Iain R. Webb is a British writer, curator and academic, appointed Professor of Fashion & Design at Kingston School of Art in 2016, also an associate lecturer at Central Saint Martins and Bath Spa University.[1][2][3]
Webb studied fashion design at St Martin’s School of Art (now Central Saint Martins), graduating in 1980. He went on to serve as fashion editor/director of Blitz magazine, the Evening Standard, Harpers & Queen, The Times and Elle, while contributing to various other publications. He won the Fashion Journalist of The Year Award two years running in 1995 and 1996.[3] He has authored several books on fashion and the careers of, for example, Bill Gibb, Marc Jacobs and the British stylist Caroline Baker.
Selected publications
edit- Blitz: As seen in Blitz: fashioning '80s style. Woodbridge: ACC Editions, 2013.
- Bill Gibb: Fashion and fantasy. London: V & A, 2008.
- Foale and Tuffin: The sixties: a decade in fashion. Woodbridge: ACC Editions, 2009.
- Postcards from the edge of the catwalk. Woodbridge: ACC, 2010.
- Invitation strictly personal: 40 years of fashion show invites. London: Goodman, 2014.
- Rebel Stylist: Caroline Baker, the woman who invented street fashion. ACC Art Books, 2021
References
edit- ^ "Iain R Webb - Central Saint Martins - UAL". Arts.ac.uk. Retrieved 11 October 2016.
- ^ "Iain R. Webb - SHOWstudio - The Home of Fashion Film". SHOWstudio.com. Retrieved 11 October 2016.
- ^ a b Webb, Iain R (2021). Rebel Stylist: Caroline Baker, the woman who invented street fashion. Woodbridge, Suffolk: ACC Art Books. ISBN 9781788841481.
External links
edit- Iain R Webb. "Iain R Webb: 'How David Bowie liberated my wardrobe'". The Independent. Retrieved 11 October 2016.
- "Iain R Webb". Huffington Post. 1 January 1970. Retrieved 11 October 2016.
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