Craig Green MBE
Designer, Craig Green
Distinguished by his textile development, he has carved out a unique position amongst London's most innovative talents.

British designer Craig Green has won over legions of influential industry fans since Autumn/Winter 2013, when he first showed at London Fashion Week Men's as part of Topman and Fashion East’s MAN initiative. Although Green’s designs are imbued with his fierce commitment to concept and challenging forms, the Londoner’s true genius lies his ability to parlay his cerebral inspirations into unique yet wearable clothing, often with utilitarian edge.
Green’s star has continued to ascend over the succeeding seasons, leading to significant, industry-wide renown. The designer held his first solo show in the Spring/Summer 2015 season at London Fashion Week Men's, which BoF's Editor-at-Large Tim Blanks described as “a fashion moment,” in his review. Blanks told BoF, “Craig Green is fearless in his idealism. His clothes are grand gestures, but they're poetic and romantic too. People sobbed at his spring show. Fashion craves that emotion.” It is not only the fashion press that has backed Green’s creativity. Influential retailers SSENSE, Selfridges and Dover Street Market are all stockists. The latter granted Green its London store’s much-sought after window installation space.
Green completed a BA Fashion Hons degree in print, before completing Central Saint Martins' internationally respected MA Fashion course, under the late, great Louise Wilson ’s mentorship.
Green's designs have been featured in a range of exhibits including the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s "China: Through the Looking Glass" in 2015, and 2018’s "Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic imagination." He work has also featured at the V&A's "Fashioning Masculinities - The Art of Menswear" exhibition. Green’s accolades include British Menswear Designer at the Fashion Awards 2016, 2017, and 2018, the BFC/GQ Designer Menswear Fund prize 2016 and Emerging Menswear Designer at the British Fashion Awards 2014. In 2023 Craig was named Design Professor at the University of Applied Arts Vienna.
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Is London’s New Era Here?
There were signs of fresh energy at London Fashion Week despite the market challenges facing the emerging designers who are its raison d’etre.

Is London’s New Era Here?
There were signs of fresh energy at London Fashion Week despite the market challenges facing the emerging designers who are its raison d’etre.

The ‘Re-Signification’ of Valentino
Tim Blanks goes inside Pierpaolo Piccioli’s collaboration with Craig Green, which aims to reanimate the Roman brand’s emblematic Rockstud with a sneaker.

The ‘Re-Signification’ of Valentino
Tim Blanks goes inside Pierpaolo Piccioli’s collaboration with Craig Green, which aims to reanimate the Roman brand’s emblematic Rockstud with a sneaker.

The BoF Podcast: Craig Green Says, ‘Fashion Can Come From Anywhere’
The designer speaks with BoF Editor-at-Large Tim Blanks about his ongoing Moncler collaboration and his dream of designing a wardrobe classic.

The BoF Podcast: Craig Green Says, ‘Fashion Can Come From Anywhere’
The designer speaks with BoF Editor-at-Large Tim Blanks about his ongoing Moncler collaboration and his dream of designing a wardrobe classic.

Packaging the Body at Craig Green
The detail of his designs, the intricate ingenuity of the seaming, the marriage of art and function were an entirely joyous glorying in creation.

Packaging the Body at Craig Green
The detail of his designs, the intricate ingenuity of the seaming, the marriage of art and function were an entirely joyous glorying in creation.

Moncler’s Genius Talent Pipeline: Who Should be Next?
The luxury outerwear brand’s innovative marketing model relies on a constant rotation of buzzy talent. BoF spotlights potential future candidates.

Moncler’s Genius Talent Pipeline: Who Should be Next?
The luxury outerwear brand’s innovative marketing model relies on a constant rotation of buzzy talent. BoF spotlights potential future candidates.

The BoF Podcast: Craig Green Talks Creative Evolution
Speaking with Tim Blanks, the designer reflects on his journey from a love of 'making things' to becoming a fixture of London's menswear scene.

The BoF Podcast: Craig Green Talks Creative Evolution
Speaking with Tim Blanks, the designer reflects on his journey from a love of 'making things' to becoming a fixture of London's menswear scene.

A Meditation on Skin at Craig Green
The fact that all of the shimmering possibilities that inform his collections also animate a global fanbase is the single most encouraging thing about the current state of menswear.

A Meditation on Skin at Craig Green
The fact that all of the shimmering possibilities that inform his collections also animate a global fanbase is the single most encouraging thing about the current state of menswear.

Craig Green Keeps It Real
The language the designer has created for himself is sturdy in its substance and oddly delicate in its effect. Today he outdid himself.

Craig Green Keeps It Real
The language the designer has created for himself is sturdy in its substance and oddly delicate in its effect. Today he outdid himself.

Pierpaolo Piccioli, Clare Waight Keller Win Big at Fashion Awards
Meghan Markle made a surprise appearance for Givenchy's Clare Waight Keller, while Gucci's Marco Bizzarri beat out José Neves of Farfetch for business leader of the year.

Pierpaolo Piccioli, Clare Waight Keller Win Big at Fashion Awards
Meghan Markle made a surprise appearance for Givenchy's Clare Waight Keller, while Gucci's Marco Bizzarri beat out José Neves of Farfetch for business leader of the year.

Craig Green Redefines Reality
The show was a brilliant introduction to the designer, who continues to encourage speculation about his motives through the way he blends ambiguity and fearlessness.

Craig Green Redefines Reality
The show was a brilliant introduction to the designer, who continues to encourage speculation about his motives through the way he blends ambiguity and fearlessness.
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