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THE ARTS, FASHION & DESIGN
POWERLIST 2010
TANDY ANDERSON OZWALD BOATENG
Co-founder and chief executive, Select Models Fashion designer
Within the international fashion In July Boateng became the fi rst
industry, Tandy Anderson is British designer to dress President
regarded as one of the best and Obama after being invited to
most infl uential male-model agents present Obama with a suit during
in the world. The fact that she also his weekend visit to Ghana.
discovered Helena Christensen Boateng is credited with having
and Sienna Miller testifi es to her revolutionised the most famous
enviable eye for talent. After three street in the world for men’s
successful years as an international tailoring after being the youngest
model herself – during which time tailor to open a shop in London’s
she had assignments for a fl edgling Savile Row. His client list includes
Miss Selfridge and Mary Quant – Hollywood A-listers and heads of
Anderson became a model booker state in equal measure. When the G8
with a top agency. From there she met in London earlier this year, he
set up Select Model Management, which is now Britain’s most provided ties for the world leaders after the PM’s Downing Street
prominent modeling agency. Anderson’s tenure on the popular dinner. Entirely self-taught, Boateng began tailoring at the age of 16.
reality TV show Make Me A Supermodel enshrined her public profi le In 2005 he was honoured with a major retrospective at the Victoria
as a no-nonsense, straight-talking analyst – one who also regularly and Albert Museum. In January he presented the BBC documentary
voices her criticism of the sparse representation of black models on Why Style Matters.
the nation’s catwalks.
Infl uential because… very few people Infl uential because… he has brought
can exert the sort of leverage in the his own sense of style and creativity to
fashion industry that she can. Savile Row and it’s making a diffference.
EKOW ESHUN STEVE McQUEEN
Artistic director, the Institute of Contemporary Arts Artist/director
Ekow Eshun is one of Britain’s leading cultural commentators In the past year, Steve McQueen
and an award-winning broadcaster who is tasked with has further proved his heavyweight
ensuring that the ICA remains home to the best credentials with two major awards
new art and culture from Britain and around the for his debut feature fi lm Hunger.
world. His desire for creative adventure and Based on the last six weeks of the
innovative work has meant he has presided IRA hunger-striker Bobby Sands,
over a rise in audience numbers since being the fi lm scooped the Caméra d’Or
appointed in 2005. Eshun appears regularly in Cannes and the Carl Foreman
on BBC2’s Newsnight Review and won the Special Achievement Award for
One World Broadcasting Trust Media award fi rst-time writer/directors at the
for Best Documentary (Living on the Line) Baftas. McQueen, 39, has been
in 2001. In 1996, when he was just 28, Eshun known more as a lens-based artist
became the youngest ever editor of men’s than as a movie maker. His work
magazine Arena. His memoir, Black Gold of the has been shown in museums
Sun: Searching for home in Africa and England, around the world and acquired by major institutions. He won The
was nominated for the Orwell Prize for Turner Prize in 1999 and has received an ICA Futures Award and an
political writing in 2006. Imperial War Museum Artist Award. He represented Britain at the
Venice Biennale and his latest project, Queen and Country, aims
to commemorate service personnel killed in Iraq with their own
Infl uential because… his
postage stamp.
intellectual and artistic
clout drives one of Infl uential because… he constantly
Britain’s most creative creates innovative, challenging ways in
organisations. which artists work with fi lm.
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