<ZANDRA RHODES(TEXTILE DESIGN)>: Zandra Rhodes was one of the most pioneering and influential textile designers of the late '60s and '70s who took her remarkable pop art inspired fabrics and revolutionised the fashion world. Zandra Rhodes Textile Revolution: Medals, Wiggles and Pop 1961-1977 highlights Rhodes's early textile designs from her years at the Royal College of Art, to her first foray into the fashion world with designs for the legendary Swinging London duo Foale and Tuffin, to the launch of her eponymous collection, as well as special commissions for Jacqmar, &Vice Versa, and Sekers Pty Australia. Featuring previously unpublished textiles, drawings, and archival images combined with fashion photography by Clive Arrowsmith, Guy Bourdin, Henry Clarke, David Bailey, Helmut Newton, and Richard Traeger, this stylish book is a must for anyone interested in textiles, all fashion students and fashionistas, as well as admirers of Zandra Rhodes's innovative textile designs.

Acknowledgements

Introduction

Formative Years

Design Education at the Royal College of Art

London Pop Art Scene

RCA Diploma Show 1964

1960s London Fashionscape

Foale and Tuffin: Zandra Rhodes's First Commission 1965-1966

Sylvia Ayton and Zandra Rhodes, The Fulham Road Clothes Shop 1967-1969

Zandra Rhodes's First Solo Collection, The Knitted Circle 1969

Knitting Together Zandra Rhodes's Appearance and Designs

Hand Printed and Hand Made: Zandra Rhodes's Couture Practice

Commissions: Jacqmar, &Vice Versa, Mafia

Chevron Shawl Collection Spring 1970

Indian Feather Collection Autumn 1970

Cutting Her Roots: Elizabethan Slashed Silk Collection, Spring 1971

Sekers Silk Australia 1971

Button Flowers and Frills: A Break from Zandra Rhodes's Approach, Autumn 1971

Zandra Rhodes Plates

Appendices

Awards

Exhibitions and Collections

Museum Collections

Opera

Bibliography

The Author

Index