Deborah Milner

Deborah Milner is a British fashion designer. She first established her couture atelier in 1991, building up an impressive list of private clients and collaborating with leading names in fashion, including Isabella Blow, Philip Treacy and Nick Knight. In 1998, Milner designed a Dior-inspired purple corset-bodice dress for Helena Bonhams Carter to wear to the Oscars. That same year, Donatella Versace signed Milner up to head up a design studio at Versace. Since 2000, she has focused on ecologically aware design, founding her ecological couture line, Ecoture, in 2005. In the early 2010s, Milner is head of the Alexander McQueen couture studio and had previously collaborated with Alexander McQueen before his death.