William Banks-Blaney

William Banks-Blaney is a fashion expert and author of "25 Dresses" [1]. The original founder and CEO of vintage brand WilliamVintage, he stepped down from the role 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
OccupationFashion 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 Conde Nast College of Art and Design[10] Style Ambassador to American Express [11] and lectured at theVictoria and Albert Museum and the The London Fashion and Textile Museum. 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 national press, advertising and in Oxfam stores nationwide.[13]

Publishing

In September 2013, Quadrille Publishing announced it has signed Banks-Blaney for his first book 25 Dresses, a hard-back book focusing on the evolution of women's fashion and the legacy of haute couture in the 21st century, which launched 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. https://www.vogue.com/article/marie-blanchet-wiliam-vintage-party-with-michael-bargo
  3. "The Vintage King". Vogue.
  4. "In conversation with William Banks-Blaney". Harper's Bazaar.
  5. "A man that does". The Sunday Times. 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. Retrieved 6 February 2015.
  8. "'Vintage King' Mines the Past". The New York Times. Retrieved 6 February 2015.
  9. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=vpYXCXsTMSM
  10. "Conde Nast College on Twitter". Twitter. Retrieved 9 February 2015.
  11. https://www.amexessentials.com/vintage-always-in-fashion/
  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. https://www.hayfestival.com/p-9806-william-banks-blaney.aspx?skinid=16
  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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