Light House Presents: Sandy Powell

On June 10th, Light House plays host to the three time Oscar and Bafta winning costume designer, Sandy Powell. Interviewed by journalist and fashion diversity campaigner Caryn Franklin.

Powell has collaborated with the likes of Derek Jarman, Neil Jordan, Todd Haynes and Martin Scorsese. She currently holds a total of 15 nominations for the Academy Award for Best Costume Design and has won three times for Shakespeare in Love (1998), The Aviator (2004), and The Young Victoria (2009).

She has also been nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Costume Design a record 16 times and had three wins for Velvet Goldmine (1998), The Young Victoria, and The Favourite (2018).

As featured in The Sunday Times Style supplement from the 6th of June 2026, Powell gives the following fashion advice:

"Try to be individual. What I am set against, and what I've tried not to do my whole life - is following trends. Trends come and go. I'm not into fast fashion. Discover your own personal style and stick with it, whether that's fashionable or not. That's much more interesting."

Tickets for this event are now sold out, but we do hope to see many of our friends, designers, members, and clients there for a very memorable evening.