ABOUT THE BRAND 

SHARON GILL IS A LUXURY COUTURE FASHION BRAND FOUNDED AND OWNED BY SHARON, DESIGNED TO SUIT EVERY OCCASION. ALL SEASONAL CLOTHING COLLECTIONS AND ACCESSORIES ARE DESIGNED, DRAWN AND PATTERN CUT BY SHARON AND ALL FOOTWEAR IS DESIGNED BY SHARON, MADE IN ITALY AND MANUFACTURED TO THE HIGHEST STANDARD USING THE FINEST ITALIAN LEATHERS.

WHERE THE STORY BEGAN...

  BORN IN COVENTRY, UNITED KINGDOM, SHARON HAS ALWAYS HAD A LOVE FOR ART AND DESIGN, GRASPING EVERY OPPORTUNITY TO GET HANDS ON CREATIVE AND TO SHOW HER ABILITIES BEFORE AUDIENCE, PUTTING PENCIL TO PAPER, SKETCHING, PAINTING, DESIGNING, EVEN WRITING HER OWN STORIES AND MAKING BIRTHDAY CARDS. AT GCSE LEVEL, SHARON TOOK A GREAT INTEREST IN TEXTILES AND MADE HER FIRST GARMENT AT THE AGE OF 15, WHERE HER LOVE FOR FASHION GREW. SHARON ALSO STUDIED INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, ORGANISATIONS AND SHOWED STRONG BUSINESS ACUMEN FROM A YOUNG AGE, AS HER ULTIMATE AIM WAS TO BE A SUCCESS.  SHARON TOOK A KEEN INTEREST IN PHOTOGRAPHY AND AFTER STUDYING A LEVEL ART, ART TAPESTRY,  FINE ART AND ART HISTORY, SHARON WENT ONTO COVENTRY UNIVERSITY TO STUDY FOUNDATION STUDIES IN ART AND DESIGN BEFORE STUDYING FOR A FASHION DEGREE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTHAMPTON.
COVENTRY IS FAMOUS FOR ITS HISTORY, ART HISTORY, CATHEDRAL, KNOWN AS COVENTRY'S LANDMARK, ANCIENT BUILDINGS AND CITY WALL. COVENTRY HAS A HISTORY FOR BRING DIVERSE AND A RICH HISTORY FOR EDUCATING SOME OF THE WORLDS LEADING ARTISTS. IN THE MIDDLE AGES, DUE TO THE CLOTH AND TEXTILES INDUSTRY, COVENTRY BECAME ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT CITIES IN ENGLAND.
IN 2006, SHARON ESTABLISHED HERSELF AS A DESIGNER AFTER INVENTING THE FIRST EVER 2 IN 1 BOOT FOR HER AW06/07 COLLECTION. SHARON'S FIRST COLLECTION WAS INSPIRED BY ITALY'S CULTURE OF ROMANCE, PASSION AND FAMOUSLY FOR ITS ART AND ANCIENT RUINS, FROM ART NOUVEAU TO RENAISSANCE, THESE COMBINED WERE INCORPORATED INTO THE BRAND, YET CONTEMPORARY WITH A MODERN TWIST, FROM THE INTRICACY OF ITALIAN ARCHITECTURE LOCATED IN FLORENCE AND VARIOUS RENOWNED CITIES ACROSS ITALY, TO VENICE, THE CITY OF OLD-FASHIONED ROMANCE, LIVES THE WORLD OF FASHION, BORN IN THE CITY OF MILAN. EVERY BRAND TELLS A STORY...
  SHARON TOOK FULL ADVATAGE OF THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHOWCASE HER DESIGN SKILLS, NOT ONLY AS A DESIGNER, BUT ASLO AS AN ARTISAN. SHARON DESIGNED AND INVENTED THE FIRST EVER HAT-BAG, WHICH SHOWED SHARON'S INTRICATE ARTWORK, THE LASERCUT LACE DESIGN FOR HER AW07/08 COLLECTION, WHICH GAINED ATTRACTION FROM THE MEDIA
SHARON'S COLLECTIONS WERE ALSO EXHIBITED AT THE LEATHERSELLERS SHOW, LONDON, IN 2006, NORTHAMPTON SHOE MUSEUM AND ART GALLERY FOR TWO CONSECUTIVE YEARS AND NORTHAMPTON FASHION SHOW WITH LINKS TO THE BRITISH FOOTWEAR ASSOCIATION. BY THE END OF HER SECOND YEAR, SHE WON TWO AWARDS, THE LEATHERSELLERS BURSARY AWARD TO HELP FUND HER FINAL MAJOR PROJECT AND STUDENT DESIGN AWARD, WHICH LED TO THE SPONSORSHIP OF HER FINAL COLLECTION. BY MARCH 2007, SHARON WAS PHOTOGRAPHED BY 'IMAGE' MAGAZINE FOLLOWING THE EXHIBITION OF HER WORK AND BY MAY 2007 SHE WAS INTERVIEWED AS AN UP AND COMING DESIGNER BY BBC2.
 THE ITALIAN INSPIRED PASSIONE COLLECTION (ITALIAN WORD FOR PASSION), DESIGNED BY BRITISH FASHION DESIGNER SHARON GILL WAS EXHIBITED IN BATTERSEA, LONDON IN 2007, WHO THEN GRADUATED FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTHAMPTON, WITH A BA (HONS) IN FASHION.
THE BRAND HAS DEVELOPED A MORE ELEGANT AND SOPHISTICATED RANGE DESIGNED TO A HIGH SPECIFICATION DETAILING SHARONS OWN INTRICATE LASER CUT LACE DESIGN.

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