"Victoria Hart Is An Ambassador For Curves" Says Jacob Kimmie

Curvy jazz singer, Victoria Hart, has proclaimed herself as a fan of new designer Jacob Kimmie. The sultry singer says “I love Jacob Kimmie’s style – understated glamour. He really knows how to make a woman look feminine.”

Directional fashion designer Jacob Kimmie met Victoria Hart at a charity event earlier this year and straight away fell in love with her style. Jacob says: “I love her bubbly and spirited personality and the way it reflects in her music – that is her style. Victoria represents that new kind of cool that is a combination of quirky and chic – everything that Jacob Kimmie is about - so I invited her to come to my show at London Fashion Week in September and made her a dress to wear. She has a very sexy, womanly figure - Victoria could be an ‘ambassador’ for the curvy shape.”

Victoria wears Jacob’s dress in the album cover of her new EP, Mood Swings, due out for release on December 31st 2007. Victoria says “I love experimenting with fashion, especially with designers like Jacob who are up and coming and experimental like me. It was great to have Jacob Kimmie design a dress just for me that really suits my shape and character! The dress is reminiscent of 50s Hollywood but in a contemporary way – move over Moschino!”

As a self-taught designer, Jacob can be found in his Birmingham studio hand stitching delicate chiffons and silks. Jacob prides himself on intricate craftsmanship - his latest collection features a dress which is hand stitched with 1.4 kilometres of ribbon and retails at £11,000 aimed at his growing private client list. Describing himself as “post-Lacroix”, Jacob hopes to introduce a new generation of fashion lovers like Victoria to the spirit of couture and what Chanel is all about.

Jacob Kimmie will be showing his Autumn Winter 08/09 collection during London Fashion Week in February 2008.

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Jacob Kimmie, the self-proclaimed saviour of British fashion, has been cited as the ‘hot ticket’ at London Fashion Week by Creative Head magazine, after successfully launching his Spring/Summer 2008 collection off schedule in September 2007.

The catwalk show for ‘La Nuit Érotique’ welcomed an audience of an eclectic mix of Jacob’s fans including jazz singer Victoria Hart, classical group All Angels, BBC News presenter Simon McCoy and his news presenter wife Victoria Graham plus shoe designer extraordinaire Oliver Sweeney. WGSN comment that the ‘La Nuit Érotique’ collection is “exquisitely crafted and highly covetable - Kimmie is certainly one to keep an eye on”.

Jacob also made his presence known for the first time in Paris at the Vendôme luxury trade show at the beginning of October 2007. For the past two seasons Jacob has been bubbling under the surface having registered on the radar of the fashion industry after his Autumn/Winter catwalk debut during London Fashion Week in February 2007.

South African born and British and French influenced, Jacob has used his experiences and frustrations as inspiration for the signature look that has become known as the fashion label Jacob Kimmie. Jacob is a designer that sketches and sews. As a self-taught designer he can be found in his Birmingham studio hand stitching delicate chiffons and silks. Jacob prides himself on intricate craftsmanship, his latest collection features a dress which is hand stitched with 1.4 kilometres of ribbon and retails at £11,000 aimed at his growing private client list. His passion for forward fashion thinking and his ability to envisage aesthetically pleasing garments only makes Jacob’s pieces more appealing.

From the fluorescent yellow plastic meat packer’s suit which was used to make his first garment at the age of eleven, to the bubble wrap and shower curtain clothing he made for the underground rave scene, Jacob has always been aware of his talent. At the age of 34, Jacob may appear to be a newcomer in the eyes of the industry, but he certainly does not lack industry experience. Now, on the verge of 2008 Jacob Kimmie is the label that is setting the standard and raising the bar. Setting himself aside from his peers that are currently the ‘face’ of Britain’s newest designers, Jacob’s own self-assurance only adds to his ability to offer a fresh alternative to the world of fashion.

As the fashion industry currently suffers from “The Emperor’s New Clothes Syndrome” it is refreshing to see Jacob Kimmie bucking the trend with his designs and attitude. At 6’2” and weighing twenty two stone, Jacob’s physical stature matches his talent and his collections. As an individual Jacob is controversial, a person who is driven by anger and injustice. As a designer he is breaking the mould and rattling the cage, a British couturier building a British brand whilst wearing combat shorts and trainers.