Jasper Conran

Jasper Alexander Thirlby Conran OBE (born 12 December 1959) is a British fashion designer. He is the son of Sir Terence Conran, a designer; and Shirley Conran, an author.

Personal life

Conran's birth parents divorced when he was two years of age.

Conran was educated at Port Regis School and Bryanston School in the 1970s; he also studied at the Parsons School of Art and Design in New York, United States (US).

Conran is an Honorary Doctor of Letters at Heriot-Watt University, a Visiting Professor at the University of the Arts London and an Honorary Doctor of Civil Law at the University of East Anglia. He has also served several times on the British Fashion Council.

Conran is a Patron of the Work-Life Balance Trust and is a Trustee of the Wallace Collection

Conran is openly gay and, in 2009, he was ranked number 66 in the annual Pink List of 100 influential gay and lesbian people in Britain, published by The Independent on Sunday. In 2010, this list described him as a "National Treasure". In December 2015, he married Irish artist and performer Oisin Byrne.