Savannah Elizabeth Louise Miller (born 30 December 1978) is a British and American fashion designer. After working with Alexander McQueen and Matthew Williamson, she created the label "Twenty8Twelve" with her sister, Sienna Miller. In October 2012 she launched her own collection, "Savannah".
Early life Miller was born in Hong Kong. Her father, Edwin Miller, is an American dealer in Chinese art, previously a banker, while her mother, Josephine Miller, is a retired British model who was born in South Africa to British parents. She has a sister, Sienna, who is an actress, and two half-brothers, Charles and Stephen. Miller moved to London with her family in the 1980s. On leaving school she went to the Central Saint Martins College of Arts and Design, graduating in 2004 with a first-class honours BA degree in Fashion and Knitwear.Scarlett Kilcooley-O'Halloran, Savannah Miller 18 October 2012 vogue ukJessica Brinton, 'A Miller's Tale', in The Sunday Times Style magazine 20 August 2006
Career Miller's first jobs were with Alexander McQueen and Matthew Williamson. In 2006 it was announced that Miller's sister Sienna was to design a "fashion capsule" for Pepe Jeans; this project developed into a fashion label called Twenty8Twelve, still backed by Pepe Jeans, and its first collection, designed by the two sisters, was shown in September 2007.Emili Vesilind, Shades of Sienna in Los Angeles Times 30 September 2007. Retrieved 27 August 2013 They worked together as joint creative directors until 2012. In October of that year Miller left Twenty8Twelve and launched her own collection, "Savannah". The first Savannah line focused on "luxurious basics" and was marketed by Nelly.com. This led on to a Spring 2013 collection, reported as "heavily influenced by the 1970s".Bel Jacobs, "Fashion designer Savannah Miller goes it alone with her new spring collection" Metro, 26 March 2013. Retrieved 27 August 2013: "And while Sienna is widely credited with bringing the concept of boho chic to the high street, it's clear Savannah shared the vision." The logo of the "Savannah" line is a swallow.Sophie Warburton, "First look at Savannah Miller's new fashion line". The Daily Telegraph, 7 September 2012. Retrieved 27 August 2013
Sometimes associated with the term "boho-chic", in 2006 Miller described a "real bohemian" as "someone who has the ability to appreciate beauty on a deep level, is a profound romantic, doesn't know any limits, whose world is their own creation, rather than living in a box". However, she dislikes the word "bohemian","Bohemian. Ugh, that word" attributed to Savannah Miller by Brinton in Sunday Times Style, 20 August 2006 and the Sunday Times used the term "rural chic" for a collection she designed and modelled for the Hong Kong label Shanghai Tang.
Also an occasional model, Miller has appeared on the cover of Nylon magazineNylon cover model, with Sienna Miller, November 2007 and Sunday Times Style.Sunday Times Style cover, 20 August 2006, sitting sideways on a grey horse.
In 2023, she made a comeback in ready-to-wear with the launch of the womenswear brand Vivere, tagged as 'new smart'.
Personal life In 2005, Miller married Nick Skinner, a teacher of Bushcraft from Devon. In 2013, after her fashion business collapsed, the couple sold their house in Gloucestershire and moved to Panama, a negative experience that made them move back to Europe two years later. They then bought another house in the Cotswolds."Savannah Miller: I lost everything in Panama, I couldn't go on". Sunday Telegraph, 9 September 2015 They separated in 2018.
In December 2022, Miller married James Whewell, heir to the Wyresdale Park estate.
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External links Savannah Spring collection at nelly.com Savannah Miller at vogue.co.uk