User talk:Lesley Mobo

Lesley Mobo spent his early years in Philippines before moving to London to study Fashion. Originally trained as a scientist, after gaining a University degree in Biology and a scholarship offer from a prestigious Medical school, he instead turned his hands into fashion design. Graduating from the prestigious Central St Martin’s in 2002 with a First Class B.A. Honours Degree in Fashion he also received the Colin Barnes Award for fashion illustration from Central St Martin’s, a nomination in the Chartered Society of Designer Fashion Awards held in the British Natural History Museum, and participated in the ‘Fashion in Motion’ exhibition at the Victoria and Albert Museum, from which his works were featured in the BBC News. In 2002 he was interviewed by John Galliano for the House of Dior, and has also assisted for Clements Rebeiro and Cacharel. In 2002 he accepted a designer post in the newly established brand Jasmine Di Milo in Harrods, London. In 2003 he was promoted to Head Designer for the Jasmine Di Milo label working closely with its design team. As a pioneering member of the team he helped the brand to grow by showcasing its latest collection every season during Paris Fashion Week at the grand palatial Hôtel Ritz, boasting more than 400 of the most sought-after stockists worldwide. In 2004 he completed an M.A. in Fashion at Central Saint Martin's gaining a Distinction where he studied under the tutelage of the legendary professor Louise Wilson OBE. He showcased his M.A collection Obesity in the North Pole for Autumn/Winter 04-05 at London Fashion Week in February 2004, in Florence (winning the Emilio Pucci Award) and at the International Talent Support in Trieste where he won the coveted Diesel Award. In the same year he was invited by the world's most famous debating society, the Oxford Union, to present his Obesity in the North Pole collection to University of Oxford students. In 2005 he designed a sell-out capsule collection called Lesley Mobo by Diesel which was manufactured, distributed and sold by Diesel in its major flagship stores in London, Milan, Paris, New York, Antwerp, Berlin and Tokyo.

In 2005 he designed men's underwear for Absolut Label 1879 Collection in collaboration with Absolut Vodka Sweden.

In 2008 he was invited by the University of the Arts, London to sit on their Industrial Advisory panel for the London College of Fashion, and in March he was honoured to be invited by the Ayala Group of Companies to participate in the Bravo festival, a tribute to Philippine Artists showcasing his Mataveno Collection. In the same year he created his underwear line for men and women in partnership with Bench, one of the country's fastest growing global brands. In 2009 he started wholesaling his MOBO womenswear line in Paris during Paris Fashion Week, and was featured in Italian Vogue. The brand is sold in Independent boutiques and department stores in Hong Kong, Greece, Germany, Italy, Russia, Lebanon, Jordan, Egypt, Bahrain, Riyadh, Dubai and Qatar.

On March 25, 2012, ETC Channel announced Lesley Mobo as the finale judge of Project Runway Season 3, It was the most watched episode from Solar Entertainment Corporation, which handles the production, stated that the three-year gap from the previous season was due to "internal concerns" it needed to address as ETC moves from cable to a "free-to-air" format.

On October 29, 2012 He staged the biggest fashion show in South East Asia at the impressive Mall of Asia Arena  with a 45 piece couture collection for Cignal Digital TV and TV5 a premier satellite TV provider in South East Asia, together with its living/Lifestyle magazine channel, Colours. The exclusive event also benefitted the underprivileged. The event also featured the LIGHTOMORROW Project with Save the Children Foundation, a non-profit organization that aims to make quality education accessible and affordable to the less fortunate. Through the guests’ pledges of support, the beneficiaries of the said foundation will have easier access to education with the use of computers that will enable a home schooling approach.

From 2012-2015 he consulted for both luxury and high street brands in the UK and Asia and became the design consultant for Ghost. In 2013-2015  he designed his top selling T-shirt line "MOBO Lesley Mobo"  (Women, Men, Girls, Kids and Babies) for the Japanese giant Brand Uniqlo selling in China, Hong Kong, Macau, Korea, Taiwan, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines, Thailand, Australia and U.S.A. making it one of the biggest  line products in Uniqlo Stores.

In 2015 he was listed in 6th edition of Who's Who in Fashion (along with legendary fashion designers Azzedine Alaia, Elsa Schaparelli, Giorgio Armani, Valentino, Coco Chanel and Gianni Versace) published by Condé Nast and Bloomsbury/Fairchild Books London. His résumé includes work collaborations with Uniqlo, Absolute Vodka Sweden, Zandra Rhodes, Bench, Harrods, House of Fraser, stylist Jane How, stylist Sarah Richardson and the presentation of design works for designers such as Phoebe Philo for Chloé, whilst his works have been exhibited in the Asian Fashion Grand Prix in Osaka in 1998, the Future Mapexhibition in The London Institute Mayfair Gallery, Fashion in Motion at the Victoria and Albert Museum London and Artistic Portfolio Congress, Lisbon in 2002 and at the Stadt Museum for The Fashion Generation in Landeshauptstadt Dusseldorf in 2005. Appearances of Mobo’s works in books and publications include Fifty by Diesel, Another Magazine, Exit Magazine, Dazed & Confused, i-d magazine, Self-Service Magazine Paris,Jalouse Paris, Elle Germany, Vogue Portugal, Vogue Spain, Vogue Japan, Teen Vogue USA, Studio Voice Japan, Crash Paris, Zoo Germany, Neo 2 Spain, Vanity Fair Italy, Zink New York, Pig Magazine Italy, Muse, Lips Thailand, Flux, Maxi Germany, Elle Holland, Glamour Italy, La Repubblica, Il Sole 24 Ore, Citizen K, Le Vif Express, Purple magazine, and The Times, The Guardian, The Independent and The Sunday Telegraph newspapers in the UK.