Lisa Gorman is an Australian fashion designer. She established the women’s fashion label Gorman, developed the brand for 22 years, retiring as its creative director in 2021.

Early life

Eldest of four daughters, Gorman grew up at the coastal town of

Warrnambool Warrnambool (; Eastern Maar, Maar: ''Peetoop'' or ''Wheringkernitch'' or ''Warrnambool'') is a city on the south-western coast of Victoria (Australia), Victoria, Australia. At the Census in Australia#2021, 2021 census, Warrnambool had a populati ...

in Victoria. After graduating in 1989 from St Ann's College, an

all-girls Single-sex education, also known as single-gender education, same-sex education, same-gender education, and gender-isolated education, is the practice of conducting education with male and female students attending separate classes, perhaps in se ...

school in Warrnambool, she moved to Melbourne and studied nursing. Gorman worked part-time at

Royal Melbourne Hospital The Royal Melbourne Hospital (RMH), located in Parkville, Victoria, an inner suburb of Melbourne, is one of Australia's leading public hospitals. It is a major teaching hospital for tertiary health care with a reputation in clinical research. Th ...

for eight years.

Career

Gorman began her career in fashion as a designer for the Melbourne bridal couturier Mariana Hardwick. In 1999, she launched her label, Gorman, with a collection titled ‘Less Than 12 Degrees’ at the now-defunct fat 52 boutique. By 2003, the label was stocked in 55 retailers in Australia and 15 in Japan. In 2004, she opened the first Gorman boutique in Prahran, Melbourne. In 2010, Gorman part-sold her brand to the fashion conglomerate Factory X, citing that she wanted to remain focused on the designing and have assistance running the growing business. By November 2021, Gorman had over 50 stores across Australia. By the mid-2010s, the label was considered one of the most "iconic" brands on the Australian fashion scene. In November 2023, Gorman became the creative director for stationery brand Kikki.K.

Personal life

Gorman lives in

Fitzroy, Victoria Fitzroy is an inner-city suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, northeast of the Melbourne central business district, located within the City of Yarra Local government areas of Victoria, local government area. Fitzroy recorded a population ...

with her husband Dean Angelucci and their two daughters.

References

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