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Post by flying free March 15th 2011, 3:50 pm

I bought this gorgeous, large framed print/poster this weekend -

From the information I have read online -
Bill Gibb was born in Fraserburgh, Scotland on 23 January 1943. He studied at St. Martin's School of Art, London from 1962-66 then the RCA, London, 1966-68.  He opened his first shop in Bond Street London in 1975.  Awards were Vogue Designer of the Year, 1970; ITV Best Fashion Show award, London, 1979. Fellow, Society of Industrial Artists and Designers, London, 1975. He died on 3 January 1988 aged 44, in London.
More information here
http://www.museumofcostume.co.uk/exhibitions/current_displays/bill_gibb_-_a_personal_journey.aspx
and here
http://www.fashionencyclopedia.com/Fr-Gu/Gibb-Bill.html


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Post by flying free March 15th 2011, 4:28 pm

p.s. I 'think' the model may be Twiggy.
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Post by skay March 15th 2011, 4:45 pm

Happy That's exactly what I thought too M, the eye make up! And lovely dress.

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Post by TrippyPip March 23rd 2011, 4:29 pm

Lovely! I remember my Mum had a Bill Gibb dress - asymmetrical hemline, very floaty - not completely dissimilar from the one in your poster.
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