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Bill Gibb Suit Skirt

DesignerDesigned by Bill Gibb (New Pitsligo, Scotland, 1943 - 1988)

DesignerDesigned by Ellen Smith Ashley

DesignerDesigned by Robert Ashley

WearerWorn by Charlotte Rampling (Essex, born 1946)

OwnerOwned by Jenny Rylance-Marriott

VendorPurchased from Inner Sanctum Vintage (Dorset)

PublisherPublished by Harpers and Queen (1970 - 2005)

Date1973

Object NameSkirt

Mediumsatin and leather

ClassificationsApplied Art

Dimensionswaist x length x back length x hips: 58 × 96 × 96 × 84cm

AcquisitionPurchased in 2023 from Mark Baylis of Inner Sanctum Vintage with assistance from Aberdeen Art Gallery Trusts and grants from the National Fund for Acquisitions and Art Fund.

LocationOn Display - Gallery 01

Object numberABDMS095712.3

Keywords

About MeIn 1973 this suit was one of four outfits that Gibb provided for a Vogue photo shoot by fashion photographer Barry McKinley. 

Gibb created this one-off suit for model, actress and Swinging Sixties icon Charlotte Rampling, who starred in Georgy Girl (1966). He worked continuously on it for a whole week. However, on the day of the photo shoot Gibb realised that he had nothing to put under the jacket and made the buttoned satin top in just one hour. 

Exhibitions

Gallery 01 - Collecting Art