John Booth was born in Scotland in 1984 and raised in Cumbria before moving to London to study, graduating from Central Saint Martins with a BA in Fashion Print Design in 2009 — during which he interned at John Galliano and Zandra Rhodes. He now teaches as an Associate Lecturer at Central Saint Martins and also lectures at the University of Westminster. His fashion clients include Zandra Rhodes, John Galliano, Ashish, Christopher Shannon, FENDI, Paul Smith and Sunspel, and his work has appeared in the windows of Selfridges, the Conran Shop and Hospital Rooms. His practice spans illustration, ceramics, collage, embroidery and textile design. He draws inspiration from Karel Appel, Betty Woodman, retro children’s playgrounds and postmodern Italian designers, with colour strongly connected to his childhood in the Lake District.
