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Fashion illustration

Illustration
21st century
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Barbara Hulanicki is one of the leading figures in the history of British post-war fashion design. She studied at Brighton Art College during the late 1950s, and began her career as a fashion illustrator initially, before opening a mail-order clothing company which evolved into the famous Biba boutique, a key part of the emerging 1960s youth fashion revolution in London.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleFashion illustration (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Felt tip pen and pencil on tracing paper
Brief description
Fashion illustration by Barbara Hulanicki
Physical description
Black felt tip illustration of a female head wearing an elongated hat that has a touch of blue along the middle of it. It also has some pink indicating a cheekbone and blue eyeshadow.
Dimensions
  • Height: 30.2cm
  • Width: 24.3cm
roughly cut piece of tracing paper, slightly irregular =
Style
Production typeDesign
Credit line
Given by Barbara Hulanicki
Production
Illustration for exhibition catalogue, "Stephen Jones and the Accent of Fashion", ModeMuseum, Antwerp, 2010
Summary
Barbara Hulanicki is one of the leading figures in the history of British post-war fashion design. She studied at Brighton Art College during the late 1950s, and began her career as a fashion illustrator initially, before opening a mail-order clothing company which evolved into the famous Biba boutique, a key part of the emerging 1960s youth fashion revolution in London.
Collection
Accession number
E.371-2012

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Record createdJune 25, 2012
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