Mr. Jeff Banks is a British fashion designer who created JEFF BANKS Label in 1969. He opened his first fashion retail shop in London in September 1964. He created Graduate Fashion Week in 1989 and remained president for 30 years. He won British Designer of the Year twice and was awarded a Knight Commander of The British Empire for great contributions to fashion industry. He is also one of the only 3 Global Fashion Designers to have won the Minerva Medal for outstanding design, and he was president of the Royal Chartered Society of Designers for 4 years. In addition, in the last 4 years he has become a Global Director of Vivienne Westwood Ltd.