Fashion designer gary harvey biography
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Gary Harvey was Creative Director for Levi&#;s until He has also worked with major industry names and brands such as Terry Richardson, Stephen Klein, ID, 10 Magazine, Comme des Garcons and Vivienne Westwood.
Here is his chat with Models1&#;s Joe Tootal about designing, styling,and being Fashion Editor of Magazine.
Joe: How was it being one of the creative heads of the worlds largest denim labels?
Gary: It was an amazing time, hard work but great fun!, when I arrived at the brand, nearly all their business was tied up in one Jean, so we designed a new collection and re-launched the brand using Levi&#;s Vintage styles and concept styles from Levi&#;s RED and took this new collections to a new younger audience.
For 10 years I got to work with some of the worlds best photographers and advertising directors, Rankin, Stephen Klein, Terry Richardson, Glen Lutchford to name a few, I was casting and styling all the advertising and TV campaigns with more edgy and multi-cultural models and we
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&#;Gary Harvey, who for nearly ten years was the Creative Director of Levi Strauss and Dockers Europe, began designing his dresses out of creative frustration during his freelance work on fashion campaigns. “I needed some really dramatic pieces for a shoot inom was working on and the first design evolved using 42 pairs of Levi’s ’s”. Since t • Share on FacebookShare on TwitterShare on LinkedInShare on Pinterest Gary Harvey is a designer who does most of his shopping on eBay! He is a strong believer in recycling for fashion. Eco-Couture Designer
Gary Harvey Interview
"I have been recycling clothes for the last 20 years, this was something I started when I was first at college and couldn't afford to buy new fabrics, I would use whatever I could find, and this led to an enduring relationship with used clothing," he said in an interview with
"The design of the dress is the easy part; it starts with the vision, a strong and refined woman with a street-tough glamor and a silhouette that enhances her figure. The manufacturing process is where the real creative challenge comes, especially when working with new materials you have to look at new and inventive construction methods."
Shown in the pictures are dresses made from denim, laundry bags, military fatigues, and newspaper.
"Environmental sustainability is a majo