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Tag: Keith Roberts

1970s

Bravura + brilliance: Tommy Roberts, February 6 1941 – December 10 2012

Sad to note the anniversary today of the death of Tommy Roberts, flamboyant design entrepreneur and subject of my book Mr Freedom. Here – with a selection of images from Mr Freedom – is an extract from an essay I have written about Roberts’ role in the development of design in Britain for Chris Breward […]

December 10, 2013
Photography

Photoshoot for the Tommy Roberts book: Mr Freedom winged boots, City Lights Studio suit, Practical Styling carrier bag, Jane Wealleans’ fabric print and much much more

Here’s a sneak iPhone peak from yesterday’s photoshoot for my forthcoming book about Tommy Roberts. Tommy’s son and accomplished photographer/cameraman Keith set up a studio in a room at his furniture emporium Two Columbia Road and shot around 50-plus garments and artefacts to go with the 300-odd images already planned for the book. I snapped […]

November 19, 2011