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Daniella Helayel Teams With British High Street Brand Monsoon
MY MONSOON: Former Issa London founder and creative director Daniella Issa Helayel is back in action, teaming with the British high street retailer Monsoon on a capsule range of dresses.
Known for her figure-flattering, brightly colored silk wrap dresses, Helayel made headlines around the world when the Duchess of Cambridge wore a royal blue Issa London design for her engagement announcement to Prince William in
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The Daniella Helayel for Monsoon piece range features Helayel’s signature ladylike designs. The collection includes 13 dresses — long and short — a shirt and trousers. Materials include silk chiffon, satin crepe and jersey, in a range of bold colors and floral and graphic prints.
Prices range from 89 pounds, or $, for a shirt to pounds, or $, for a dress. It is being sold exclusively at Monsoon stores and on the label&rs
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Monsoon collaborates with Daniella Helayel
Founder and former creative director of Issa, Daniella Helayel has collaborated with high street retailer Monsoon on a capsule collection.
Helayel, best known for her figure-flattering dresses, made famous by the Duchess of Cambridge, who wore a blue Issa wrap dress for her engagement announcement, has produced a capsule collection featuring knee-length and maxi dresses, a shirt and wide-leg trousers.
The piece collection ranges from 89 pounds for the shirt to pounds for a maxi dress, which comes in a range of materials including silk chiffon, satin crepe and jersey, in a range of bold colours and floral and graphic prints.
The collaboration marks the designer’s first exclusive collection for Monsoon and echoes the style of Helayel’s former label Issa, with figure-flattering silhouettes and vintage eclectic inspired prints.
On Monsoon’s website the designer stated that she likes to “empower women so they can get on with their lives
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DANIELLA HELAYEL has left Issa London. The designer - who founded the label - will be succeeded by Blue Farrier, who has previously worked at Chloé, Stella McCartney and Anya Hindmarch.
While an official announcement is expected from the label later today, it's reported that Helayel's decision to leave was by mutual agreement - and that she has plans to pursue other projects, starting later this year. According to industry experts, she had been unhappy for some time and her departure did not come as a surprise.
"The time has come for me to move on to focus on my art, travel and other interests," she said. "Creating Issa has been one of the most rewarding things in my life. I may be leaving, but the Issa girl will live forever in my heart."
Issa London is renowned for its flattering dresses, tropical prints and holiday-ready attire, and funnen itself in the global media spotlight in , when a then Kate Middleton announced her engagement to Prince Willia