Isabel Dickson

A British accessories specialist with a background in scarves and printed silk, Isabel Dickson co-founded Drake's in London in 1977 alongside Michael Drake, providing the early business with its design and merchandising direction across women's silk squares and men's neckwear. Working out of the brand's Haberdasher Street workshop, she helped establish the house's signature hand-frayed cashmere scarves and the English-made tie programme that supplied many of the leading luxury maisons on a white-label basis. Her role across more than three decades shaped Drake's identity as a London accessories house long before its expansion into shirting, tailoring and ready-to-wear under the Drake's Mayfair flagship.