We discuss the delights and dilemmas of layers, and question why some designers are better remembered than others. See information and links below.
Hardy Amies, Just So Far (Collins 1954)
Hardy Amies, ABC of Men’s Fashion (V&A 2008, first published in 1964): https://www.vam.ac.uk/shop/abc-of-men-s-fashion-94479.html
Hardy Amies, Still Here: An Autobiography (Weidenfeld and Nicolson 1984)
Hardy Amies, The Englishman’s Suit (Quartet Books 2013, first published in 1994): https://www.quartetbooks.co.uk/shop/the-englishmans-suit/
Ossie Clark and Lady Henrietta Rous (ed), The Ossie Clark Diaries (Bloomsbury 1998)
Norman Hartnell, Silver and Gold (Pitman 1956)
Norman Hartnell, Royal Courts of Fashion (Littlehampton 1971)
Victor Stiebel, South African Childhood (HarperCollins 1968)
Edwina Ehrman & Amy de la Haye, London Couture: British Luxury 1923-1975 (V&A 2015): https://www.vam.ac.uk/shop/london-couture-british-luxury-1923-1975-131549.html
Neville Jacobs in Balenciaga: https://www.instagram.com/p/BrVcIy7FXST/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link