Paul Smith

For Spring Summer 2011 Paul Smith London sees a collection of authentic, traditional British inspired tailoring sitting alongside detailed key separates.

Tailoring is complemented with a range of shirts in signature Paul Smith stripes, checks and floral prints. Shirting comes in classic and slim shapes, injecting colour and pattern into the collection.

Paul Smith shirts exhibit the brand's signature mix of quintessential British style with contemporary edge. Paul Smith has the ability to anticipate, and even spark off trends not only fashion but in the wider context of popular culture.

Designed in Nottingham and London, the Paul Smith collections are primarily produced in England and Italy while the fabrics used are mainly of Italian, French and British origin. Paul Smith is global - the collection is wholesaled to thirty five countries and has fourteen shops in England. Paul Smith shops are found in London, Nottingham, Paris, Milan, New York, Hong Kong, Singapore, Taiwan, the Philippines, Korea, Kuwait, U.A.E. - and over two hundred throughout Japan.

Paul's girlfriend (now wife) encouraged him to set up his own boutique, and in 1970 his first shop was opened. By 1976 he had shown his first menswear collection in Paris under the Paul Smith label. Within 20 years of his introduction to fashion Paul Smith had established himself as the pre-eminent British designer.

Paul Smith was knighted by the Queen in 2000 for his outstanding contribution to British menswear and being a British menswear icon.