About Rebecca Torres

NOMINEE AT THIS YEARS SCOTTISH FASHION AWARDS

"Young Scottish Fashion Designer Of The Year"

BIO

Rebecca Torres Started her fashion career studying Fashion Design and Manufacturing at Cardonald College in Glasgow and furthered her education by obtaining a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Fashion Business at Caledonian University. Rebecca worked in London with designer/stylist Nova Dando. During her time in London she assisted on a variety of photo shoots ranging from music videos to television adverts. After returning to her hometown of Glasgow, it was this rich experience in the UK fashion capital that inspired her to create her own label – REBECCA TORRES based in Glasgow.

Rebecca and her label REBECCA TORRES have been featured in a selection of publications, including Vogue, Grazia, Look, Vice, Company, Cosmopolitan, Wallpaper and also a variety of popular fashion blogs such as Kingdom Of Style, Which you can view here.

Achievements

Winner of "Best E-commerce Site 2013" at The BT Young Entrepreneur Awards with Youth Business Trust

Nominee at The Scottish Fashion Awards 2012 "Young Designer Of The Year"

In 2011 Rebecca was selected to design for Brand Alleys competition “Evening Black Dress” or “EBD” where she was part of 10 designers from the UK selected to design there interoperation of the EBD. Rebecca’s design was the best seller on the BrandAlley.com website.

Rebecca was also Shortlisted for the Lloyds TSB Enterprise Awards 2012 and was given the award for “Highly Commended Business” Which was a great Achievement to be recognised within the business sector.

Nominated as one of Vice magazines 'Creative 30', short-listing 30 of the most creative talents under 30 in the UK. Following up from this nomination Rebecca was selected as one of the top five designers to discover in 2009 by The Herald.