helen david
biography
helen david was born in brighton. she attended brighton and hove high school for girls. after a-levels, she moved to london and gained a first-class honours degree at camberwell school of art and crafts, where she studied fashion/textiles and fine art print-making. she then attended the post-graduate course in fashion at st. martin’s school of art.
english eccentrics was founded in 1983 by helen, her sister judy purbeck and friend claire angel. this internationally renowned fashion house specialised in hand-printed and hand-embroidered eveningwear and scarves.
in 2000 helen won the glamour award during london fashion week.
her interest in fine art continued throughout her career in fashion and in 2001 she closed her business in order to concentrate full-time on art.
english eccentrics, the textile designs of helen littman was published by phaidon in 1994.
helen’s fashion/textile work is in permanent collections at the victoria and albert museum, the museum of london and the art institute of chicago.
riends and icons, helen’s first one-woman show, opened at the space gallery in belgravia, london in october 2003.
helen is currently studying fine art print-making, at the royal college of art.
helen’s show, immortals, opens at the space gallery on june 22nd
her work is in the private collections of individuals including Simon Fuller and Toyah Willcox.