With over a decade worth of training, and industry experience under her belt, Gabriella Brick is a quintessential player in MOSS’s rebrand over the last year. She is responsible for the recent evolution of the brand’s collections.. AW24 is transformative for MOSS, the new shapes and textures elevate the product without losing sight of its heritage. Brick joined Moss (previously Moss Bros) as an intern 10 years ago. She quickly showed her passion and understanding for design and buying menswear and quickly worked her way up from an assistant to junior, then to a senior buyer and designer before being appointed Head of Design in 2023.
Gabriella is involved in the styling, photography, and buying the fabrics, as well as designing collections – adding a young woman’s touch to proceedings, offering a new approach to design, retail and visual representation, resulting in both details and fabrics becoming more luxurious and elevated.
This season the evolution of the brand continues and the collection has been crafted with the transeasonal period in mind. Weave in autumnal textiles with knitted shirts, chunky mock-neck jumpers and moleskin tailoring. For dressed-up days, suits in soft cord and silk-flecked tweed worn with Italian-silk ties and suede-trimmed loafers. And be ready for all weather realities with chunky hiker shoes, showerproof outerwear and a utilitarian liner gilet worn over a T-shirt now and under coats later.
• What piece of clothing should everyman have in his wardrobe ?
A DB suit, a smart trouser and a good T.. the double breasted jacket is huge this Autumn and our cord version has become an iconic piece each season. Also a wide leg trouser! in line with our rebrand, the shapes for suiting and trousers are much wider, elevated and relaxed.
• What piece of style advise do you live by ?
Stay true to your own personal taste and style, continuously evolve your wardrobe but don’t do trends that don’t suit you. Your personal look is your own brand. You only need a few staple pieces in your wardrobe. Buy better, they will last forever.
• What piece of clothing would you relegate to Room 101 ?
Anything Skinny, I know skinny jeans are making a come back in womenswear but I’m just not ready for that yet.
• Best piece of advise you’ve ever been given and by whom?
My Dad always says “its nice to be important, but its more important to be nice” and “never waste a crisis” which we really lived by with Covid.
• If you could have invented anything what would it be ?
A duplicate, so I could be in two places at once! Theres always so much to do and such little time.
• What inspires you?
Honestly i think you can find inspiration everywhere if your looking. The other week I took myself to Chelsea Harbour Interiors and found fabrics, prints, and saw how they had covered cylinders with fabric in their windows…. I thought to myself how cool would that be in a store window.
• Who is your style icon? Why?
How could I not mention Stormzy when he got off his private jet from being a best man at his friends wedding to performing on stage in one of our 3 piece suits!
• If you could live anywhere where would it be & Why ?
London, I really am a London girl at heart and its where Home is for me. I think we have so much happening and sometimes we just don’t realise how lucky we are to live in this city
• Have you ever bought a piece of clothing and regretted it ? If so what & why ?
Probably when I was younger but to be honest most pieces I buy now are investment pieces. I prefer to invest in something timeless so it never dates.
• What do you have to do after this conversation ?
I am in the process of packing up my studio and office with my team, as we are moving to a new contemporary HQ in Camden, It’s really exciting!
• What would you like to be doing after this conversation ?
I’d like to be having delicious food at Ida in Queens Park..It’s a family run Italian restaurant, with the 3rd generation now in charge, who incidentally I’ve become really good friends with. The food in sensational! Id like to take my dog for a walk in Kenwood, but unfortunately I have a few more meetings for the day. Fashions calling….
• Who would do you ideal dinner guests and why ?
James Corden so I could do a little carpool karaoke and Harry Styles because just look at him! (plus we share the exact same birthday)
• If you could collaborate with one brand who would it be and why ?
Aimé Leon Dore, I just love what they are doing right now with their colours and whole look of their AW24 collection. We are actually starting to work with Happy Paul, a wellness brand, which is all about supporting young mental health as some of the proceeds go to the charity, YoungMinds.org. It aligns with who we are, a menswear business, with a lot of male staff. Its important and its something that hopefully will start a conversation.
