Jay Wilson

Infobox Fashion Designer


caption=Jay Wilson, September 2006.
name= Jay Wilson
nationality= British
birth_date= Birth date and age|1988|04|13|df=yes
birth_place= England
death_date=
death_place=
education= Westminster Kingsway, Central Saint Martins
label_name= Jay Wilson, B.L.I.N.D
significant_design=
awards= Tyler Media Award|

Jermaine Clive Wilson, (born 13 April 1988), better known as Jay Wilson, is a British fashion designer and stylist.

Wilson is best known for appearing on the Channel 4 and E4 reality show "" in January 2008.

Biography

Wilson started of studying Musical theatre as a young boy at the René Haase Theatre School, he was later pulled out and placed into a state primary school by his mother.Wilson still continued dancing at The Italia Conti Academy on weekends. after his primary education wilson moved on to Haberdashers' Aske's Hatcham College, where is it said that he first found his love of fashion. Wilson later decided to study at the prestigious Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design. Wilson was notoriously thrown out half way through the Program, due to his course tutors disapproval of his attendance and work. Wilson recently stated in an interview with Dermot O'Leary that "Saint Martin's was not for him" he also went on to say "I think you have to be a certain type of person to enjoy CSM and to be frank at that time the only interests I had were raving and alcohol".

Wilson comes from Jamaican, Scottish and Philippines heritage.

Wilson was awarded the title of "Young Designer Of The Year" by American based production company Tyler Media in 2005.Wilson was then offered the following year the opportunity to debut his first solo collection at Caribbean fashion week. Wilson later went on to show at the prestigious fashion week in New York [http://internationaldesignershow.com/ THE INTERNATIONAL DESIGNER SHOW 2006 ] ] Tyler Media is owned by Ex-super model "Christie Dinham".

"Big Brother: Celebrity Hijack"

On 3 January 2008 it was revealed that Wilson would be taking part in "". cite news|first=Peter|last=Dyke|title=Big Brother:Meet The Contestants|url=http://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/view/25501/Big-Brother-Meet-the-contestants/|publisher=Daily Star|date=2008-01-03|accessdate=2008-01-03] Jay was the fifth housemate to be evicted, and left the house on Day 23 in a double eviction with 30% of the votes.

Career

Jay is currently working on his Spring 09 collection, which is being sponsored by the YKK Group. Sketches from the collection were leaked onto his official blog on 14 May 2008, revealing the name of the collection (F//DOT//HILL) and listing three names Miss Foster, Chloe Murphy and Elle Sterling, which have been said to be the muses/inspirations for the collection.

Jay recently landed himself a job working with ex-runway model turned fashion designer Kimora Lee Simmons, working on her KLS and Baby Phat lines as a production assistant. Jay is also featured on the new series of Kimora's hit E! entertainment show Kimora: Life in the Fab Lane. it's been quoted that Jay's reaction to being offered the position at KLS was: "Oh my fuck, I'm gonna be working at Baby Phat... Let's call Christian I need a new pair of Louboutins".

Jay also recently ended a European and US tour with Dove award winning artist Stacie Orrico and rising star Jayms Madison, under the "Creative Jenius" management agency.

References

External links

* [http://www.jaywilsonbelieves.com/ Official website]
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* [http://internationaldesignershow.com/ International Designer Show]