accessories founded london england 1980 founder alison lloyd jonathan platt headquarters london england key people alison lloyd website www.allycapellino.co.uk ally capellino is an independent british designer brand that was established in 1980 by alison lloyd and jonathan platt . originally launching as an accessories company the name is roughly translated from the italian for little hat and later expanding into classic tailoring and ready to wear it has been described as the label that dominated the wardrobes of many sensible and stylish women throughout the 80s and into the 90s . 1 following the restructuring of the original company in 1999 lloyd relaunched ally capellino alone focusing on bags . 1 the brand now retails through two london shops a web store and via other retailers . collaborations include a branded range for apple and the tate gallery . 2 3 contents 1 history 1.1 key collaborations 2 exhibitions 3 references 4 external links history edit after studying fashion and textiles at middlesex university alison lloyd designed clothes destined for m & s at courtaulds central design studio before launching ally capellino in 1980 with her then partner jonathan platt . 4 5 6 ally capellino s first london fashion week show was in 1986 and it also expanded into menswear in the same year . 7 in 1987 ally capellino signed a licensing agreement with the japanese firm gco company and five years later in 1992 it signed a design consultancy and licensing agreement with coats viyella . 8 9 notably it became one of the first british fashion names of this era to break into the japanese market in the early 90s . 4 the company went into liquidation in 1999 lloyd has described this as partly a result of management difficulties and partly because of the break up of her relationship with platt with lloyd restructuring the business alone in 2000 . 4 in 2005 ally capellino opened a shop in shoreditch 10 and launched their e commerce site . 11 a further shop opened on portobello road in 2011 4 followed by a third shop in marylebone in summer 2015 . 12 in november 2014 lloyd was awarded an honorary doctorate from the university of hertfordshire school of creative arts for her contribution to fashion . 13 key collaborations edit in 2006 ally capellino began working with tate galleries producing a range of goods for artists including a satchel apron and pencil case . 14 in 2008 the label began a collaboration with apple designing laptop bags for apple s european market . 15 in 2011 ally capellino collaborated on a rucksack with danish fashion brand norse project . 16 in september 2013 ally capellino created a range of leather goods exclusively for ace hotel in shoreditch london . 17 in 2014 ally capellino collaborated with food journal the gourmand on a limited edition market bag . 18 exhibitions edit in 2010 ally capellino marked its 30 year anniversary with an exhibition at the wapping project . 19 in 2013 as part of london design festival ally capellino s first chair collection bums on seats was exhibited at the v & a s sackler gallery and as part of the best of britannia exhibition in clerkenwell . 20 in the same year ally capellino featured in the v & a s club to catwalk exhibition which profiled the london fashion scene of the 1980s . 10 references edit a b hadley freeman . ally capellino fashion . the guardian . retrieved 2014 02 02 . fashion s free spirits telegraph . fashion.telegraph.co.uk . retrieved 2014 02 02 . ally capellino at tate online shop . shop.tate.org.uk . retrieved 2014 02 02 . a b c d harriet walker 2011 10 24 . ally capellino it s in the bag features fashion . the independent . retrieved 2014 02 01 . profile page debrett s . debretts.com . retrieved 2014 02 01 . culture 2007 06 09 . the world of ally capellino fashion designer . telegraph . retrieved 2014 02 01 . the international who s who 2004 europa publications google books . books.google.co.uk . retrieved 2014 02 01 . ally capellino . peoples.ru . 2011 09 25 . retrieved 2014 02 01 . ally capellino fashion brand and label profile with designers editorials and more on fmd . fashionmodeldirectory.com . retrieved 2014 02 01 . a b ally capellino day 4 style how to spend it . howtospendit.ft.com . 2013 11 08 . retrieved 2014 02 01 . an introduction to the ally capellino fashion label . fashion review . 2011 12 11 . retrieved 7 july 2015 . ally capellino s new shop . because . becauselondon.com . retrieved 7 july 2015 . fashion designer ally capellino comes to herts . university of hertfordshire . retrieved 7 july 2015 . thirty years of ally capellino . style salvage . retrieved 6 may 2015 . fashions free spirits . telegraph . retrieved 6 may 2015 . norse projects x ally capellino . the style raconteur . retrieved 6 may 2015 . the new kids in shoreditch . on feature . retrieved 6 may 2015 . the gourmand collaborates with ally capellino . fashion insight . retrieved 6 may 2015 . ally capellino at the wapping project dazed . dazeddigital.com . retrieved 2014 02 01 . bums on seats by ally capellino news . disegno daily . retrieved 2014 02 01 . external links edit official website fashion review profile v t e designer labels etienne aigner akris armani aspinal asprey max azria badgley mischka balenciaga balmain victoria beckham laura biagiotti manolo blahnik ozwald boateng hugo boss burberry tory burch cacharel ally capellino pierre cardin cartier cavalli c line chanel chlo jimmy choo dior s. t. dupont dolce & gabbana adolfo dom nguez dsquared2 escada etro fendi salvatore ferragamo gianfranco ferr fiorucci tom ford fossil diane von f rstenberg jean paul gaultier givenchy gottex goyard gucci heatherette daniel hechter herm s herrera tommy hilfiger marc jacobs donna karan kenzo calvin klein michael kors lacoste lacroix karl lagerfeld helmut lang lanvin guy laroche ralph lauren yves saint laurent judith leiber nanette lepore monique lhuillier phillip lim loewe longchamp christian louboutin l o marciano maison margiela lana marks marni stella mccartney alexander mcqueen carlos miele issey miyake missoni moschino mouawad moynat thierry mugler mulberry fred perry pinto zac posen prada emilio pucci paco rabanne oscar de la renta rochas sonia rykiel elie saab sabyasachi proenza schouler paul smith kate spade anna sui elie tahari samantha thavasa tiffany s tony bowls valentino giambattista valli kris van assche john varvatos versace viktor & rolf louis vuitton alexander wang vera wang vivienne westwood jason wu dan liu wooyoungmi giuseppe zanotti rachel zoe ermenegildo zegna retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title ally capellino & oldid 739678276 categories 1980s fashion1990s fashion2000s fashion2010s fashionclothing brands of the united kingdomcompanies based in londoncompanies established in 1980english brandsfashion accessory brandshigh fashion brandsluxury brands navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants 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