10 Facts About Katharine Hamnett

Katharine E Hamnett was born on 16 August 1947, in Gravesend, Kent and is an English fashion designer best known for her political T-shirts.

Katharine Hamnett was born on 16 August 1947, the daughter of James Appleton, a group captain.

In 2015, Katharine Hamnett designed a T-shirt reading CHOOSE LOVE for the charity Help Refugees .

Outside her own label, in 1984 Katharine Hamnett was involved in the founding of Tanya Sarne's Ghost label.

In 2008, Katharine Hamnett said that fashion designers participating in the London Fashion Week were racist due to what she views as increasing exclusion of black models, stating:.

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In 2013, Katharine Hamnett designed two different T-shirts for the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament: "EDUCATION NOT TRIDENT" and "NHS NOT TRIDENT".

Katharine Hamnett was one of several celebrities who endorsed the parliamentary candidacy of the Green Party's Caroline Lucas at the 2015 general election.

In June 2014, Katharine Hamnett joined Nimrod Kamer to perform a stunt outside Hackney Town Hall, aiming to make Hackney Mayor Jules Pipe ban the weedkiller Monsanto Roundup being used in the borough.

Katharine Hamnett won the first ever British Fashion Awards, and in 1996, was voted Britain's favourite designer by readers of Cosmopolitan.

Katharine Hamnett was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 2011 New Year Honours, for services to the fashion industry.