Inspired initially my Claude Montana, Pierre Cardin and Andre Courreges to study fashion design. McLean studied an MA in Fashion Womenswear at the Royal College of Art prior to establishing the House of Flora label. House of Flora specialises in avant-garde headwear for the catwalk, fashion campaigns and collectors. The headwear is often driven by materials; PVC, Perspex, felt, leather, wood veneer and nylon, influenced by strong geometry and historical figures as well as concepts in modern art. Flora shares a studio with artist father Bruce McLean in London. They often work together on projects and discuss aesthetics and colour decisions. House of Flora has now expanded to include a commercial range of fashion jewellery and eyewear. McLean's designs have been worn by Kate Moss for French Vogue, Amber Rose, Paloma Faith, Kelis, Helene Bonham Carter as well as being photographed by the likes of Paolo Roversi, Nick Knight, Arthur Elgort, amongst others. House of Flora has created pieces for Matthew Williamson, Blumarine, Rocco Barocco, Bruce Oldfield and most recently for Riccardo Tisci at Givenchy Haute Couture with an Orbital halo in Plexiglass Orchid. In an ongoing collaborative project with top hairstylist Neil Moodie, McLean has created ‘Iconic Heads’ - hairstyle hats made in felt and other fabrics. 'Iconic Heads' have toured to Colette in Paris, Bumble and Bumble gallery in New York and store Liberty in London.
Flora often ues fashion film to accompany the collection. Some of the films have been shown on show studio and also been part of Diane Pernets film festival. Floras legendary PVC beret was exhibited in The Victoria and Albert museum recently in London, as part of the Anthology of Hats exhibition with millinery guru Stephen Jones. Her work was chosen to show other hats in a showcase of avant-garde hatters in Millinery in Motion fashion show. The work of House of Flora is widely known in leading fashion press and the pieces are now exported to cool outlets worldwide, as well as to private collectors. McLean continues to push the boundaries of the future of hat design and teaches millinery at The Royal College of Art and is technical surgeon at The Architectural Association in London.
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