Noel Stewart

Designer name: Noel Stewart

Origin: London

Career highlight: “Being a part of ‘Hats - An Anthology' at the Victoria and Albert museum. Marc by marc Jacobs last season was pretty special.”

Design background: Stephen Jones, Dài Rees, Philip Sommerville and Rachel Skinner. Royal Collage of Art.

Design signatures: “Modern, easy and elegant headwear (in the whole!).”

How would you describe the Noel Stewart woman? “Confident and not so confident individuals who enjoy the diverse benefits of hat wearing.”

Name three things that are inspiring you for spring/summer 2011: “A coral beach on the Isle of Skye, Paco Rabbane and Variform”

How do you see the brand moving forward and developing? “I want to get a shop/studio, I still feel like I'm camping where I am. I want to expand into Japan, Russia and China.”

What's new for you this season? “I'm seperately tackling sinamay and chiffon (although maybe i should be combining them...) Ive really focused on reinventing the cap in all it's incarnations, bluring the boundaries between formal, casual and occasion wear. I’m working with 3 young designers in London this season which is exciting. Gemma Slack, and Julian J Smith and Louise Amstrupp who have both just won very well deserved awards.”