Ruth Elizabeth Green
Date of birth: 22/11/1986
Place of birth: Peterborough
Nation: UK
Education
2009-2011: MA Fashion Womenswear-knitwear, Fashion and Textiles Department, The Royal College of Art, London, UK
2006-2009: BA Fashion Womenswear-knitwear, Fashion Department, Ravensbourne College of Design and Communication, London, UK
2004-2005: Art and Design Foundation, School of the Arts-Loughborough University, Loughborough, UK
1997-2005: 10 GCSE’s and 5 A-levels, Bourne Grammar School, Lincolnshire, UK
Professional Experience
06/09/2009: Knitwear design, Warehouse, London, UK
01/04/2008: Design/knit placement, Knit-1 Ltd, Brighton, UK
12/01/2007-2008: Internship, Clare Tough, London, UK
Other competitions
06-09-2010: Rowan British Wool Week Design competition finalist. 2nd place, displayed in Liberty’s of London during London Fashion Week (Sept 2010).
03-07-2010: Finalist in the “Feel the yarn” Competition. Collaboration between. Toscana Promozione, Consorzio Promozione Filati and Pitti Immagine. Displayed at Pitti Filati, Florence July 2010.
2009: Winner of British Fashion Council Colleges Council and Warehouse Graduate design competition.
School represented at
ITS#TEN:
Royal College of Art
Publications
Magazines
09/2009: Grazia, weekly fashion magazine, London, UK
09/2009: You Magazine, Daily Mail Sunday Supplement, London, UK
Newspapers
09/2009: LondonLite, London, UK
09/2009: The Independent, London, UK
09/2009: The Evening Standard, London, UK
Websites
09/2009: The Independent Online (http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/fashion/features/the-fashion-audit-21092009-1790641.html?action=Gallery&ino=3)
08/2009: Graziadaily.com (http://www.graziadaily.co.uk/fashion/archive/2009/08/03/meet-london-fashion-week-s-newest-star.htm)
06/2010: Vogue.com (http://www.vogue.it/en/talents/contests-and-more/2010/07/feel-the-yarn)
Prizes won at ITS
ITS#TEN Skunkfunk Sustainability Award
Additional info
06/2010: Guest Judge on the Panel for the British Fashion Council Colleges Council and Warehouse design competition 2010.
09/2009: Fashion Week launch/Display of Ruth Green for Warehouse at 180 The Strand, London, UK.
09/2009: Exhibited at Silent We Shout (http://johnnym.f2s.com/swsblog/), Graduate Fashion Designer Retail Platform. The Truman Brewery, London, UK.
09/2009: Ruth Green Collection launched, Warehouse-Argyll Street, London (alongside 10 stores across the country).
06/2009: Ravensbourne Fashion Show, Graduate Fashion Week, Earls Court, London, UK. Nominated for the Visionary Pringle Knitwear Award.
