3 The style gurus The designers


Francesnces Ushersher and Jessi Jo st [Fann and Jsss


nny & Jesey]y]


It’s a loveless fool who thinks only romance can be It’It’s a loveless


serendipitous. Frances and Jessie, both from Somerset, serendipi ous.


ess fool who think


endipitous. Fanny and J t i in their fi rst c ass t L By theiir thiird year the


ol who thinks only


met in their fi rst class at London College of Fashion. met n their


and Jessy, though both


By their third year they’d joined forces, and now their fashion By the r th


label, Fanny and Jessy, is known for exceptional design, are s nonymous with e


t class at London College they’d j joi


their clothes are stocked globally, and they’re beloved of stoc ed g obal


Lady Gaga, M.I.A. and Jessie J. Not bad, considering their Jess


e synonymous with except ona ocked glloballly, and t


Jessieie J. N. Not bad, c nsidering inauspicious beginnings...


eBa and a so our


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Selldom does


‘We shared a room and bid on a raised double bunk bed on eBay for £50 nd ut a


‘We shared a room and bid on


and they’re beloved of Lady ad, considering their inauspic ou oom and bid on a raiis


eBay for £50 and put a mattress underneath it. Oh, and it was also our studio,’ says Jessie. ‘Fanny had the top bunk.’ Seldom does a vision shaped in two heads emerge so fresh


or £50 and put a mattres underneath i tudio,’,’ says Jess


es a vision shaped in


and whole but de ght in t


witi hout each boys as the to us,


predic the


and whole, but the Fanny and Jessy label demonstrates a joint delight in the medium – and dressing up – that couldn’t exist without each other. ‘Most of the pieces look just as good on boys as they do girls, which is the aesthetic that is important to us,’ says Frances. ‘There are still some things you can’t predict, though. It’s kind of a competition of who can persuade the other one that they are right!’ All great history is made by (just the right amount) of confl ict.


essy. ‘Fanny had the top bu ole, but Fanny and


ach other Mos they do girls


nny. ‘Ther


delliight in the med um and wthou


us,’ says Fann mediium – and dress ng up e stiill some


ision shaped in two head and Jessy’s l labelabel demons essiing up – that coul


her. ‘Most of the pieces ook us rls, whichhich i is the aes There are s ll


edict, though. t though. It’’s kind of a comp t tion o the other one that the


ne that they are r


Fanny and Jessy designs are available through youngbritishdesigners.com. For details of their forthcoming collections, visit fannyandjessy.co.uk


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