Roland Mouret

With a career in fashion spanning 30 years and an intimate appreciation of the female form, Roland Mouret has redefined the way women dress.  The Roland Mouret silhouette characterised the new power dressing of the ‘90’s from the red carpet to the boardroom.

 The son of a butcher who grew up in the Pyrenees, an autodidact with no blueprint, Roland has approached every phase in his creative life with a sense of freedom and fearlessness.  From modelling for Jean Paul Gaultier and Dior Homme to styling for French Glamour and ID Magazine to opening Freedom Bar in Soho in the mid ‘90’s, where gay and straight people could socialise openly. 

Roland started his brand with a collection of 15 pieces which were immediately celebrated by the Fashion press as part of the ‘demi couture’ movement which included the likes of Alexander McQueen and Hussain Chalayan.  His unique technique of draping 360 degrees around the body with one square of fabric (memories of the butcher’s apron) gave him international recognition for the uniqueness of his work. 

Roland’s work has become so much more than fashion design.  Over the last 2 decades, he has achieved something rarely achieved by a designer: his clothes characterise strong, independent women of the era who have self-respect and command the  respect of others.  It is no accident that his pieces appear regularly on the small and big screen and on political stages worldwide.

Continuing his journey as an autodidact, Roland is looking forward, in what he considers to be the best time of his life, to sharing his stories through his memoir that will pose as many questions as it answers. 

Standing by his view that “the biggest luxury is privacy”, Roland’s memoir will, without being a ‘kiss and tell’, draw the reader into the ‘90’s and noughties through his lens.

Roland has been living in the UK for 35 years and splits his time between London and the countryside.