Toby Clark Email & Phone Number

London, Gb

British Isles

Empowering People To Repair ♡

London, England, United Kingdom

Wales, London, New Zealand

Toby founded the design and brand strategy company Toby etc. with a belief that 'good design' emanates from the observation of fractal patterns found in nature. And creating teams of like-minded thinkers, who share a common purpose. Through a creative and multi-disciplinary approach, TOBY etc. works with international brands to help identify and enhance their brand essence. Amplifying their brand narrative through their products and storytelling to create loyal consumers. As a hands on practitioner, Toby ensures each creative element reflects the brand's core values and aligns with its sense of identity. Fostering a brand environment the brand's consumers feel emotionally drawn to and invested in.Rather than seeking to deliver profits alone, TOBY etc. aims to do social good, by working with meaningful impact, connecting nature~to~industry and consumers~to~makers to deliver holistic outcomes that drive a brand's eco-system.Service:Design ~ Creative Direction ~ Curation ~ Brand Strategy ~ Brand Identity ~ Brand AuditExpertise:Clothing ~ Apparel ~ Garb ~ Attire ~ Vestments ~ Fashion ~ Clobber ~ Kit ~ Garments ~ Textiles ~ Uniform Digital publications ~ Copywriting ~ Storytelling ~ Defining your brand VoiceToby is an Ambassador For The Campaign for Wool (NZ) He is a quiet gentle climate activist but also sometime radical and wore the same clothes everyday for 407 days. An environmental statement that attracted the interest of the worlds most respected fashion and trend forecaster Lidewij Edelkoort. Li invited Toby to be part of her World Hope Forum.Website:tobyetc.com

Wales

TOBY CLARK - Designer Label. Modernist Fashion by Design. 100% Made in Wales. Winner - Welsh Designer Of the Year - 1994, runner up 1993Winner - UKFT Newcomers Award for Export 1996, runner up 1995, 1994.Silver Medal - Shell Plc Livewire young British Entrepreneur of The Year - 1996Catwalk Show - London Fashion Week @BFC New Generation. Featured on BBC1 Clothes Show - 'The Welsh Dresser' / 8 million viewers.Selected with Philip Treacy to represent British Fashion at high profile 'Action Japan' event at British Embassy, Tokyo, 1995.International stockists: New York, Tokyo, Paris, Seoul. Key Accounts: Julie Gilhart - Barneys NY, Fashion Director, Francois Tessier - Browns South Molton St, Shinsegae - South Korea,Press & Media: Suzy Menkes @ Herald Tribune described Toby's work as... 'A Fashion Tailor with a Light Hand'Plum Skyes @ Vogue, described Toby's camisole at LFW as... "To Die For"Charlotte Pilcher & Fiona Rubie @ Harpers & Queen selected Toby Clark for a feature in San Francisco.Hilary Alexander, Fashion Editor @ Daily Telegraph hailed Toby as "The new Jean Muir" with full page editorial on opening day of London Fashion Week 1995

London, United Kingdom

blackhorselane.com- COMMERCIAL PRACTITIONERS WORKING COLLABORATIVELY WITH A SHARED VISION AND SCHOOL OF THOUGHT, REFLECTING BAUHAUS PRINCIPLES -As Co-Founder, Toby launched Blackhorse Lane Ateliers factory brand in 2016. This featured the renovation of a 1920s factory building in Walthamstow E17, with BHL benefiting from its own specialist factory of 1,500m2, to provide locally based manufacture of superior quality selvedge denim. The factory incorporated weaving, leather craft, indigo dye, progressive workshops and a fully dining restaurant. This forward thinking concept changed the notion of traditional British manufacturing plants with an uber transparent, open plan factory, enabling consumers to meet and connect with the machinists (the makers). This underlined the provenance of craft and how selvedge jeans are made as opposed to just purchased. The Atelier connected nature to industry by locally growing its own Japanese Indigo plantation on London's oldest allotment. The brand further reflected the importance of protecting the planet's resources by establishing a unique charitable foundation – Think Global, Act Local - providing a modern methodology for community living.The notion of sharing premises formed a key part of the manifesto, with the Ateliers welcoming creatives working across all disciplines – either as a maker or collaborator. As a governing principle, all machinists working in the Atelier benefitted from an employees shareholding scheme providing shares in the limited company. This addressed the often contentious subject of large clothing companies imposing a low minimum wage structure on a factory workforce, to restrict the profitability to a few senior company shareholders.

London, United Kingdom

www.margarethowell.co.ukLead Design Consultant - Toby steered the Menswear collections for 12 years, developing an international platform and aligning the Mens division to the original vision of Margaret as the company founder. During this consultancy period MH was nominated 3 times as - British Menswear Designer Of The Year - at the British Fashion Awards, an event promoted globally by the British Fashion Council.Design & Creative direction of Mens Collections: MH Premium Line, MH Main Line, MHL. Creation of product ranges, Ready to wear Clothing, inc. Luggage, SLG's and Accessories.Design Approval of MH Japan Collections (Anglobal Ltd, Sanei International, TSI Holdings)Design Consultant for MHL Line: Concept + Development. Design Consultant for MH Collaborations & Projects: MUJI Labo - Designed by MH team for MUJI, Japan. MH PLUS - Shirt Collaboration MH KIDS - Consultants report. MH Mens Bags, Luggage and SLG's for Japanese Licensee.Responsible for seasonal Fabric selection for all MH Lines. Styling, campaigns and catwalk shows for Mens line.Sourcing of Manufacturers for all MH Lines, Men & Women.Design Mentoring - Junior Designers and work placement students.Brand Innovation ideas and concepts. Reporting to board on Brand Strategy.

Ma, Fashion Menswear

1 of 7 students on Fashion Menswear postgraduate degree course - unique in the world at that time.

Hnd, Sports + Leisurewear, Distinction

Toby instigated a collaborative study on Uniforms for his thesis with Wolfgang Tillmans, the Photographer & Artist and recipient of Turner.

Foundation Degree, Art