Born in 1946 in Nice on the French Riviera,[1][2][3] Nicole Farhi is the daughter of Sephardic Jews who immigrated to France from Turkey after World War I.
[6][7] Farhi studied both art and fashion in early 1960s Paris and, needing to be self-sufficient, started her career as a freelancer there in 1967 before moving to London, England, in 1969[8][9][10][4] or 1973.
[2] In 1978, Farhi was employed by Stephen Marks to head up the company's design studio in Bow, East London, on his French Connection label.
The Nicole Farhi Home Collection was launched in 1998 and a concept store named 202 opened in 2002, featuring homeware, clothing lines and all day brasserie.
[15] Administrators Zolfo Cooper were appointed on 3 July 2013 to advise on sale or restructuring of the UK shops and associated retail outlets located within Harvey Nichols, House of Fraser and Selfridges.
[21][22][18][23] Her Edinburgh Art Festival exhibition contained 25 clay busts of her favourite literary figures,[24] including Oscar Wilde, Françoise Sagan, Muriel Spark and Joan Didion, all under 20 centimetres high.