Stacy Keibler in Hayley Scanlan

Recently I have been asked to return to New York and show my work again at Dressed to Kilt for 10th Anniversary as part of Tartan Week. Due to being on Maternity leave and not having done a new collection as of yet I've decided not to take part. Above is Stacy Keibler wearing Hayley Scanlan last year on the runway at Dressed to Kilt ... until yesterday I was completley unaware that she is now the girlfriend of Hollywood star George Clooney! Exciting!

2012

Happy 2012 to everyone! Really exciting start to the year ... today I was named as 1 of 6 Scotland's "One's to Watch" in Fashion 2012 by Scotland on Sunday's Spectrum Magazine.

Looking forward to getting stuck into a new collection this year & making this year better than last .... however enjoying a little break right now with my beautiful little Twin Baby Boy's Freddie & Oscar who were born just before Christmas :-)

HS by Hayley Scanlan

Quick post just to give you a little sneaky peek of a couple of dresses I made over the past couple of days for Christmas Presents. I'v had a huge response over on my facebook page where I posted the photos with no intentions of making these available and have had lots of requests for them. These plus a few more designs and colour ways will be available early 2012 as part of my little sister label "HS" by Hayley Scanlan which will provide more affordable garments yet still of the same quality and style as my other printed work. So apologies to all the girls requesting these at this point in time ... keep your eyes peeled for updates & for when these will become available.

Merry Christmas!! x

Hayley Scanlan x XFactor x Little Mix

A little delayed on my update's but things have been majorly busy for me...I must admit I don't have enough hours in the day to find time to constantly blog, but this is just a wee space for me to update progress on my work, nothing more! Anyway ... Just after I thought things couldn't get any better for me, I received a pretty AMAZING request the week before last. XFactor Stylist Laury Smith (who's work, I admit I havn't been the biggest fan of this series since she took over from Grace Woodward) emailed me requesting my collection for the XFACTOR FINALS for Little Mix to wear .... !! Excitedly I sent my collection off to XFactor studio's and watched to see if my collection would make an appearance, but sadly not.

The exposure would have been great for me but everyone will agree my work wasn't right for the look Little Mix were going for throughout the show. However, again, such a MASSIVE achievement for me to have been asked considering having only produced 1 Collection so far and feel extremely honoured to have been asked. Huge well done to Little Mix for winning (they were my faves all along) and I'm sure 1 day soon they will be wearing Hayley Scanlan!

Also I doubt I will post again before Christmas, so I would like to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas .... Im looking forward to having the best Christmas EVER with my Twins about to be born within the next few days. What a great year ... lets hope 2012 is only bigger & better! x

Jessie J wears Hayley Scanlan!

W O W Z A ! Jessie J wears Hayley Scanlan White Phidias Print Dress at F1 Rocks in Sao Paulo Brazil last week. Amazing :-) Check out the video link below to see it!

Jessie J & Macy Gray Take Sao Paulo

Outfit Post!

Never been a fan of "Outfit Posting" blogs. Only because I don't get the whole dressing up, cringe worthy posing and taking photo's of myself kinda thing ... only a select few in the world (with amazing wardrobes/faces) can get away with it, I find them rather embarrassing to be perfectly honest ... but each to their own I suppose.

Anyway I thought I'd share this photo of my 5 year old niece Ruby in her Chanel-esque outfit at her 5th Birthday Party, in her very best "It's my party & I'll cry if I want to" pose. In my opinion Ruby puts all typically styled (YAWN) "fashion bloggers" to shame ... and she is only 5. Not only that, for her birthday I bought Ruby her first sewing machine which she asked for specifically to "make all of her own clothes" .... this 5 year old seems to have it all sussed. Beware of the next generation of Scanlan!

V&A Pecha Chucha

Extremely flattered and grateful to receive a lovely mention from Mr Philip Long, Director of the V&A Dundee at Creative Dundee's Pecha Chucha night last week :-)

Hayley Scanlan on Lookk.com

Yesterday, after reading one of my favourite blogs Kingdom of Style I was very excited to discover a post on Lookk.com. Lookk.com is a website offering new designers a platform to upload their lookbook to showcase and promote their collections to a panel of industry experts. Each designer has the chance of winning €10,000 for the production & distribution of their very own capsule collection if they are voted onto the list of 1hundred Designers ... a perfect opportunity for myself and any other new designer trying to kick start their career.

So of course I decided to give it a bash and have uploaded my look book here if you would like to help me get onto the list of 1hundred designers & help me qualify as a contender for this dreamy prize, please click on the "+1 Support this Designer" icon at the right hand side of my collection here or click on the ♥ icon on any of your favourite looks within my collection (if you have one). Your help & support would as always be greatly appreciated!! Voting ends 30th November :-)

Versace x h&m

This morning I woke up to the online first view of the full Versace x H&M Collection, something which I have been greatly anticipating since the moment I found out about this collaboration. Versace to me was the very first fashion house I fell in love with when I was a little girl back in the 90's... and the fashion house partly responsible for me wanting to become a fashion designer. So obviously the news of collaboration with one of my favourite high street stores was basically the dream collaboration I have been waiting for all of my life! Anyway, after drooling for months over recent adverts & sneak previews of the collection, this morning to my disappointment I noticed that a few of the garments advertised and of course the ones I had my heart set on were not listed in the full collection! However,most of the collection is of course amazing, affordable and if I could I would purchase the lot. None the less it is my ambition at present to make sure I get my paws on some of the pieces that I want, as lets face it, it might be the only Versace items I might ever get the chance to own ... check out the full collection here available in selected stores from 17th November ....... Y I K E S !

Stud & Stud

MAJOR news on the Hayley Scanlan front and a MAJOR achievement for myself ... I am very excited & proud to announce that my collection is now available & exclusive to super cool online boutique Stud & Stud!

Stud & Stud are an online boutique dedicated in supporting emerging new design talent. As you can see from the website the boutique are specific in designers they stock ... and more evidently you cannot deny the exceptional standard of talent among the list of designers stocking there! So when I was contacted by Stud & Stud, I was of course absolutely over the moon!! To be added to such an amazing list of incredibly talented designers who's work I have admired for a while - Simon Preen, Bordelle, Gabriella Marina Gonzalez and Tamsin Lillywhite (to name but a few) was extremely flattering for me. Even more so, this is the first ever official and exclusive stockist of Hayley Scanlan ... which of course is majorly exciting for me, a HUGE achievement and something of which I am very proud of.

Since the launch of my collection a week ago I have received some AMAZING feedback and am completely overwhelmed by the response. It's times like this when all the countless hours of non-profitable hard work pays off. Receiving positive feedback & criticism about something so personally directed is the best reward I could ask for at this current stage of my work. Even though this is the first step & only the very beginning, the encouragement is something I have very much needed recently to continue to push me to not to give up and I am sincerely grateful to everyone who has supported me, so thanks very much!

Check out some great articles about my launch at Stud & Stud on Zeitgeist Magazine here, Stylenoir Magazine here and most recently the amazing Kingdom of Style here. Thanks to all for the kind words :-) ... Oh! and of course check out my collection at Stud & Stud here!