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Tuesday, August 19, 2008

THE V&A DEBUTS A NEW BOOK ON BILL GIBB




london - are you familiar with bill gibb? in the 1970s just about everyone was. from biana jagger to twiggy to elizabeth taylor, a laundry list of celebs in america and europe were devoted to him. his legendary knitwear pieces were of such high standerd that they bordered on couture and his work has been honored with exhibits at the louvre in paris and london's victoria & albert museum. now a book, published by the v&a is set to debut titled bill gibb's moment in time and fashion. it is written by central saint martins professor ian r webb and includes a forward by twiggy. the debut of the book will coincide with a brand new exhibit of gibb's work which will debut at the v&a in october. i love that museum!
photos: above left, a picture of bill gibb dressed from the national galleries. above right, a dress by bill gibb from liverpoolmuseums.org.uk
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