LONDON — Harvey Nichols has named the British stylist and editor Kate Phelan to the brand new position of artistic director, with quick impact.
Phelan is a well known trade determine who has labored for Topshop and British Vogue, including her signature dose of London cool to each manufacturers. Extra just lately, she teamed with Weekend Max Mara on a Signature assortment for fall 2023.
Her appointment is among the first main strikes by new chief government officer Julia Goddard, who joined the retailer earlier this yr.
“Kate’s esteemed profession within the style trade has been fascinating, and her experience will strengthen the management group at Harvey Nichols,” Goddard mentioned.
“Her famend expertise can be instrumental in driving Harvey Nichols ahead to ascertain itself because the go-to model for well-curated luxurious style, delivering high quality development and efficiently celebrating our model’s distinctive DNA. I’m very excited to see her creativity and imaginative and prescient come to life,” Goddard added.
Phelan mentioned she is becoming a member of “at an thrilling time in retail, with many new alternatives to make use of the channels we have now accessible to inform tales. Harvey Nichols has an exquisite historical past, and I very a lot look ahead to working alongside Julia and the Harvey Nichols group in delivering a brand new power and imaginative and prescient for the model.”
Julia Goddard, chief government officer at Harvey Nichols.
Courtesy of Harvey Nichols
Phelan can be chargeable for Harvey Nichols’ model campaigns, in addition to “elevating the visible identification of the model and its artistic propositions,” the shop mentioned.
She is going to report on to Goddard, and proceed her freelance editorial and business styling collaborations alongside her new position.
Phelan started her profession at British Vogue in 1984, the place she labored as a style assistant for 3 years earlier than shifting on to turn out to be senior style editor at Marie Claire. She then returned to work at British Vogue as co-creative director for 18 years.
From 2011 to 2017, she labored as artistic director at Topshop earlier than returning to British Vogue in 2013 in a part-time position. After leaving Topshop, she served as senior contributing style editor at British Vogue, beneath then-editor Edward Enninful.
As reported, Goddard took up her position in June. She was previously EMEA president at Alexander McQueen. At Harvey Nichols, she took over the tasks from interim CEO Pearson Poon, son of Harvey Nichols’ proprietor, Hong Kong property tycoon Dickson Poon.
Poon had stepped into the position after Manju Malhotra, former CEO, stepped down on the finish of 2023.
