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Imelda

Skirt
2015 (designed)
Artist/Maker
Atelier E.B. (design company)
Marton Mills (weavers)
Cleemput Konfektie (makers)
Lipscombe, Beca (designer)
McKenzie, Lucy (artist)
Wilson, Linda (pattern cutter)
Place of origin
Belgium (manufactured)
Yorkshire (woven)
Scotland (designed)

Navy blue wool and polyester blend skirt

Object details

Categories
Fashion
Clothing
Womenswear
Object type
Skirt
Titles
  • Imelda (assigned by artist)
  • Inventors of Tradition II (named collection)
Materials and techniques
Wool and polyester blend
Polyester
Wool
Sewing
Brief description
'Imelda' skirt, Atelier EB, 2015. Pattern cut by Linda Wilson of Scotland, fabric woven by Marton Mills, Yorkshire, garment made up by Cleemput, Belgium
Physical description
Navy blue wool and polyester blend skirt
Dimensions
  • Waist circumference: 66cm (Note: Measured by costume mounting)
  • Hip (measured level with bottom of skirt zip) circumference: 90cm (Note: Measurement by costume mounting)
Credit line
© Atelier E.B.
Object history
Atelier E.B (Edinburgh Brussels) is the company name under which the designer Beca Lipscombe and the artist Lucy McKenzie sign their collaborative projects. Based between Edinburgh and Brussels, their work blends historical research, design and art, creating fashion collections, commissioned displays and interiors, textiles and publications. McKenzie studied Art at University of Dundee's Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design, and Lipscombe studied Fashion/Print at Central Saint Martins, London. They formed Atelier E.B in 2007 and since 2011 the pair have operated as a fashion label which, where possible, uses local production methods in Scotland and Belgium; and also focuses on alternative forms of distribution and display. Lipscombe and McKenzie place art and design on an equal footing, applying methodologies from both spheres.
Collection
Textiles and Fashion Collection
Accession number
T.11-2023

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Record createdSeptember 26, 2022
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1730831/imelda-skirt-lipscombe-beca/
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