Peter Morrissey is a prominent Australian fashion designer based in Sydney

Sydney

Sydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people...

. He grew up in the Sutherland Shire with his twin sister, Elizabeth, and four brothers and he attended school at De La Salle College (Cronulla, NSW)

De La Salle College (Cronulla, NSW)

De La Salle College Cronulla is a Catholic systemic, senior secondary, co-educational day school, located in Cronulla, a southern suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia....

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Career

Morrissey has been active in the Australian fashion industry since the 1980s. Until 1996, Morrissey worked with fellow designer Leona Edmiston

Leona Edmiston

Leona Edmiston is an Australian fashion designer based in Sydney. She studied fashion design at East Sydney Technical College and began her first label, called "Morrissey Edmiston", with Peter Morrissey in the 1980s. The label was popular for over 14 years...

. After their split, Morrissey formed his eponymous fashion label and enjoyed renewed success. The MORRISSEY label continues today under new owners who maintain collections in the categories of Eyewear, Corporate Gifts, and Leather Goods & Luggage. See MORRISSEY

Morrissey

Steven Patrick Morrissey , known as Morrissey, is an English singer and lyricist. He rose to prominence in the 1980s as the lyricist and vocalist of the alternative rock band The Smiths. The band was highly successful in the United Kingdom but broke up in 1987, and Morrissey began a solo career,...

. Plans are currently afoot to reintroduce the apparel collections in 2011 through select outlets. GQ Australia named Peter Morrissey 'Man of the Year – Designer' in 2002, while FHM

FHM

FHM, originally published as For Him Magazine, is an international monthly men's lifestyle magazine.- History :The magazine began publication in 1985 in the United Kingdom under the name For Him and changed its title to FHM in 1994 when Emap Consumer Media bought the magazine, although the full For...

 Australia bestowed the same title in 2003 and 2004. Cleo Australia

Cleo (magazine)

CLEO is an Australian, New Zealand, South African, Malaysian, Singaporean, Thailand and Indonesian women's magazine.Aimed at an older audience than the teenage-focused Dolly, the magazine is known for its CLEO Bachelor of the Year award....

 named Peter Morrissey Cleo Maybelline Designer of the Year in 2004.

Qantas

Qantas

Qantas Airways Limited is the flag carrier of Australia. The name was originally "QANTAS", an initialism for "Queensland and Northern Territory Aerial Services". Nicknamed "The Flying Kangaroo", the airline is based in Sydney, with its main hub at Sydney Airport...

 engaged Peter Morrissey to design its uniforms in 2003, and also to act as a mentor for their Spirit of Youth Awards. This mentoring relationship ceased in 2009.

In 2009, Morrissey introduced a new budget fashion range for Big W

Big W

Big W is one of the largest chain of discount department stores in Australia, with over 150 stores. It is a division of Woolworths Limited, the second largest retailer in Australia. Its main competitors are Kmart and Target, both owned by Wesfarmers....

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