Clements Ribeiro

Designer names: Inacio Ribeiro and Suzanne Clements

Design background: The couple met and graduated at Central Saint Martins.

Career highlight: “Dining with Rei Kawakubo at Karl Lagerfeld's.”

How would you describe the Clements Ribeiro woman? “The one who wears and keeps our pieces as an expression of themselves.

Name three things that are inspiring you for spring/summer 2011: “Palm Springs, Lee Radzweel and vintage scarves.”
 
What’s new for you this season?  “Going back to the catwalk, great original prints and a new, leaner and longer silhouette.”
 
Where do you go in London to seek ideas for a forthcoming collection? “Anywhere and everywhere.”
 
As fashion fuses ever closer with art, film and music, how has London’s vibrant cultural scene influenced your SS11 collection?: “We are gallery rats and are particularly fond of exhibitions at the Tate, the Serpentine and the Gagosian - the recent Picasso exhibition at the Gagosian blew us away.”