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
Bath Spa University is a public university in Bath, England, with its main campus at Newton Park, about west of the centre of the city. The university has other campuses in the city of Bath, and one at Corsham Court in Wiltshire.
The instit ...
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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
The ''Evening Standard'', formerly ''The Standard'' (1827–1904), also known as the ''London Evening Standard'', is a local free daily newspaper in London, England, published Monday to Friday in tabloid format.
In October 2009, after be ...
'', ''
Harpers & Queen
''Harper's Bazaar'' is an American monthly women's fashion magazine. It was first published in New York City on November 2, 1867, as the weekly ''Harper's Bazar''. ''Harper's Bazaar'' is published by Hearst and considers itself to be the st ...
'', ''
The Times
''The Times'' is a British daily national newspaper based in London. It began in 1785 under the title ''The Daily Universal Register'', adopting its current name on 1 January 1788. ''The Times'' and its sister paper ''The Sunday Times'' (fou ...
'' and ''
Elle'', while contributing to various other publications. He won the
Fashion Journalist of The Year Award two years running in 1995 and 1996.
He has authored several books on fashion and the careers of, for example,
Bill Gibb,
Marc Jacobs
Marc Jacobs (born April 9, 1963) is an American fashion designer. He is the head designer for his own fashion label, Marc Jacobs, and formerly Marc by Marc Jacobs, a diffusion line, which was produced for approximately 15 years, before it was d ...
and the British stylist Caroline Baker.
Selected publications
*''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
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Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
Academics of the Royal College of Art
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