Katie Young Gerald is a designer, entrepreneur, speaker and author of No1 Amazon
bestseller and industry-essential book, ‘The Textile Touch: How Five-Star Hospitality and Heritage Brands Create Their Signature Style Through Textiles’
With over 25 years’ experience in the luxury fashion, textiles and interiors, Katie has a vast and invaluable expertise in fabrics, garment design, technology and manufacturing, woven textiles & fit and style. Her skills and knowledge in sourcing and supplying luxury textiles, clothing and uniforms has enabled her to build trusted, established partnerships across the globe for over 20 years.
Her latest venture is relaunching the Luxury Heritage Textile brand English Eccentrics, designing and supplying limited editions redesigns from the archives.
She is also the Founder of Bespoke Textiles and her clients include Soho House, The Ace Hotel, the Ivy Collection & Royal Households who she has created bespoke uniforms to limited editions collections for.
Katie’s latest interview can be found here.
For more information on booking Katie for speaking events, please get in touch.
Recent Talks
14th January 2019 - Hong Kong Fashion Week – ‘It takes 7 seconds to make a first impression, the top 3 problems in hospitality uniform design’
16th July 2018 - Home & Gift Fair, Harrogate - 'Masterclass on sourcing and developing your own brand products'
26th & 27th June 2018 - Fashion SVP - “25 years of working in fashion and textiles with luxury brands and how to source from Hong Kong and China as an overseas buyer”
13th February 2018 – PURE London – “25 years of working in fashion and textiles with luxury brands and how to source from Hong Kong and China as an overseas buyer”
15th January 2018 – Hong Kong Fashion Week - “From designing in the fashion industry through to Hospitality”
17th March 2017 – UK House Keepers Association Knowledge Day - “Let’s talk Fashion - applying unique styles from fashion to uniforms”
Speaker Topics
bestseller and industry-essential book, ‘The Textile Touch: How Five-Star Hospitality and Heritage Brands Create Their Signature Style Through Textiles’
With over 25 years’ experience in the luxury fashion, textiles and interiors, Katie has a vast and invaluable expertise in fabrics, garment design, technology and manufacturing, woven textiles & fit and style. Her skills and knowledge in sourcing and supplying luxury textiles, clothing and uniforms has enabled her to build trusted, established partnerships across the globe for over 20 years.
Her latest venture is relaunching the Luxury Heritage Textile brand English Eccentrics, designing and supplying limited editions redesigns from the archives.
She is also the Founder of Bespoke Textiles and her clients include Soho House, The Ace Hotel, the Ivy Collection & Royal Households who she has created bespoke uniforms to limited editions collections for.
Katie’s latest interview can be found here.
For more information on booking Katie for speaking events, please get in touch.
Recent Talks
14th January 2019 - Hong Kong Fashion Week – ‘It takes 7 seconds to make a first impression, the top 3 problems in hospitality uniform design’
16th July 2018 - Home & Gift Fair, Harrogate - 'Masterclass on sourcing and developing your own brand products'
26th & 27th June 2018 - Fashion SVP - “25 years of working in fashion and textiles with luxury brands and how to source from Hong Kong and China as an overseas buyer”
13th February 2018 – PURE London – “25 years of working in fashion and textiles with luxury brands and how to source from Hong Kong and China as an overseas buyer”
15th January 2018 – Hong Kong Fashion Week - “From designing in the fashion industry through to Hospitality”
17th March 2017 – UK House Keepers Association Knowledge Day - “Let’s talk Fashion - applying unique styles from fashion to uniforms”
Speaker Topics
- How to source from Hong Kong and China as an overseas buyer – Katie Young in Hong Kong and Show rooms in Hong Kong: Katie Young sourcing fashion: Katie Young Sourcing Fashion
- 25 years of working in fashion and textiles with luxury brands - YouTube
- From designing in the fashion industry through to Hospitality
- My 20 years of working with Hong Kong and China
- It takes 7 second to make a first impression, the top 3 problems in hospitality uniform design - Bespoke Textiles: Katie Young-Gerald shares the 3 problems with hospitality uniforms