Designer Gareth Pugh was born in Sunderland in 1981. He studied fashion at Central Saint Martins, where a design from his 2003 graduate collection was chosen to appear on the cover of Dazed & Confused. He made his London fashion week debut in 2005. Theatrical glamour is still his trademark: Pugh has created costumes for Kylie Minogue, Beyoncé and Lady Gaga, as well as dance and opera. He has co-curated a new cultural festival, This Bright Land (Somerset House, 1-29 August), with his husband, the artist Carson McColl, to showcase the art and creativity of underrepresented groups.
