"Pam Hogg is a designer of Cult status, one of the most original, inventive, creative designers in Britain" - Terry Wogan
She is widely regarded as an icon of British fashion design.
"Britain's most provocative designer" - The Guardian
"The audacious sartorial stylings of Pam Hogg are not for the shy and retiring, a kaleidoscopic tour de force of pop, punk and PVC" - The Gentlewoman
The “Caledonian Queen of Cling” - Elle Magazine,
"Effortlessly avant garde" - Bella Freud
Self taught in fashion, Pam Hogg is a multi award-winning graduate from Glasgow, her early work was recognised with prizes and awards including the Newbury Medal of Distinction and the Frank Warner Memorial Medal, the Leverhulme Scholarship and the Royal Society of Arts Bursary. Her subsequent career has been lionised with a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Scottish Fashion Council, the Great Scott Award, plus for Creative Excellence from the Scottish Fashion Council. Pam holds three more fashion awards from Scotland, an MA in Textiles from the Royal College of Art, and an Honorary Doctorate from The University of Glasgow and the Glasgow School of Art (2016). In the same year Pam delivered a TED talk for TEDxGlasgow
Pam Hogg's shop in London's Soho mid 80s was a centerpoint for customers and retail buyers alike. Early collections were stocked in Harrods, Harvey Nichols,
Joseph, Bendals, Bloomingdales, plus numerous world wide stores including Paris, Italy and Tokyo.
In 2006, London boutique Browns gave Pam free rein to dress its five famous windows with the collection they had purchased, and in 2007 she designed Kylie’s infamous black mesh metal-studded catsuit for the video Two Hearts.
Her much-anticipated 2009 catwalk return collection “Galaxy Warriors”, was met with a standing ovation, showered with praise from the highest echelons of the fashion world.
Pam Hogg's ongoing London Fashion Week shows are a fixture of the season’s calendar, revered for their obstinate pursuit of imagination and integrity. Pam single-handedly creates, directs, produces and styles these collections,
Vivienne Westwood made a surprise appearance at Pam’s Paris Debut collection 2012, saying ‘Ive come as a friend”
Pam’s work has been showcased in countless galleries and venues worldwide, including the Pompidou (Paris), Christie’s (New York), Kelvin Hall Galleries (Glasgow), Summerhall (Edinburgh), the V&A London as part of their Club to Catwalk and Wedding Gown exhibitions, plus the most recent Diva exhibition. Her work has also been shown in V&A Dundee, where purchased archive is on permanent display. In 2019 the MET museum exhibited three large tulle signature headpieces, the third was a commission to compliment the other two originals, now in their permanent collection.
Other galleries include The Garage Centre for Contemporary Culture (Moscow), St Louis USA, “A Queen Within A Queen”, Somerset House “Horror”and Sarah Lucas “Big Women” exhibition.
Pam Hogg has spent almost four decades creating unconventional clothes for confident women.