FIWAL BIENNIAL CONFERENCE – SPEAKERS CLYDE TABINER – CARTIER UK
As newly appointed Learning & Development Manager for Cartier UK this will be Clyde’s fourth role since joining Cartier 8 years
ago. Clyde’s career to date includes roles within Harrods Fine Jewellery department and also managing the Tiffany & Co flagship
prior to joining Cartier to implement a client service coaching initiative. He subsequently worked in the operational management of
the historic ‘Temple’ at 175-177 New Bond Street and most recently as Client Service and CRM Manager for the Maison.
With over thirty years of working in retail jewellery he remains passionate about jewellery and the storytelling offered from this rich
and diverse industry. His presentation will focus on the development of the Cartier style, recounting the historic travels and journeys
of the Cartier family. This enabled them to challenge classic conventions and seek inspiration from overseas and will also include
looking at the women who, either through designing, creating or simply owning and enjoying the creations of the Maison have
ensured its place as “ The king of jewellers and the jeweller of kings” The presentation will conclude with a showing of Cartier’s
recently produced short film; ‘L’Odyssee de Cartier’
ANNE SEBBA – AUTHOR
Anne Sebba is a biographer, lecturer, journalist and former Reuters foreign correspondent and is currently Chair of Britain’s 9,000
strong Society of Authors. She has written nine critically acclaimed books of non- fiction, mostly about iconic women. Her latest
biography, THAT WOMAN the life of Wallis Simpson, quickly became a bestseller on publication in Britain in August 2011 as
well as in Australia and in the US following publication in 2012. Anne’s discovery of a new archive of letters and diaries shedding
dramatic new light on this important story was the subject of a Chanel 4 TV documentary, The Secret Letters, based on her work.
Her illustrated powerpoint lecture on Wallis Simpson, the Duchess of Windsor is based on at least three years of research into why
this Baltimore woman, born in 1896 into relative obscurity, was so demonised by the British establishment and wider commonwealth.
Was she simply a clothes horse for dress designers and jewellery makers or did she have a heart that has never been fairly understood?
This lecture will include many pictures in of Wallis and the clothes and jewellery she had made especially for her as well as the
homes she lived in.
PROFESSOR CAROL DYHOUSE – HISTORIAN/RESEARCH, UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX
How do we understand 'Glamour' and “Style”? Has it empowered women or oppressed them, turning them into objects? Once
associated with modernity and the cutting edge, is it now bound up with nostalgia and tradition? Carol Dyhouse drew on her passion
for clothes, flea markets, cosmetics and perfume to research her book about the social history of glamour. She looks at the idea of
glamour, and the changing meanings of the word, before exploring the relationship of glamour to femininity and fashion, and its place
in twentieth century social history. As a cultural historian, she argues that understanding changes in style can give insights into the
social position of women. Style very definitely has substance for the historian.
Carol Dyhouse is Research Professor of history at the University of Sussex. Following many years of teaching at Sussex and
elsewhere Carol now spends most of her time researching and writing. She has been a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society since
1998. In recognition of her scholarly work on the history of women's education, Carol was awarded an honorary degree (D.Litt) from
the University of Winchester in 2004. Carol has written widely on the subjects of girls’ and women’s education, and on the history of
work and the family. Her most recent books are Glamour: Women, History, Feminism (Zed Books, 2010), and Girl Trouble: Panic
and Progress in the History of Young Women, (Zed Books, 2013).
CAROLINE RUSH – CHIEF EXECUTIVE BRITISH FASHION COUNCIL
Caroline Rush has 20 years of experience in marketing and PR across both consumer and corporate communications in fashion, music
and lifestyle sectors and has managed her own business for five years. Since her appointment as Chief Executive in April 2009,
Burberry, Jonathan Saunders, Matthew Williamson, Mulberry, Pringle of Scotland and Preen have returned to show their collections
at London Fashion Week. Caroline has expanded the LONDON show ROOMS and Style Suites taking British designers to new
markets including Hong Kong, Los Angeles, New York, Paris and Sao Paolo. Caroline oversaw the move of London Fashion Week
and the British Fashion Council’s headquarters to its current home at Somerset House. In 2012 she worked with the London
Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games to launch Britain Creates, an artistic project which formed part of the
Fashion 2012 platform to celebrate the Games and the 2012 Cultural Olympiad. Caroline has also presided over the launch of talent
initiatives including Headonism, a millinery initiative; Rock Vault, a fine jewellery initiative, and BFC Fashion Film. Most recently
she launched the BFC/GQ Menswear Designer Fund. Through her relationships with the government, Mayor of London, patrons,
sponsors, designers, media and international retailers there has been exponential growth in the value, reach and profile of British
fashion seeing it become a serious player in the global fashion economy. Caroline Rush is listed in the Evening Standard Power 1000
List 2012 and 2013 as well as the 2013 Business of Fashion’s 500.
The Business of British Fashion-­‐ Caroline Rush, Chief Executive British Fashion Council