Bill Gibb Archive

This picture illustrates the true colors of the garments (a pale lemon yellow, and darker charcoal gray, with bands of pastel pink and blue at edges) as well as a reoccurring phenomenon where sellers have cut the “for Women’s Journal” from the label to increase the sales price. 

The complete ensemble with the missing skirt, as documented by the Aberdeen Art Museum & Gallery

In the great rainbow garden of patchworks, patchworks to wear and for eating and sitting on. The suit, a maxiskirt of caramel suede soft as chamois, a chamois suede jacket appliqued with patent and leather piece over piece, with leather thongs and Indian beads sewn together to decorate the sleeves. The shape is mediaeval, trumpet sleeved and tiny bodiced there’s a matching kepi with five-foot leather streamers. Bill Gibb designed this; it’s made to order at Baccarat. Lady Anne Tree’s patchwork tablecloth is a giant circle of hexagons in a thousand and one rose, red and pink prints—bandanas, polka dots, checks and cherries—made in traditional manner with paper cut to the hexagons, stitched, then the basting removed to release the paper. Lined and edged with a heavy woollen fringe. The multitudes of patchwork crochet cushions are in multitudes of sun and chrysanthemum colours, some knit or enormous needles. 3½ gns each, at Women’s Home Industries.

Andreas Heumann - Dress by Bill Gibb (Over 21 Magazine 1973)

twiggy wearing bill gibb in vogue

Vogue, 1973 Charlotte Rampling wearing Bill Gibb photographed by Barry McKinley

Bark-print silk dress from Bill Gibb’s debut fashion show at the Oriental Club, London 1972

Dress by Bill Gibb (Vogue 1976)

Kerry Taylor Auctions, February 12th 2013

Ava Cherry

I’m honestly kind of surprised this hasn’t been yanked up by @beyonce or her team yet. X

Photo by Barry Lategan, 1970.