Refashioning Bill Gibb for the 21st Century.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Steed, Josephine.

Contributor:

Strachan, Shane.

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (272 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London : Bloomsbury Publishing USA, 2026.

Summary:

Featuring contributions from renowned scholars, curators and creatives, this edited collection re-evaluates British fashion designer Bill Gibb's international legacy in relation to contemporary concerns such as sustainability, cultural appropriation, and fashion education.

Contents:

Cover

Halftitle page

Title page

Copyright page

Contents

Illustrations

Foreword

Acknowledgements

Introduction Shane Strachan, University of Aberdeen, UK and Josephine Steed, Robert Gordon University, UK

Bill Gibb: A Timeline

The Hansom Cab Inn, 15 February 1967

Part One Gibb's Design Process: Influences and Collaborations

1 An interview with Bill Gibb's sisters

2 Disciplined flamboyance: Gibb's drawing and design process Christine Rew, Former Manager of Aberdeen Archives, Gallery and Museums Service, UK

Starting out

An evolving drawing style

Drawing and design process

Bee for Bill

Collaboration

3 Britain's fashion education revolution: Bricolage and Historicism in the work of Bill Gibb Marie McLoughlin, University of Brighton, UK

Fashion education in the 1960s

The development of Muriel Pemberton's syllabus

Bricolage and Historicism

4 Folkloric revivals and exoticism in fashion: Bill Gibb and the vanguard of designers in 1960s-1970s France Elizabeth Fischer, University of Art and Design HEAD - Genève, Switzerland

Bill Gibb: '. . . a bit medieval, a bit of nature, something ethnic . . .'

Kenzo: 'The world is beautiful'

Crahay: 'a master of folklore'

Yves Saint Laurent: 'A picture book is suffice to take mymind to a place or a landscape [. . .]. I feel no need to gothere myself. I have dreamed of it so much . . .'42

Conclusion: Revivals between inspirations and appropriation

5 An interview with Kaffe Fassett, Artist

6 Gibb's knitwear in the 1970s: collaboration, innovation and 'slow' fashion Josephine Steed, Robert Gordon University, UK

The 1970s - a Golden Age for knitwear

Gibb's knitwear as 'Slow Fashion'

Conclusion

Part Two Gibb's Fashion Legacy.

7 The show must go on: was Bill Gibb the greatest showman? Iain R. Webb, Kingston University, UK

8 Souvenirs of style: a web of memory association NJ Stevenson, London College of Fashion, University of the Arts London, UK

Exhibiting a web of connections

Memory in museum clothes

Tales of exchange

Display

Conclusion: this is not the end

9 An interview with Morna Annandale of Aberdeen Archives, Gallery and Museums

10 Restyled and reimagined: exploring Bill Gibb's digital legacy on Instagram Madeleine Marcella-Hood, Christina Reid and Peter Reid, Robert Gordon University, UK

Iconic imagery

Vintage fashion and retail

Restyled and reimagined

11 From Gibb to Gucci: how folklore fashions comfort in turbulent times Karen Cross, Robert Gordon University, UK

The comfort of folklore

From Gibb to Gucci - the comfort of nostalgia (Russian/Cossack)

From Gibb to Gucci - the comfort of nostalgia (Gitana/Romani)

From Gibb to Gucci - the comfort of casual (Bohemian layers)

From Gibb to Gucci - the comfort of camouflage (Universal tunic)

From Gibb to Gucci - turbulent times (challenges facing fashion)

Kinsman Morrison Art Gallery, Maddox Street, 30 April 1974

Part Three Reinterpreting Gibb Today

12 Bill Gibb through the lens of cultural appropriation Jeena Sharma, Fashion Journalist

Bill Gibb's engagement with other cultures

Appropriation versus appreciation

Looking at Bill Gibb designs through a contemporary lens

13 Addressing climate change through Bill Gibb's design legacy Lynn Wilson, University of Glasgow, UK

Zero waste fashion design: the kimono

Kimono silhouette in Gibb knitwear

Fibre and textile selection

Emotionally durable fashion design

Circular fashion consumption

14 An interview with Giles Deacon, Fashion Designer.

15 Exploring Gibb's design process within fashion education Shane Strachan, University of Aberdeen, UK and Josephine Steed, Robert Gordon University, UK

Case study: The Bill Gibb Line

Researching Gibb: digital versus physical

Student responses

Beyond Aberdeen

16 The Bill Gibb Line: creative crossovers in fashion and poetry Shane Strachan, University of Aberdeen, UK

British Vogue, August - December 1971

Bruton Place, Mayfair, 28th October 1976

The Royal Albert Hall, 18th November 1977

Hyde Park Hotel, 12th October 1978

The Apex Room, Olympia, 16th March 1985

Notes

Selected References

List of Contributors

Index.

Notes:

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ISBN:

1-350-44465-0

9781350444652

OCLC:

1546969595