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SUMMARY:two-rare-early-bill-gibb-ensembles-1967 - Date de vente : 20/06/202
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DESCRIPTION:Nom du lots : Two rare\, early Bill Gibb ensembles\, 1967\n\nbo
 th bearing ’Alice Paul\, designed by Elphinstone Gibb’ labels\, compri
 sing: an ivory and beige patterned tweed coat\, zip-fronted short-sleeved 
 dress and matching beret\; the other a blue cotton dress printed in magent
 a and brown scrolling patterns\, with matching beret\, busts 86cm\, 34in\;
  together with a thank-you letter from Kathleen Franklin for loaning the c
 lothes\, dated 09.12.1977 (6)From the wardrobe of the late Alice Campbell\
 , who worked as the TV Times picture editor during the 1970s and 80s. She 
 went on to work on the ’Clothes Show’ TV programme as picture editor i
 n the 80s. She loved fashion and was an avid collector of clothes\, mid-ce
 ntury furniture and housewares.Alice Paul was located on Abingdon Road\, K
 ensington\, just across the road from Barbara Hulanicki’s Biba emporium.
  It was Gibb’s first commercial enterprise after he graduated from Saint
  Martins and continued his studies under Janey Ironside at the Royal Colle
 ge of Art. He left the college to enter into business with sisters Annie a
 nd Alice Russell. These outfits were borrowed back by Bill Gibb in 1977 fo
 r a ten-year retrospective of his work. They are the earliest known extant
  Bill Gibb garments. The business faltered and so Bill Gibb and his close 
 friend Kaffe Fassett with just £100 between them took a Greyhound bus and
  explored America for three months. By 1969 Gibb was heavily featured in B
 ritish Vogue and his business took off.
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