William Banks-Blaney

William Banks-Blaney is a fashion expert and designer of 25 dresses.[1] He was the original founder and CEO of vintage brand, WilliamVintage, before he stepped down from his position in 2017.[2] He has been referred to as "The Vintage King" by Vogue,[3] Harper's Bazaar,[4] The Times,[5] The Telegraph,[6] The Independent,[7] and The New York Times.[8]

William Banks-Blaney
Born
William Banks-Blaney

England
Occupation(s)Fashion expert and founder of williamvintage
Websitewww.williamvintage.com

Education and Charitable Work

During his time as CEO of WilliamVintage, Banks-Blaney was a visiting Fellow at the London College of Fashion,[9] a guest lecturer at The Condé Nast College of Fashion & Design,[10] Style Ambassador to American Express,[11] and a lecturer at the Victoria and Albert Museum and the Fashion and Textile Museum in Bermondsey, south London. He was also a Fashion Patron of Oxfam creating masterclasses shown on Vogue.com,[12] and directed a campaign with Guy Aroch which featured in the national press, in advertising and in Oxfam stores nationwide.[13]

Publishing

In September 2013, Quadrille Publishing announced it had signed Banks-Blaney for his first book 25 Dresses, a hardback book focusing on the evolution of women's fashion and the legacy of haute couture in the 21st century, which first launched in March 2015.[14] The book was formally launched at the Hay Festival of Literature and Arts in May 2015.[15]

Personal life

Banks-Blaney had a previous relationship with Gregory Barker, the former UK Climate Change Minister. In October 2006 it was announced Barker had left his wife for Banks-Blaney amid intense media scrutiny upon them both.[16]

Banks-Blaney's lawyers, Carter-Ruck, soon issued a statement that ‘William Banks-Blaney has won substantial damages from the publishers of the Evening Standard and The Sun over false allegations which 'impugned his integrity'[17] and the newspapers printed subsequent apologies.[18]

References
  1. https://www.thebookseller.com/feature/interview-william-banks-blaney-339356
  2. "William Vintage Celebrates Its New, Incredibly Chic CEO Marie Blanchet at an Intimate Dinner". 10 April 2019.
  3. "The Vintage King". Vogue. 19 August 2010.
  4. "In conversation with William Banks-Blaney". Harper's Bazaar. 19 August 2010.
  5. "A man that does". The Sunday Times. Archived from the original on 6 February 2015. Retrieved 6 February 2015.
  6. "A Perfect Vintage". The Telegraph.
  7. "The king of vintage: William Banks-Blaney picks his award-season favourites". The Independent. 15 February 2014. Retrieved 6 February 2015.
  8. Warrington, Ruby (6 March 2013). "'Vintage King' Mines the Past". The New York Times. Retrieved 6 February 2015.
  9. "London College of Fashion, the William Vintage Series: Courreges". YouTube.
  10. "Conde Nast College on Twitter". Twitter. Retrieved 9 February 2015.
  11. "StackPath".
  12. "Oxfam WilliamVintage Edit: Festive" – via YouTube.
  13. "Behind the scenes at the Oxfam and WilliamVintage photo shoot". Oxfam.
  14. "DCD Publishing Secures deal and global representation for 'The Vintage King'". dcdmedia.co.uk. Retrieved 6 February 2015.
  15. "William Banks-Blaney". 28 May 2015.
  16. "Menage a Tories – The MP, the loyal wife and his gay lover". London Evening Standard. 18 May 2007. Retrieved 19 November 2013.
  17. "William Banks-Blaney". Carter-Ruck.
  18. "News in brief". London Evening Standard.
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