This Brazilian firecracker and rising star of the fashion world loves spending time at 5 Hertford Street and the National Art Library at the Victoria & Albert Museum. South Kensington based and a hugely talented women’s wear designer, Barbara Casasola has been lauded by Vogue as “a noted name on the London Fashion Week schedule” and has had her namesake label stocked at Harvey Nichols and Matches. This graduate of the Instituto Marangoni in Milan’s impressive spring 2015 showcase at Joseph on Brompton Cross brought passing traffic to a halt.