Ronald Paterson (1917 – 1993 ) was a Paris-trained Scottish fashion designer. In 1936, he left Scotland to study at the Piccadilly Institute of Design in London. In 1947, he opened his own couture house and had a lot of success in the following 20 years; his fashion house closed in 1968. He had many important clients, including the family of

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. In 1966 he won a fashion award from ''

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''. He also worked as a fashion consultant to a number of films, including '' The Spy Who Loved Me'' (1977) and '' The Adventurers''. His archives are at the

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References

Sources

*''The Cutting Edge – 50 years of British Fashion'', Overlook Press, 1997

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* 1917 births 1993 deaths Scottish fashion designers British expatriates in France {{fashion-bio-stub