Hayden Williams

Hayden Williams is a 22 years old British fashion designer or illustrator, currently studying fashion design in Ravensbourne University. He is known for his amazing illustrations of many famous figures such as singers, actress/actor, celebrities, models, etc. He has been referenced to and gotten personal mentions from famous people, Beyonce and Rihanna being two of them. He was also featured in some of the most reputable magazinez, such as ELLE and Vogue. 

His fame started to kick off in 2009 when he posted and showed his distinctive illustrations in Instagram. The mega-hyped social media gave him the huge push he needed in widening the audience of his popularity and raising acknowledgement from social mass. As of now, he has his own Facebook page and personal website dedicated to his work, which has gained more than 500,000 followers in Instagram.

One of Hayden Williams’ illustrations that made the sturdy base of his fame is his “Disney Divas Collection”. The special collection was centered around iconic Disney princesses. Williams illustrated and designed the Disney princesses’ characters along with their Hayden-Williams-modified dress, each with that Hayden-esque distinctive strokes which many of his fans would easily recognize as his work. The lines of his illustrations always have fine and artistic lines and vibrant details also colorful and playful.

Recently, he won an illustration competition held by Sketch Street. Thus, he was given the opportunity to come out with his own women’s ready to wear clothing line collection exclusively made for Sketch Street. This achievement kept up the drive in him to keep being motivated and continue on being the phenomenal illustrator that he is. 

“It feels amazing to be recognized and supported by such established and talented people! I am humbled by it all because I did not expect it to happen. I never become complacent either. I am always aiming to improve and become something greater!”, he said during an interview with Fashion London magazine. As successful as he is now, Hayden kept himself grounded and humbled. I can learn a lot from him as an aspiring designer myself, starting from his attitude towards his success and the way he never stops improving his drawing skills.