Caryn Franklin
Caryn Franklin has worked in fashion for over 25 years as a writer, presenter, producer and director. Formally a fashion editor and later co-editor of i-D Magazine for 6 years, she is best known for presenting the BBC’s much loved ‘Clothes Show’ for 12 years and of course the BBC’s ‘Style Challenge,’ as well as hosting her own programmes ‘Well Woman’ and ‘Agony’ for Granada and ‘The Frock and Roll Years’ for Carlton also ‘Planet Fashion’ Granada ‘Style Bible’ and ‘Style Academy’ for Discovery Home. She also presented the ‘All New Clothes Show,’ now re-commissioned for UKTV Style. She has produced and presented four documentaries Vivienne Westwood, Philip Treacy, Fashion Targets Breast Cancer and Matthew Williamson with the makers of BAFTA for ITV also presenting ‘Agnes B’ for October Films and even played herself in a recent British Cinema hit ‘Confetti.’
Having interviewed everyone from Georgio Armani to Yves Saint Laurent, as well as having strong opinion about women and image, Caryn is also regularly asked to ‘guest’ as a recognised authority to a variety of other programmes like Trevor Macdonald, The Wright Stuff, I love the Eighties, Nineties, Lunchtime News, 6 O’clock News, GMTV, LK, Today, This Morning and many others.
She has written for a variety of magazines including i-D, Time Out, Marie Claire, Sunday Times, Woman’s Own, Health Plus, Telegraph Magazine, Eve, Elle, Cosmopolitan and produced four books ‘Fashion UK’ Conran Octopus The Breast Health Handbook (a best seller) Franklin on Fashion and Woman in the Mirror (her first novel) all published by Harper Collins.
As well as lecturing at prestigious colleges including the RCA, Central St Martins, and London College of Fashion, Caryn has co-chaired the successful campaign ‘Fashion Targets Breast Cancer, with designer Amanda Wakeley, from any years, helping to raise millions of pounds. She fronted the Oxfam Clothes Code Campaign – travelling to the Dominican Republic for government and union talks and has been a patron of Eating Disorders Association (Beat) for many years. All Walks Beyond the Catwalk www.allwalks.org is an award winning campaign and brand she conceived and produced with Erin O’Connor and Debra Bourne for Beat. She has recently been appointed Ambassador for the Centre of Sustainable Fashion at the London College of Fashion
