Lulu Kennedy

Born in 1969, Lulu Kennedy grew up between Ibiza, Devon, & Sicily,[1] spending the early 1990s, a decade she was heavily influenced by, working on raves in Naples, Italy.

[3] Following Fashion East's success, she set up MAN in 2005 in partnership with Topman – an identical support scheme for emerging menswear designers.

She launched many of London's leading fashion names including: Jonathan Saunders, House of Holland, Roksanda Ilincic, Gareth Pugh, Richard Nicoll, Christopher Shannon, Charles Jeffrey, and Craig Green.

Initially created as a limited edition capsule collection of ten archive dresses by ten Fashion East designers,[1] Kennedy went on to develop the line in house, often collaborating with friends such as artists Tim Noble & Sue Webster, Barry Reigate, Bella Freud & Susie Bick, art director Boyo Studio, and photographer Mary McCartney.

Kennedy and co's non-profit initiative has played a significant part in reconfiguration of the landscape of British fashion – on nothing more than passion and gut instinct.’ Dean Mayo Davies, writer-at-large, Dazed.