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Fashion drawing
Bill Gibb, born 1943 - died 1988 - Enlarge image
Fashion drawing
- Object:
Fashion design drawing
- Date:
1976 (made)
- Artist/Maker:
Bill Gibb, born 1943 - died 1988 (maker)
- Museum number:
E.128-1978
- Gallery location:
Fashion, room 40, case CA15
Design by Bill Gibb for a printed leather and suede pattern jacket with a hood. The patterns seem influenced by ethnic designs. Other designers in the late 1970s started to use a mixture of different fabrics and colours (leather, chiffon). This design is a good example of how leather was processed in a more fashionable and colourful way during this period.
Bill Gibb launched his own label in the early 1970s, with instant success.

