Amy Norbury meets the award-winning Derbyshire designer who is about to launch her first fashion collection.
IT’S BEEN A WHIRLWIND EIGHT MONTHS for Harriet Eccleston.
A er graduating from Northumbria University with a degree in fashion last summer, the 23-year-old took a punt and entered her graduate collection into the Midlands Fashion Awards in October, and was astonished when she scooped the title of Young Fashion Designer of the Year.
Buoyed by her success, and the plaudits her striking designs received from both other designers and fashion industry scouts, Harriet le her job working for leading fashion designer Paul Smith to launch her eponymous label…