Brave Fiona has designs for success

Oct 15 2008 by Hazel Ettienne, Huddersfield Daily Examiner

Brave Fiona has designs for success

FASHION designer Fiona Goodrum is determined to make her mark – against all odds.

Fiona survived a near fatal kidney condition and has now met the credit crunch head on.

The 23-year-old Huddersfield university graduate has launched her own fashion label – fgdesigns – and is determined to make her business a success.

Originally from Durham, Fiona grew up in the fashion, textile and wool industry.

Her parents owned their own business in the city’s indoor market and as a young girl she drew designs for her mother’s knitwear designs.

But years of ill health which started with her developing whooping cough and bronchitis as a baby and continued into adulthood with constant kidney infection had a dramatic effect on her education.