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Nicole Farhi

Nicole Farhi's design inspiration comes from the best possible place - real life. Whether it's a timeless navy blue trouser suit that a woman will wear for years rather than seasons, or the softest fur throw that adorns your home for a lifetime, the French-born designer's work speaks volumes about her heritage, passions and joie de vivre.

Today Nicole Farhi presides over one of Britain's best-loved fashion and lifestyle brands - encompassing womenswear, menswear, accessories, diffusion lines, fragrances and homewares. And all her collections share the same values - they are easy but elegant, understated but chic, thoroughly luxurious and yet consistently accessible.

Growing up, Farhi was inspired by iconic French women from intellectual and artistic backgrounds such as Francoise Sagan, Jeanne Moreau, Michele Morgan and Francoise Hardy, setting out to design with this woman in mind - confident, creative, individual and totally at ease with what she wears.

Born to Turkish parents, Farhi was bought up in Nice in the south of France and the exoticism of the former and light breeziness of the latter, is subtly woven into everything she creates. She has spoken often of how her heritage feeds into her work: "It gave me very defined foundations for my design ethos... My Turkish heritage opened my eyes early on to different cultures and certainly it was, and still is, an invaluable source of inspiration."

Yet despite that richly evocative upbringing, a sense of Britishness is also key to understanding Farhi's idiosyncratic take on laid-back style. As a teenage fashion student in Paris in the late 1960s, Farhi would visit London and absorb the excitement of the city and it was a love affair set to last. Through her work in the fashion world - she was by then designing full time - she met Stephen Marks who would become her partner both professionally and personally.

She moved to London, setting up her eponymous label in 1982, which would quickly become renowned for its easy, well-cut tailoring and beautiful knits. Farhi by Nicole Farhi was launched in 1987, menswear followed in 1989 while home was established in 1988. Since then her achievements have been rewarded with recognition on the Legion D'Honneur 2010 list in Paris and an honorary CBE in 2008.

Over the past three decades, Nicole Farhi has become synonymous with British design with a worldly twist - all of which is fuelled by own rich background and her great passion for travel. She regularly tours India and the Far East searching for inspiration and materials for her many collections. It's a passion she often shares with her husband, playwright Sir David Hare. She is also actively interested in the Arts - a lifelong interest that is woven seamlessly into her design work.

Website: www.nicolefarhi.com

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