Cher Coulter

Cher Coulter is a British celebrity stylist and fashion designer. She is known for her list of celebrity clientele, including Sienna Miller, Kate Bosworth, Elizabeth Olsen, and Rosie Huntington-Whiteley.[1][2]

Early life

Since the age of 15, Coulter has worked in the London fashion industry in all venues, from helping organize ID magazine photoshoots, coloring sketches for Vivienne Westwood, to dressing models at shows at the age of 17,[3] including Hermès. She received a Foundation Diploma in Art and Design in 1992 from St. Albans College of Art and Design in London and a Fashion Design at Diploma Level from London’s Southend College of Art and Design in 1993. Afterwards, she attended Central St. Martins[2][3] from 1993 to 1996, honing her creativity in the company of designers like Alexander McQueen, Stella McCartney, and Phoebe Philo. She graduated with her bachelor's degree in Fashion Design in 1996.

Early career

Coulter co-founded the UK Menswear brand, AKA,[4][5] with fashion designer Anne Marie Ng, acknowledged for its "highly desirable collection of relaxed tailoring"[6] which sold at Colette in Paris, Barneys, Bergdorf's in New York City and distributed from Paris to Japan. Together they designed and produced stage outfits for the female band All Saints[7][8][9] as well as t-shirts for Hugh Grant in the movie About a Boy[10][11] and commissions for Game Boy.[4][12] Some celebrity fans of the brand included Kate Moss, Liam Gallagher, and David Beckham. From 1996 to 2003, she also designed women’s wear under a private label for Urban Outfitters and consulted with their buyers on a monthly basis.

Design accomplishments

Apart from AKA, Coulter, designed a line of clothes for Richard Ashcroft, and tour t-shirts for the band, Starsailor. Other design accomplishments include t-shirts for Keira Knightley, and t-shirts based on About a Boy for the House of Fraser, clothes for Virgin Music, and a limited edition tracksuit for Pro-Keds.

Current projects

Coulter is currently a stylist in Los Angeles and New York, working alongside the likes of Karl Lagerfeld, Francisco Costa, and Alexander Wang. She styled Sienna Miller for her GI Joe World Tour, Robin Wright for Cannes, Orlando Bloom, Jason Statham, Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, Eric Bana, Elizabeth Olsen, Nicole Richie, and has been Kate Bosworth’s stylist since 2006.[3] Coulter also finds time to do fashion editorial work for fashion magazines, such as Nylon, Vogue, Elle, Bergdorf Goodman, and Marie Claire[2] and ad campaigns for the likes of Diesel, Shiseido, L'Oreal, and BCBG. Her most recent project is a jewelry line designed with friend and actress Kate Bosworth, called JewelMint.[2]

JewelMint

JewelMint, the first vertical of MySpace co-founder Josh Berman[13] and Diego Berdakin’s social commerce company BeachMint, is a jewelry site with designs exclusively by Coulter and Bosworth. The two paired with the company to create a line of affordable fashion jewelry.[14] The premise of the site is that members receive a new piece of jewelry each month from the personalized choices recommended to them by their JewelMint Style Quiz results.[14] JewelMint has been featured in the Los Angeles Times,[15] InStyle,[16] Teen Vogue,[17] C,[18] People StyleWatch,[19] InTouch Weekly,[20] and OK! magazine.[21]

References

  1. ↑ "Designer Cher Coulter Lists the Most Exciting Jewelry Trends of 2010". 2010-11-05. Retrieved 2010-11-19.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Celebrity Stylist Cher Coulter Dishes on Kate Bosworth, Sienna Miller, and More". 2010-11-10. Retrieved 2010-11-19.
  3. 1 2 3 "Exclusive Q&A with Celeb Stylist Cher Coulter". 2008-12-03. Retrieved 2010-11-19.
  4. 1 2 "Designers play on Gameboys, Rachael Snowden, The Mail Online Associated Newspapers Ltd". Archived from the original on February 1, 2011. Retrieved 2011-02-01.
  5. ↑ "AKA, Press FW SS 2000, Cher Coulter". 2002. Archived from the original on February 1, 2011. Retrieved 2011-02-01.
  6. ↑ "AKA, Press Menswear, Cher Coulter". 2002. Archived from the original on February 1, 2011. Retrieved 2011-02-01.
  7. ↑ "AKA, All Saints, Cher Coulter". 2002. Archived from the original on February 1, 2011. Retrieved 2011-02-01.
  8. ↑ "AKA, Press Heat, Cher Coulter". 2002. Archived from the original on February 2, 2011. Retrieved 2011-02-01.
  9. ↑ "AKA, Press The Sun, Cher Coulter". 2002. Archived from the original on February 2, 2011. Retrieved 2011-02-01.
  10. ↑ "AKA, Press FHM, Cher Coulter". 2002. Archived from the original on February 1, 2011. Retrieved 2011-02-01.
  11. ↑ "AKA, About a boy, Cher Coulter". 2002. Archived from the original on February 1, 2011. Retrieved 2011-02-01.
  12. ↑ "AKA, Gameboy, Cher Coulter". 2002. Archived from the original on February 1, 2011. Retrieved 2011-02-01.
  13. ↑ "Ex-Slingshot Execs (And MySpace Cofounder) Raise $5 Million For Social Commerce Startup BeachMint". 2010-06-14. Retrieved 2010-11-19.
  14. 1 2 "Welcome to JewelMint". 2010-10-01. Retrieved 2010-11-19.
  15. ↑ "Your morning fashion and beauty report: Kate Bosworth launches online jewelry site. Beth Ditto's Gaultier catwalk stroll gets plenty of attention during Paris Fashion Week.". Los Angeles Times. 2010-10-04. Retrieved 2010-11-19.
  16. ↑ "What's Now: Celebrity Designers Kate Bosworth & Cher Coulter.", InStyle Magazine, 2010-11-01
  17. ↑ "The Holiday Issue Gift Guide: Gifted and Talented.", Teen Vogue, 2010-01-01
  18. ↑ "What's Hot: Freshly Minted", C: California Style Magazine, 2010-01-01
  19. ↑ "rom the Editor...: I'm obsessed!", People StyleWatch, 2010-01-01
  20. ↑ "Kate Bosworth's New Job: Stylist!", InTouch Magazine, 2010-11-15
  21. ↑ "Kate Wants to Be Your Stylist.", OK! Magazine, 2010-11-03
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