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Directory is a boutique talent resourcing partner committed to creating innovative and long-lasting relationships within the Fashion and Lifestyle sectors.
We combine our passion and expertise to uncover people potential with a distinctively personalised process for both brands & candidates.
THE DIRECTORY PHILOSOPHY
Our ethos is a simple three-pronged approach of Search, Selection and Success. Directory provides a holistic, vertically integrated process for your recruitment and career needs. By combining insider networks, out-of-the-box methods and market know-how along with our extensive talent base, ranging from entry-level to Executive, we select highly qualified candidates, to match the best people with the right opportunity for optimal success.
Search We love a challenge. Directory is both professionally and culturally connected, using highly effective methods to find the best fit. Whether you’re a client or a candidate, impossible isn’t in our playbook.
Selection The Directory team guides both clients and candidates to ensure the best selection. As an end-to-end partner, we are committed to each individual by listening to your business needs, qualifying your career goals and directing your selection journey.
Success Your success defines ours. We believe that a friendly and receptive nature, integrity and a focus on measurable results are behind every long-standing professional bond. Sustaining the trust we’ve built over the years with our clients and candidates, we propel you to reach success on your own terms.
OUR CLIENTS
Christian Dior was a visionary. With his first collection in 1947 he rewrote the rules of modern elegance. The House of Dior has been built upon this heritage that makes Dior the supreme icon of luxury. This heritage continues today thanks to the talent of its creators with the same audacity and inventiveness that inspired Monsieur Dior.
Founded by Cristóbal Balenciaga in 1917 and established in Paris in 1937, the iconic French fashion house defined the concept of modernity & elegance through the mastery of techniques and the use of innovative fabrics. Balenciaga offers women’s & men’s ready-to-wear, handbags, shoes, accessories, eyewear & a fragrance for women, subsidiary of Kering.
The Maison Valentino was founded in 1960 by Valentino Garavani & Giancarlo Giammetti. Valentino is a protagonist of international fashion, & from 2008 until 2016, has gone through an impactful creative evolution. Valentino’s fashion is displayed through the Haute Couture & Pret-a-Porter lines for women & for men and through the Valentino Garavani accessories.
Influential, innovative and progressive, Gucci is reinventing a wholly modern approach to fashion. Eclectic, contemporary, romantic—Gucci products represent the pinnacle of Italian craftsmanship and are unsurpassed for their quality and attention to detail.
Founded in 1978, the Gianni Versace S.r.l. is one of the leading global fashion design houses. Under the Artistic Direction of Donatella Versace since 1997, Gianni Versace S.r.l. designs, manufactures and distributes fashion and lifestyle products including haute couture, women and men ready-to- wear, jewellery, watches, accessories, fragrances and home collection.
In April 2007, his first directly owned flagship store opened in New York at 845 Madison Avenue to coincided with the debut of the TOM FORD Menswear and Accessory collection. In September 2010, Ford presented his much anticipated womenswear collection.
Established in London in 2010 by duo Tamara Ralph and Michael Russo, Ralph & Russo is an international luxury brand revered for producing designs that are contemporary, timelessly elegant and sought after worldwide. Encompassing a blend of strong femininity, refined glamour, and timeless in its appeal.
Founded in Paris in 1854, Maison Louis Vuitton has inherited the ambition and vision of its founders. This legendary history built around travel continues to place the House at the forefront of creation. Still today, Louis Vuitton’s spirit of adventure is expressed through its unique heritage, values and rigorous spirit of innovation and ingenuity.
Designed by Dean and Dan, who create their collections in Italy: “Born in Canada, made in Italy”. Recently, collections have conquered a wider audience and, owing to their natural stylistic maturity, have become more chic and sophisticated while maintaining those sexy and provocative traits so embedded in their creative roots.
A signature style of sharp tailoring, natural confidence and sexy femininity was immediately apparent in her first collection and after only two collections. A lifelong vegetarian, Stella McCartney does not use any leather or fur in her designs. Her collections include women’s and men's RTW accessories, lingerie, eyewear, fragrance & kids.
AGNONA is a women’s luxury brand and a leading manufacturer of ready-to-wear produced using the most exclusive and noble fibers. Founded by Francesco Ilorini Mo in 1953 in Borgosesia, Agnona's textile innovations contributed significantly to the prestige and evolution of fashion during this golden age of made to order luxury.
Operating in the luxury goods industry making uncompromised quality its mission and offering a complete selection of products made in Italy with the finest raw materials. Loro Piana boasts six generations of experience in the production of top-end textiles & is an industry leader, thus guaranteeing a total control of all manufacturing processes.
Inspired by the mix of cultures that make up his heritage, Teheran-born, London-based designer Eskandar transcends trends in favour of traditional silhouettes from his past - resulting in unique collections filled with colour and texture.
Est in 1985, Dolce&Gabbana is today one of the leading international groups in the luxury goods sector. Founders, Domenico Dolce & Stefano Gabbana, have always been the creative and stylistic source of all the brand’s activities, as well as the drivers behind the development strategies based on growth on a global scale & focus on the core business.
Launched in the early 1980s by Cristina Rubini and Pietro Negra, PINKO is a contemporary fashion brand with an Italian spirit. Creativity and quality are central traits to the PINKO brand, expressed in both its forward-looking collections and its cutting-edge retail concepts.
Since 1852, Hästens has been committed to crafting the best sleep. The skilled craftsmen in their factory in Sweden, have been refining their work for generations. Every bed is bespoke and made by hand using only the best natural materials. The difference lies in the details and their quest to provide the most restful sleep for their customers.
Desmond & Dempsey endeavour to make your Sunday rituals as wonderful as can be. Starting with irresistible pyjamas. D&D make luxury pyjamas for men and women, hand-painted in London and made in Portugal.
Commture Ltd is an independent franchise business of EE; the fastest growing mobile network. They currently operate stores in the West Midlands and Northamptonshire; providing excellent service and products to suit all their customers.
Exero Lifestyle is a franchise partner of Snap Fitness. They are dedicated to changing lives through a results-driven culture; offering no contracts; high-quality workout equipment and 24/7 access to their clubs worldwide for their members.
Bru is a boutique café offering a different experience. Their deliciously different menu is proper coffee (a specially crafted blend), gorgeous gelato (creamily delicious and an Italian recipe), and delightful desserts (heavenly waffles and cookie dough to name a few).
Connock London is an award-winning British fragrance and skincare brand founded by Amanda Connock who has a rich heritage in sourcing and supplying speciality ingredients to the Perfumery and Cosmetics industry.