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A graduate of New York’ s  Fashion Institute of Technology and a former assistant buyer for the  Associated  Merchandising Corporation, Prudence left New York and moved to London in 1986. After working as a free-lance fashion stylist, Prudence trained for several years in couture millinery. All of her hats are made in the classical manner using only traditional millinery techniques. 
Prudence designed her first collection for spring 1991 under her own label, Prudence, and received orders from Bergdorf Goodman and Henri Bendel both in New York. In November 1990 she was asked by London designer Vivienne Westwood to create the hats for her autumn / winter 1991 collection and has  been working with Vivienne ever since. She was also asked to design models for Balenciaga in Paris. In May 1991  she had her first  international cover for Italian Vogue with a hat from her spring collection gracing the head  of supermodel Linda Evangelista. After that followed many photographs and articles for various magazines and newspapers such as  L’ Uomo Vogue,  British Vogue, Vogue Italia,  Vanity Fair,  Elle,  W and Harpers &  Queen. In 1993 she began designing ladies hats for Bond Street hatter Herbert Johnson and in that same year designed a spring collection for  Joseph  in  Knightsbridge. Prudence now also designs and produces couture hats for men following the success of the Vivienne Westwood MAN collections and in winter 1996 Prudence and Vivienne Westwood won the  Best Accessories Award  for the MAN couture hats by the Fashion Council of America. 
Prudence worked with Tom Ford at Yves Saint Laurent and Gucci. She designed and produced all the pret-a-porter hats for YSL Rive Gauche in Paris for men and women.           .MORE >