Patrick Grant (designer)

This article is about the fashion designer. For other people with a similar name, see Patrick Grant (disambiguation).

Patrick Grant
Born
Patrick James Grant[1]

(1972-05-01) 1 May 1972 (age 52)[2]
Edinburgh, Scotland
EducationUniversity of Leeds
New College, Oxford
Occupation(s)Clothier, businessman, author
Labels
AwardsMenswear Designer award at the British Fashion Awards 2010[3]

Patrick James Grant FRSA (born 1 May 1972) is a Scottish[4] clothier, businessman, television personality and author who is currently the director of Community Clothing and textile manufacturer Cookson & Clegg. He is the former director of bespoke tailors Norton & Sons of Savile Row and E. Tautz & Sons clothing line. Since 2013, he has been a judge on the BBC One reality series The Great British Sewing Bee.

After taking over Norton & Sons in 2005, Grant has been credited with rejuvenating the once ailing business.[5][6] He relaunched E. Tautz & Sons as a ready to wear label in 2009, for which he was awarded the Menswear Designer award at the British Fashion Awards in 2010.[3]

Grant is a critic of the fashion industry, particularly the environmental damage caused by fast fashion and synthetic clothing. His book Less: Stop Buying So Much Rubbish — How Having Fewer, Better Things Can Make Us Happier was published by HarperCollins in May 2024.[7]

  1. ^ "Statutory registers - Births". Scotland's People. National Records of Scotland and the Court of the Lord Lyon.
  2. ^ "Patrick Grant". Debenhams. Retrieved 26 July 2020.
  3. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference oxfordtoday was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ Hannah, Julie (12 September 2014). "Great British Sewing Bee star Patrick Grant reveals how he turned his love of style into a successful career". Daily Record. Retrieved 1 May 2020. I feel deeply Scottish and a lot of what I do is inspired by Scotland.
  5. ^ Patterson, Troy (8 December 2016). "The English Are Coming for Your Closet". Bloomberg. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
  6. ^ "Reviving Savile Row Suit Maker Norton & Sons". Bloomberg. 5 May 2011.
  7. ^ Bottomley, Tom (1 May 2024). "The Interview: Patrick Grant of Norton & Sons and Community Clothing on Savile Row, sustainability and Sewing Bee". TheIndustry.fashion. Retrieved 16 May 2024.