Name: Iain R. Webb: DRAWING FASHION - Exhibition Preview Day
Start: 2022-06-04T12:00:00+01:00
End: 2022-06-04T16:00:00+01:00
Location: Drawing Projects UK

Iain R. Webb: DRAWING FASHION  -  Exhibition Preview Day

Drawing Projects UK was created in 2009 to develop and promote research initiatives in drawing, including the Jerwood Drawing Prize project, now known as the Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize. In 2015,a centre for drawing and contemporary art at Bridge House in Trowbridge, Wiltshire wasestablished and the remit of Drawing Projects UK expanded to form a drawing network and community through a range of complementary activities. With a project space, exhibition space, workspaces for artists, designers, creative and cultural enterprises, bookable meeting rooms and cafe, Drawing Projects UK is a unique creative and cultural hub, and is conveniently located adjacent to Trowbridge railway station.

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Please join us for the Preview Day with Iain R. Webb for his exhibition DRAWING FASHION: sketchbooks from the edge of the catwalk

Drawing Projects UK is proud to present the exhibition - Iain R. Webb - DRAWING FASHION: an exhibition of sketchbooks from the edge of the catwalk - from 4 June to 6 August 2022. Please join us for the Preview Day on Saturday 4 June 2022 from 11am to 4pm by booking a ticket here. We look forward to welcoming you. Iain R.WebbThroughout Iain R. Webb&#x27;s longstanding and influential career in the fashion industry, he has drawn from the edge of the catwalk as a form of note-taking. These sketchbooks form a significant visual record of the vast number of influential fashion shows covered by Iain R. Webb, and feature his notational drawings of the collections of ground-breaking fashion designers such as Jean Paul Gaultier, Alexander McQueen, Miuccia Prada, Comme des Garcons, and many more, as they were first revealed on the season&#x27;s catwalks. The exhibition provides an insight into the fashion industry and forms a record of the last four decades of fashion history. Celebrating drawing as a means of recording, remembering, and communicating, sits at the heart of this exhibition which, simultaneously, celebrates and reveals the workings of the fashion industry.Iain R. Webb originally studied Fashion Design at St Martin’s School of Art (1977-80). He was appointed Professor of Fashion &amp; Design at Kingston School of Art in 2016 and has previously held Visiting Professor roles at both Central Saint Martins and Royal College of Art. He is currently an associate lecturer at Central St Martins and Bath Spa University. During his career he has been fashion editor of BLITZ, The Evening Standard, Harpers &amp; Queen, The Times, Elle and Vogue Russia; winning the Fashion Journalist of The Year Award in 1995 (the inaugural year) and 1996. Other journalistic contributions include the New York Times, New Musical Express, The Guardian, The Independent, The Huffington Post, Saturday Telegraph Magazine, V&amp;A magazine, Selvedge, Gut, Rollacoaster, and Shortlist, among others. He is Fashion Features Editor-At-Large of Ponystep magazine. Iain has consulted and collaborated with leading brands including Helmut Lang, Raf Simons for Fred Perry, LVMH, Selfridges, Gucci, Burberry, Cutler &amp; Gross, M&amp;S, Kangol, Ghost, MaxMara, Jigsaw, River Island, and Day, Birger &amp; Mikkelsen.Iain R. Webb is author of Bill Gibb - Fashion and Fantasy, Foale &amp; Tuffin: A Decade in Fashion, Postcards From the Edge of the Catwalk, As Seen in BLITZ, Vogue Colouring Book, Marc Jacobs Unseen, John Galliano for Dior and Rebel Stylist, among others. His latest publication is The Fashion Show (published March 2022) - a curated collection of fashion show invitations. Other curatorial projects include exhibitions at the ICA, RCA, Somerset House, MoBA Biennale, Arnhem and Fashion Museum, Bath, where he acts as a creative consultant. This exhibition has a significant local connection as Iain R. Webb is an alumnus of a local school, John of Gaunt, in Trowbridge. On Saturday 4 June there are also Open Days at nearby Parade House and Trowbridge Town Hall, and a wealth of wonderful exhibitions and heritage to enjoy nearby.There will be a programme of events accompanying the exhibition and further information and will be available soon. The exhibition continues until 6 August 2022 with ticketed free entry and by appointment.Iain R. Webb - DRAWING FASHION: an exhibition of sketchbooks from the edge of the catwalk is supported by the British Fashion Council.

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