Richard Philip Nicoll[2] (15 September 1977[3] – 21 October 2016) was an English fashion designer, best known for his work on modernist classics with the coined term "night-to-day" versatility.
Celebrities who have worn his designs include; Kylie Minogue,[4] Kate Bosworth,[5] Julianne Moore,[6] Diane Kruger,[7] Rosie Huntington-Whiteley,[8] Sienna Miller, Emma Stone,[9] Florence Welch,[10] and Keira Knightley.
Nicoll had collaborated with artist Linder Sterling since AW09 on seasonal prints, and external projects such as designing costumes for her Darktown Cakewalk performance at the Chisenhale Gallery in London and for the subsequent Tim Walker Frieze Art Fair/Channel 4 film.
[12] Nicoll's initial menswear training means he originally became known for his masculine spin on womenswear and has since evolved into a designer with a finely tuned, perfectly balanced feminine edge.
His most recent work was for Jack Wills, as their new creative director; as of spring 2015, Nicoll parted ways with the company amicably in Autumn 2015.