Fashion career profile
Molly Goddard
Molly Goddard is a British fashion designer who founded her London label in 2014 after studying at Central Saint Martins. Her work developed from hand-smocked and voluminous tulle dresses into a broader ready-to-wear practice, while retaining a recognisable interest in texture, colour and occasion dressing. Goddard established the business without outside investment and built it gradually through direct sales and wholesale. She received the British Emerging Talent award at the 2016 Fashion Awards and won the BFC/Vogue Designer Fashion Fund in 2018. The profile distinguishes her founder role from her continuing creative direction and traces the development of an independent studio rather than presenting the label as a corporate fashion group.
- Role
- Founder and Creative Director, Molly Goddard
- Nationality
- British
- Age
- 37
- Career appointments
- 2
- Fashion houses
- 1
- Active roles
- 2
- Founder’s Diary: Desmond & Dempsey’s Molly GoddardDrapers · 2026-06-30
- Video: designer Molly Goddard talks on community and signature aestheticsFashionUnited · 2018-12-17
- Education: Fashion, Central Saint MartinsLondon Fashion Week identifies Goddard as a Central Saint Martins alumna. · London Fashion Week
- Independent label: Molly Goddard label launched in 2014Goddard presented her first collection at London Fashion Week in 2014. · London Fashion Week
- Selected recognition: British Emerging Talent (2016); BFC/Vogue Designer Fashion Fund (2018)Awards and career milestones reported by the British Fashion Council and British Vogue. · British Vogue
- 2014 — Presents first collection at London Fashion WeekThe label begins with Goddard’s first collection in 2014.
- 2016 — Wins British Emerging TalentGoddard receives the British Emerging Talent award at The Fashion Awards.
- 2018 — Wins BFC/Vogue Designer Fashion FundThe award supports the independent label’s business development.
- 2014–Present — Founder — Molly GoddardCurrent appointment · London Fashion Week
- 2014–Present — Creative Director — Molly GoddardCurrent appointment · London Fashion Week