A new book illuminates the early years of Zandra Rhodes, the pink-haired print and fashion designer.
Zandra Rhodes Textile Revolution: Medals, Wiggles and Pop 1961-1971 traces the development of a riotous design aesthetic, from Rhodes’s start at the Royal College of Art to her first shop on London’s Fulham Road.
These days, Rhodes’s exuberant patterns are familiar to fashion insiders and mass market shoppers alike, thanks to sporadic M&S collections and costume design for theatrical extravaganzas including Aida.
‘Princess of punk’ she may be, but she’s our print queen...
Zandra Rhodes Textile Revolution: Medals, Wiggles and Pop 1961-1971 traces the development of a riotous design aesthetic, from Rhodes’s start at the Royal College of Art to her first shop on London’s Fulham Road.
These days, Rhodes’s exuberant patterns are familiar to fashion insiders and mass market shoppers alike, thanks to sporadic M&S collections and costume design for theatrical extravaganzas including Aida.
‘Princess of punk’ she may be, but she’s our print queen...
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