Esme Young from Great British Sewing Bee discusses her life as told in her memoir, Behind the Seams
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- Опубліковано 25 сер 2024
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Join national treasure Esme Young, from her adventures at Central Saint Martins to The Great British Sewing Bee, go behind the scenes of Esme’s amazing life as she discusses her remarkable career with Shelly Vella, former fashion director at Cosmopolitan and now You Magazine.
To any self-respecting sewing fan, Esme Young needs no introduction. The diminutive judge of The Great British Sewing Bee has a sharp eye for a wonky seam, and an even sharper eye for a good necklace.
Her life, in many ways, is the story of post-war Britain. Born in 1949, she spent her childhood mostly outside and very much unsupervised. She discovered sewing aged 7, and a passion was born. As a teenager, she made her way to London and Central St Martins, when her life truly began. Living in a squat with other young creatives, Esme made the most of the creative heyday '70s and '80s: watching Notting Hill Carnival with David Bowie, starting a clothing line called Swanky Modes with three friends and 50 quid each. The '90s saw another career move, this one into costumes for films such as Bridget Jones's Diary and The Beach, before she moved onto the small screen herself.
A celebration of a creative life lived differently, Behind the Seams is a reminder that it's never too early, too late or too soon to pick up a needle and start stitching in a new direction.
ABOUT ESME
Esme Young is a renowned English fashion designer. Esme, born February 1949 in Bedfordshire, has enjoyed an impressive sewing career for over 50 years and started sewing at just seven years old, making her own outfits for events. She now works as a senior lecturer teaching fashion at Central St Martin’s College and Is a judge on the BBC's The Great British Sewing Bee. Behind the Seams is her Sunday Times bestselling book.
Esme you exude optimism. This needs to be on tv, i agree that school tick boxes but nothing is stopping anyone outside to be creative. My nanna taught me to sew and i am eternally grateful for that as its got me through some tricky times
Thank you for sharing. I adore Esme so I loved this 💕
Esme you are a true inspiration im 86 years young ha ha and have been a dress machinist all my working life from 15 till 50 I watch the G S B each week thankyou for sharing 😮😮
I love this Esme but it also made me sad …they were great times weren’t they? Xx
This was such a lovely interview.
What a inspiring woman Esme is.
I was part of the generation that learned to sew at school, I loved it from the start, I went to the London College of Fashion, worked in the theatre and then in Textile Art for many years, in middle age I retrained as a painter. You can't hold a creative person down!
Brilliant! Just started watching TGBSB and was wondering about the bows and Esme's background in fashion. The shop Swanky Modes must have been a blast to create in and for.
Fantastic
Can the GrsB be seen on you’ve or streamed somewhere else for us in the USA?