Exit Lockdown in Style: Win £500 of Deborah Lyons Clothing

THIS COMPETITION IS NOW CLOSED.

New garms? No problem.

There are some positive upshots of self-isolation – time to get
stuck into those
books
that have been piling up by your bedside and countless
opportunities to polish those
cookery skills
, say – but there are many things we’ll happily
forfeit once normality resumes. First and foremost, our quarantine
wardrobe.

Cast off those yoga pants, clear some rail space and prepare
yourself for some aperitivo al fresco: a summer of freedom is
(hopefully) on the horizon and we want to make sure you exit
lockdown looking and feeling your best. That’s why we’ve partnered
with luxury label Deborah Lyonsto give one lucky SUITCASE reader a
£500 wardrobe update.

Each summer there’s always that one brand that gets us all hot
under the collar, nodding to seasonal trends while retaining
sartorial longevity and keeping production as guilt-free and
ethical as possible. This year, Deborah Lyons is
top of our lust list.



We’ve had our eye on the brand for a while. Deborah herself has
designed shoes with the renowned craftsmen of Italy’s crumbly
Marche region, cut cloth with New
York
‘s most meticulous tailors and crunched figures as a design
consultant in London
always keeping an eye on sustainability, of course. Every season,
her carefully honed expertise is distilled into her namesake
brand’s collections which are cut and sewn locally in London, using
fabric sourced from UK mills and recycling offcuts when
possible.

Guilt-free garbs with international cachet? Consider your
post-quarantine wardrobe officially sorted. To fellow followers of
the brand, you’re welcome. And for those who have yet to be
acquainted, we’re delighted to introduce you.

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The Lowdown

With a background in fine art, designer Deborah moved to New
York in 2007 and enrolled at Parsons to earn a degree in Fashion
Design. Starting with internships at Nicole Miller, Rodarte and
twin shoe designer in NYC. She soon after moved to Italy, learning
shoemaking in the Marche region and developing a small collection
which was quickly picked up by Harrods, Dover Street Market,
Liberty and Matchesfashion among others. Simultaneously she became
the designer of a tailoring brand based in New York City with the
collection sold to Browns Fashion, Henri Bendel, Intermix and
Takashimaya.

In 2017, Deborah partnered with Kamelia Kamel to launch the
eponymous womenswear brand “Deborah Lyons” in Harrods’ Designer
Studio which has served as a platform for growth nationwide and
around the globe. Deborah is dedicated to building a brand
committed to giving back to the community around her, driving
social change, empowering other women and pioneering sustainability
efforts in the luxury market.

The brand is currently stocked at Harrods, Harvey Nichols Hong
Kong, Rent the Runway US, Art of Living Saudi Arabia and soon to
launch her own e-commerce.