Imtaz Khaliq MBE background

Imtaz Khaliq MBE has been named by Cosmopolitan as one of the four top tailors in London. She was awarded an MBE for her services to the fashion industry in the 2010 New Years Honours list. Her award-winning tailoring business based in a Georgian town house in Islington, and formerly based in Bond Street, has been established for 20 years. Imtaz creates exclusive garments for both men and women. She has vast experience in designing suits and dresses for special occasions such as weddings. She also holds one on one tailoring classes, which have been featured in Time Out magazine.

Imtaz enjoys a high profile client base, having designed for pop star Dina Carroll, actress Michelle Pfeiffer, newsreader Kay Burley, supermodel Tatjana Pattiz, and newsreader Mishal Husain. Her tailoring work has been widely featured in the press including the BBC, Channel 4, GMTV, The Face, Tatler, and Cosmopolitan. She has talked at many events at the British Library, London City Hall, and the House of Lords. Imtaz was photographed by Jason Bell in the Sunday Times Magazine as 'The Next Big Thing', and was featured in the Financial Times article 'MBE for Campaigning Tailor', championing education, skills, equality for women, and black and ethnic minorities in fashion. Imtaz will become an honorary fellow of Bradford College in a ceremony on 6th December 2011.

Imtaz was born in Bradford where she had her first tailoring business at the age of eighteen, and is of Pakistani origin and has had a passion for tailoring from the age of ten. She enjoys sharing her skills and experience and sits on several government boards. She has worked in executive shopping in Harrods, Harvey Nichols, and Sacs Fifth Avenue in the USA.

Imtaz met the Queen in March 2010 at a Buckingham Palace reception for the clothing industry with Stephen Jones, Marie O'Reagan (who taught Imtaz at the London College of Fashion in 1989), and David Bailey.

Imtaz trained and taught at London College of Fashion and the University of Westminster, and trained at Jacob Kramer College Leeds.

Below is a selection of broadcasts featuring Imtaz, London's first woman tailor.

• BBC Radio 4, Woman's Hour, "The female tailor - Imtaz Khaliq"
• BBC London News, "Imtaz profile"
• BBC London 94.9, The Robert Elms Show, "Listed Londoner"
• Imtaz winner of Best Creative Business at Precious Awards 2008, Pearson plc
• Real Business, "my greatest inspiration"

Examples of Imtaz’s work, incuding the St. Andrews, Dubai, and Asian Dreams fashion show collections, can be found in the gallery.

Imtaz offers a friendly welcoming tailoring service and tailoring classes from her Islington studio. Please contact Imtaz

Imtaz awards include:

• MBE New Year's Honours List 2010
• Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts (FRSA) 2010
• Debretts Entry 2010
• Red Hot Women, Red Magazine, Shortlisted in Pioneer Category 2010
• European Muslim Women of Influence (EMWI) 2010
• Mum and Working, Shortlisted in Self-employed Category 2010
• Women of the Year, Woman of Achievement 2010
• Runner Up Asian Business Awards, Eastern Eye 2010
• Courvoisier Future 500 member 2009
• Top 13 Muslim Power List, Equalities Commission and Sunday Times 2009
• Finalist Jewel Awards 2009
• Finalist and Highly Commended at the Archant Awards for marketing 2009
• Winner Mayor of Hackney Best Women's Business 2009
• Winner Precious Award 2008
• Designer of the Year - Asian Woman Magazine awards for Excellence 2008
• Finalist Asian Woman of Achievement Award 2008
• Shortlisted Mayor of Hackney Best Business and Best Product 2008
• Finalist Asian Woman of Achievement Award 2002

Imtaz has donated suits to charities including Barnados, Marie Curie, and St Andrews