Barry Laden

Barry Laden (born in 1965 in Edgware, north west London, United Kingdom), is an entrepreneur and writer. Educated at City of Portsmouth Boys' School and the University of Westminster, he part qualified as an accountant before entering the business world. As a businessman, he is best known for his creation of The Laden Showroom, the UK's largest independent showroom and retail space used for the promotion of young fashion designers, based in London's Brick Lane. He also created a fashion brand, "The London Fashion Bus," which toured the UK in 2003-4.

As a writer, his crime fiction novel, "Klarkey's War" (East of City Press) was published in 2006. Since 1990, he has written material for radio and television, including a script for comedian Bob Monkhouse. At the age of 11, as a prize for winning a national essay competition, he was saluted by the entire Royal Navy on the rehearsal of the Fleet Review off Spithead, representing the Royal Family on the occasion of the Silver Jubilee of Elizabeth II.

His first play, "Ladies Aloud", was performed at a rehearsed reading at the New End Theatre in Hampstead, London, in November 2007, starring Linda Marlowe and Susannah York.

Memberships and Affiliations

MIoD (Member of the Institute of Directors)

FBII (Fellow of the British Institute of Innkeeping)

Equity (Member of Equity (trade union))

External links

* [http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/itsyourbusiness/article-23383059-details/Case+study%3A+GAMA+Healthcare/article.do Evening Standard O2 Inspiration Award feature]
* [http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,923-1638323,00.html Review of Klarkey's War in The Times by Tim Teeman]
* [http://www.times-series.co.uk/display.var.698657.0.0.php Interview in the Hendon & Finchley Times]
* [http://www.tangled-web.co.uk/crimedigests/digests05/eastofciwi05.html Klarkey's War summary]
* [http://www.thisislocallondon.co.uk/misc/print.php?artid=698657 This Is Local London article]
* [http://www.vogue.co.uk/street_chic/Brick_Lane/inside.asp?girl=2 Vogue credits The Laden Showroom]
* [http://www.boston.com/travel/getaways/britain/articles/2006/11/12/a_london_lane_stamped_with_hipness_variety/ The Boston Globe review of The Laden Showroom and Brick Lane]
* [http://www.urbanpath.com/london/boutiques/the-laden-showroom.htm Urban Path's list of Nice Things To Do In London]
* [http://www.guardian.co.uk/print/0,3858,4737665-103680,00.html The Guardian reviews The London Fashion Bus]
* [http://www.trendcentral.com/trends/trendarticle.asp?tcArticleId=927&tcCatId=3 Trend Central's review of The London Fashion Bus]
* [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/fashion/main.jhtml?xml=/fashion/2003/08/21/efstyb.xml&sSheet=/fashion/2003/08/25/ixfashion.html The Telegraph's review of The London Fashion Bus]
* [http://www.wella.co.uk/Client321/WellaGBContentV2.nsf/af33f1f6fdc4aab280256d800038a442/bfc3c53c733d2f0980256e4d003f7e23?OpenDocument The London Fashion Bus sponsored by Wella]