Zandra Rhodes

I was lucky enough to attend a lecture with Zandra Rhodes last week. Admitedly I didn't know much about her other than the usual legendary fashion designer, CBE etc. but I found her lecture very insightful. I also found out a lot of things she's done in her extensive career.

She is not just a fashion designer, but began her career as a textile designer. And moreover, she was a major player in the punk era. Taking inspiration from all over the world, her designs are worn by royalty and celebrities alike. Some of her most famed work was worn by Princess Diana and Freddie Mercury.



More recently, she has designed costumes for the operas The Magic Flute, Les Pêcheurs de Perles and Aida in both the US and the UK and founded the Fashion and Textile Museum in London.

However, what I found the most amusing is that her hair hasn't always been pink but started off green and has gone through a sort of metamorphosis through the rainbow, briefly stopping at brown and then swiftly moving on to pink and staying there.


Zandra Rhodes is now chancellor at University for the Creative Arts.





Maria