Caryn Franklin

Caryn Franklin MBE (born 11 January 1959)[1] is a British fashion expert. She was former Fashion Editor and Co-Editor of i-D Magazine[2] in the '80s and has been a fashion commentator for over 32 years.

A broadcaster, writer, director and producer, she has worked with many major networks to produce TV shows and documentaries. This included BBC's The Clothes Show which ran for 12-years from 1986-98.[2] Caryn has always been interested in the politics of image and self-esteem as well as straight fashion. Her projects have involved refugees in battle zones, workers in free-trade-zone slums, mental health experts, MP's and Gov. Ministers and of course the fashion industry’s innovators. She has contributed to many national newspapers and magazines. She has four books to her name, including a novel.[2]

Caryn has also worked in education throughout her career, as an external assessor and lecturer for a variety of colleges, including The Royal College of Art, Central St Martins and the London College of Fashion.[2] She collected an Honorary Fellowship from The Arts University College at Bournemouth, is a visiting Fellow at London College of Fashion and has an Honorary Doctorate from Kingston University.

As a fashion activist, she has co-chaired Fashion Targets Breast Cancer since 1994,[2] which has helped spread the important message of 'early detection saves lives,' and contributed to the build and maintenance Britain's first ever Breast Cancer Research Centre.

She proposed the Centre of Sustainability at London College of Fashion and is one of its ambassadors, promoting the debate around ethical sourcing and supply.

She co-founded the award winning All Walks Beyond the Catwalk (with Debra Bourne and Erin O'Connor) an initiative which promotes diverse beauty ideals in 2009.[2] All Walks collaborates with emerging designers, established big names in fashion and colleges and universities nationwide to add the concept of emotionally considerate design and diversity to the curriculum. She and Bourne also proposed the All Walks Diversity Network at the Edinburgh College of Art, launched at Graduate Fashion Week in June 2011, attended by Govt. Minister Lynne Featherstone.

Caryn is a member of Gov Minister Jo Swinson's Body Confidence steering committee, meeting regularly with members of parliament, educationalists and mental health experts.

Caryn is regularly called upon to act as a silent partner consultant for a range of commercial companies, as well as debate and deconstruct fashion for a variety of audiences, or host or compere the event. She has worked with many mainstream retailers including Platinum Guild, Royal Mint, Next, Debenhams and Arcadia; given after-dinner speeches, mentoring presentations, chaired panels and facilitated events for brands and organisations as diverse as Coca Cola, Merrill Lynch, Wella, L’Oreal, Gov. Minister Jo Swinson’s Press Office, Graduate Fashion Week, National Portrait Gallery, Cambridge University, SHOWstudio and the V&A Museum.

Caryn is education ambassador at Clothes Show Live and a regular contributor to i-D online.

She was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2013 New Year Honours for services to diversity in the fashion industry.[3]

She has two daughters, Mateda and Roseby, [4] and has been married to Bafta-nominated film maker Ian Denyer.

References

  1. ↑ BFI | Film & TV Database | FRANKLIN, Caryn. Retrieved 11 October 2011.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 "Caryn Franklin". Jo Wander Management. Retrieved 2 September 2013.
  3. ↑ The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 60367. p. 17. 29 December 2012.
  4. ↑ My Home: Caryn Franklin, TV presenter. The Independent (23 May 2007). Retrieved 11 October 2011.

She attended Kingston University London, achieving BA (Hons) in Graphic Design. She completed a postgraduate degree at Central St Martins on typography and photography.

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