Quick Facts
Biography
Charlie Casely-Hayford is a menswear designer based in London. He founded international menswear brand Casely-Hayford at the age of 22 with his father, the acclaimed British fashion designer Joe Casely-Hayford OBE.
Charlie is the great-grandson of the respected politician and writer J. E. Casely Hayford. The cultural historian Gus Casely-Hayford is his uncle. In 2008 The Black Power List named the Casely-Hayford family the most influential black family in the UK.
Education
After leaving Harrow school, while studying at Central St. Martins College of Art and Design, Charlie began to contribute to a number of styling projects internationally. Charlie has styled musicians varying from Hip-Hop artist Nas to UK band The xx and contributed to international publications from GQ Style to i-D magazine.
Career
In 2008, while studying for a degree in History of Art at the Courtauld Institute, Charlie joined his father to launch luxury menswear label Casely-Hayford, a brand based on English Sartorialism and British Anarchy. Joe and Charlie currently work between London and Tokyo where their collections are produced; they focus on the idea of duality as a foundation for the brand's ethos. International stockists include Dover Street Market, Colette, Corso Como, Barneys, I.T. Hong Kong and Isetan.
Other work
In 2010 Charlie was made the global face of Converse's international ad campaign, which celebrates the 50th anniversary of the Jack Purcell Trainer. In 2008/2009 he modelled alongside Coco Sumner as the face of Dr. Martens.
In June 2010 Charlie was selected by Esquire Magazine as a "Brilliant Brit" in their prediction of 75 young talents shaping 2010. He was also selected to feature in i-D magazine's 100 most important portraits in fashion, shot by Nick Knight.
In June 2011, Premier Model Management signed up Charlie as the newest addition to their Special Bookings board.
He was named one of GQ's 50 best dressed men in Britain in 2013, 2014, and 2015.
In 2015, he was named one of the most influential people under 40 by GQ magazineand one of the 25 people who matter most in Menswear by Style.com