Cover of Mr Freedom – Tommy Roberts: British Design Hero
This is the front of the jacket of my new book Mr Freedom – Tommy Roberts: British Design Hero.
Tag: Paul Smith
Monster V&A design book: Bubbles, Hirst, The Queen + Bowie get special treatment…but where’s Malcolm?
British Design From 1948: Innovation In The Modern Age – the new book accompanying the forthcoming show at the V+A – is a bumper edition: 400 pages weighing in at 5lbs. It’s cheering to see Barney Bubbles’ design Ian Dury With Love granted upfront prominence; the poster is in select company given special treatment by […]
“Serious tailoring”: Derek Morten
Thanks to Julian Morey for alerting me to these splendid photographs of Paul Smith designer Derek Morten in clothes from the company’s autumn/winter 2011 collection. Morten has worked with Smith since the mid-70s and is currently head of the label’s menswear division for Japan. A thoroughly nice chap, Morten is also self-deprecating and reserved, as […]
Bowie Boys by Tommy Roberts
I am currently working with Tommy Roberts on a book about his life and career in fashion. Tommy has been assembling a selection of anecdotes and stories which will feature as occasional tasters here over the coming months. This reminiscence stems from the period in the early 70s when Tommy operated City Lights Studio. Situated […]
From the vaults: Paul Smith on the threat to the High Street (Guardian 1988)
Publication: The Guardian Weekend supplement, Dec 3-4, 1988. I have collected and kept magazines, newspapers, fanzines and all sorts of publications for decades. From the launch edition of The Weekend Guardian, this was the first in a series of think pieces by prominent people on aspects of design. Paul Smith could tell what was coming; […]