Born and raised in Angus, Black graduated from the Edinburgh College of Art in 1989 before heading south to pursue his career in pulsating 1990s London. After cutting his teeth working under John Galliano, Arabella Pollen, Zandra Rhodes, he went on to spend 15 years in Italy, working closely with Giorgio Armani on his womenswear collections before becoming Creative Director of womenswear at Salvatore Ferragamo in Florence.
Nature, form, colour and texture have been defining elements of Graeme Black’s life and work from his childhood on the rocky east coast of Scotland and his career as an acclaimed international fashion designer, to his current role as a burgeoning artist nestled in the Yorkshire Dales.
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Born and raised in Angus, Black graduated from the Edinburgh College of Art in 1989 before heading south to pursue his career in pulsating 1990s London. After cutting his teeth working under John Galliano, Arabella Pollen, Zandra Rhodes, he went on to spend 15 years in Italy, working closely with Giorgio Armani on his womenswear collections before becoming Creative Director of womenswear at Salvatore Ferragamo in Florence.
Nature, form, colour and texture have been defining elements of Graeme Black’s life and work from his childhood on the rocky east coast of Scotland and his career as an acclaimed international fashion designer, to his current role as a burgeoning artist nestled in the Yorkshire Dales.
