Fashion - Who to watch in 2009

Richard Nicoll’s use of bright, crisp colours on his catwalk collection for spring/summer 09, has made a massive impact within the industry. Now Richard Nicoll has launched his ready to wear collection for this season and the public seem to be just as entranced with his designs.

Richard was born in London and grew up in Australia which shows in his clothes with clean cut shapes with bright eye catching colours.

Richards fashion credits include working at Louis Vuitton and he has been voted best young designer in the Elle style awards. He started his career making unisex clothes, and is a firm beliver in mixing high street in with high end garments. Richard has dressed some of the top celebrities including Kylie, Sofia Coppola and Bjork.

This dress from his collection has already been reproduced for the high street and is a best seller for some of the top high street chains.

Richard has also used one of the best models found in Australia’s Next Top Model, Alice Burdeu is one of the most successfull contestants since winning the TV show.

Expect to see much more of this talented young designer in 2009, both in the fashion mags and on the high street.