Darla-Jane Gilroy

Darla-Jane Gilroy is a British academic, fashion designer, futurologist and author.

After graduating from Central Saint Martins, she set up a successful fashion label, sold through luxury fashion outlets worldwide and her own retail shops on London and Hong Kong.

Her work has been considered exemplary of what the new wave of British designers brought to mainstream British fashion in the 90s, and early 2000s and has been featured extensively in the global fashion media and included in fashion exhibitions at London's Victoria & Albert Museum and the ICA.

Darla-Jane Gilroy has a long involvement with design education, lecturing and leading design courses at Central Saint Martins, the University of Westminster, London College of Fashion, Cordwainers College and Royal College of Art.

Through her consultancy, The Future Perfect, she predicts global shifts in cultural, environmental and societal trends and is a regular commentator on subjects as diverse as the future of fashion in the Metaverse and the importance of handcrafting and heritage making.

She has authored several books on fashion and was one of the four "Blitz kids" featured in David Mallet's music video for David Bowie's number 1 hit "Ashes to Ashes".