Fashion career profile
Steven Stokey-Daley
Steven Stokey-Daley is a British fashion designer from Liverpool and the founder of S.S. Daley. He graduated from the University of Westminster’s BA Fashion Design course in 2020 and established the label that year. His work reworks British school and aristocratic dress through a working-class perspective, often combining romantic and literary references with menswear codes. Before building his own studio, he gained experience on the menswear teams at Alexander McQueen and Tom Ford. S.S. Daley entered the British Fashion Council’s NEWGEN scheme in 2021 and won the LVMH Prize for Young Fashion Designers in 2022. The label also received the 2022 British Fashion Award for Best Emerging Designer. In January 2024, the company announced Harry Styles as a minority investor; Styles is an investor, not a co-designer. Daley’s profile keeps his creative leadership distinct from that outside investment and records the label as an independent house.
- Role
- Founder and Creative Director, S.S. Daley
- Nationality
- British
- Age
- 30
- Verified awards
- 1
- Education: BA Fashion Design, University of Westminster (2020)The designer’s official label history dates his graduation to 2020. · S.S. Daley
- Current role: Founder and Creative Director, S.S. DaleyThe independent label is led by its founder, Steven Stokey-Daley. · LVMH Prize
- Recognition: Winner, 2022 LVMH PrizeThe prize recognized his independent label and design practice. · LVMH Prize
- Business: Harry Styles became a minority investor in 2024The label announced an outside minority investment; Styles is not described as a designer or creative partner. · S.S. Daley
- 2020 — Launches S.S. DaleyAfter graduating from the University of Westminster, Stokey-Daley establishes his independent label.
- 2022 — Wins the LVMH PrizeS.S. Daley receives the 2022 LVMH Prize for Young Fashion Designers.
- 2024 — Harry Styles becomes a minority investorThe investment is a business relationship; it does not make Styles a creative director or designer.
- 2022 — Steven Stokey Daley — LVMH PrizeVerified fashion award