Iain R. Webb

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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. [1] [2] [3]

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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 , Harpers & Queen , The Times and Elle , while contributing to various other publications. He won the Fashion Journalist of The Year Award two years running in 1995 and 1996. [3] He has authored several books on fashion and the careers of, for example, Bill Gibb, Marc Jacobs and the British stylist Caroline Baker.

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References

  1. "Iain R Webb - Central Saint Martins - UAL". Arts.ac.uk. Retrieved 11 October 2016.
  2. "Iain R. Webb - SHOWstudio - The Home of Fashion Film". SHOWstudio.com. Retrieved 11 October 2016.
  3. 1 2 Webb, Iain R (2021). Rebel Stylist: Caroline Baker, the woman who invented street fashion. Woodbridge, Suffolk: ACC Art Books. ISBN   9781788841481.