childhood.[6] After initially studying textiles at Galashiels Technical College, she went on to take a degree in fashion at Preston Polytechnic (later the University of Central Lancashire),[7] graduating in 1984 with first class honours. In 1986 she gained an MA in Fashion with distinction from Saint Martin's School of Art (later Central St Martins).[8]

She worked for various designers including Les Copains, Gianfranco Ferré and Daniel Hechter and as a designer for Guess jeans before becoming an associate lecturer at St Martins in the early 1990s.[6] In 1992 she succeeded Bobby Hillson as the course director of the MA degree programme in Fashion Design.[6][9][10] She moved to New York City in 1997 to become creative director for Donna Karan. After two years she returned to Central St Martins and was made a full professor in 1999, although she simultaneously continued to work for Donna Karan until 2002.[6]

Awards and honours

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Wilson was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2008 Birthday Honours for services to education and the fashion industry.[1] In 2012 she received the Isabella Blow Award for Fashion Creator at the British Fashion Awards;[11] on announcing the award the British Fashion Council described her as "one of the foremost educators of her generation".[12][13]

Personal life

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Wilson had a long-term partner and a son who was in his twenties at the time of her death.[14] She was treated for breast cancer, but continued to work during her treatment.[13]

Death and legacy

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Wilson died in her sleep while visiting her sister in Scotland on 16 May 2014, aged 52.[7][15][16]

References

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  1. ^ a b "No. 58729". The London Gazette (Supplement). 14 June 2008. p. 13.
  2. ^ "Prof Louise Wilson, OBE". Debrett's People of Today. Retrieved 2 May 2011.
  3. ^ Sanders, Charlotte (26 October 2008). "Louise Wilson: style dictator". The Telegraph. Retrieved 4 May 2011.
  4. ^ Davis, Johnny (7 February 2010). "The fashion stars of Central Saint Martins". The Guardian. Retrieved 4 May 2011.
  5. ^ "Arts Insider interview Professor Louise Wilson OBE". University of the Arts London. 18 February 2011. Archived from the original on 10 May 2011. Retrieved 4 May 2011.
  6. ^ a b c d Frankel, Susannah (24 September 2011). "Louise Wilson: 'As much as I might decry the students, as much as they're a nightmare, it is a privilege to be among youth'". The Independent. Retrieved 22 January 2013.
  7. ^ a b O'Neill, Alistair (20 May 2014). "Louise Wilson obituary". The Guardian. Retrieved 21 May 2014.
  8. ^ "Wilson, Prof. Louise". Who's Who. A & C Black. 2014. Retrieved 18 May 2014.
  9. ^ Sherwood, James (19 February 2007). "I taught them a lesson; As fashion's most formidable mistress, she mentored McQueen, oversaw Ozbek and goaded the great Galliano". The Independent. Archived from the original on 16 February 2013. Retrieved 22 January 2013.
  10. ^ Wyllie, Alice (9 August 2010). "Interview: Professor Louise Wilson, style queen". The Scotsman. Retrieved 4 May 2011.
  11. ^ Cope, Rebecca (27 November 2012). "Stella McCartney crowned British designer of the year". Harper's Bazaar. UK. Retrieved 18 May 2014.
  12. ^ "British Fashion Awards 2012" (Press release). British Fashion Council. 27 November 2012. Retrieved 18 May 2014.
  13. ^ a b Agence France-Presse (18 May 2014). "Legendary British fashion tutor Louise Wilson dies". GlobalPost. Retrieved 18 May 2014.
  14. ^ Mower, Sarah (18 May 2014). "Remembering Louise Wilson, Central Saint Martins' Legendary Professor". Vogue. UK: Condé Nast. Archived from the original on 19 May 2014. Retrieved 19 May 2014.
  15. ^ Jones, Dolly (17 May 2014). "Louise Wilson Dies". Vogue. UK: Condé Nast. Retrieved 18 May 2014.
  16. ^ Press Association (17 May 2014). "Louise Wilson, 'inspirational' figure in the world of fashion, dies at 52". The Guardian. Retrieved 18 May 2014.
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