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Wendy, Janey, Joanne and Madge Henrietta Goodden

Wendy, Janey, Joanne and Madge By Henrietta Goodden

Wendy, Janey, Joanne and Madge by Henrietta Goodden


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The four charismatic women who led the Royal College of Art's School of Fashion for nearly seventy years, helped establish a global reputation for British design excellence in ready-to-wear clothing.

Wendy, Janey, Joanne and Madge Summary

Wendy, Janey, Joanne and Madge: Inspirational Professors of Fashion at the Royal College of Art 1948-2014 by Henrietta Goodden

Madge Garland, Janey Ironside, Joanne Brogden and Wendy Dagworthy, a quartet of remarkable educators and doyennes of style and skill, encouraged their students with rigorous determination to produce nothing but the best. Garland, previously Fashion Editor of Vogue magazine and a brave pioneer when the educational establishment regarded fashion as 'frippery', laid foundations on which Ironside, the sparkling innovator built. Then Brogden took the School into a more competitive commercial world with fashion becoming a major economic force. When Dagworthy took over in the final decade of the 20th century, she guided her students into a new era while still respecting the inheritance of her predecessors. Today's markets demand high-fashion-ready-to-wear, with the RCA School of Fashion's reputation second to none for innovation in design and manufacturing techniques, and its alumni now in positions of influence throughout the world. From retail and industrial connections forged in the 1950s, RCA designers such as Ossie Clark and Zandra Rhodes, established their reputations, and top world-wide brands including Kenzo, Givenchy, Gucci , Louis Vuitton and Calvin Klein, clamoured to employ star RCA students.

Wendy, Janey, Joanne and Madge Reviews

A fascinating and entertaining exposure of the professional and (sometimes scandalous) private lives of these four brilliantly stylish and inspirational women. The turbulent and often unconventional history of the College in the second half of the twentieth century forms a fitting backdrop to these stories, but it's the strength, passion, charisma, and rigorous standards of these women that we must admire. Goodden tells their story compellingly and with insight. -- Betty Jackson, Royal Society of Arts
This remarkable book is about, for the first time in detail, four strong personalities-eccentric, stylish, talented, driven. Together, they defined fashion at the College from the Second World War right through to the twenty-first century. -- Sir Christopher Frayling, author of Once Upon a Time in the West: Shooting a Masterpiece

About Henrietta Goodden

Henrietta Goodden has written three books for Unicorn Press: Camouflage and Art, The Lion and The Unicorn and Robin Darwin. Henrietta graduated from Kingston Polytechnic with First Class Honours in Fashion Design. As a fashion designer her clients have included M&S, Conran Design Group and Pentagram. She has been Senior Tutor in Womenswear at the Royal College of Art and a visiting lecturer there.

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GOR011615217
9781916495777
191649577X
Wendy, Janey, Joanne and Madge: Inspirational Professors of Fashion at the Royal College of Art 1948-2014 by Henrietta Goodden
Used - Very Good
Hardback
Unicorn Publishing Group
20200201
224
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Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
This is a used book - there is no escaping the fact it has been read by someone else and it will show signs of wear and previous use. Overall we expect it to be in very good condition, but if you are not entirely satisfied please get in touch with us

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