(An extensively illustrated record of the originality and ...)
An extensively illustrated record of the originality and genius of the three-dimensional artist, textile designer, and fashion innovator whose avant-garde designs have maintained her in the forefront of high fashion.
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Zandra Rhodes was born on September 19, 1940 in Chatham, Kent, in the family of Albert James and Beatrice Ellen (Twigg) Rhodes. She was introduced to the world of fashion by her mother, who was a fitter in a Paris fashion house and a teacher at the University for the Creative Arts.
Rhodes studied first at Medway and then at the Royal College of Art in London. Her major area of study was printed textile design.
Between 1966 and 1969, Rhodes and Sylvia Ayton, opened a boutique together called the Fulham Road Clothes Shop. Ayton designed the clothing and Rhodes supplied the textile designs from which they were made. She produced her first collection showing loose, romantic garments.
In 1969, Rhodes and Ayton went their separate ways, with Rhodes establishing her own retail outlet in the fashionable Fulham Road in West London.
Rhodes designed for Diana, Princess of Wales, and continues to design for royalty and celebrities. She notably designed several of famous costumes for Freddie Mercury and Brian May of Queen. She has a strong following in the US, UK, and Australia. In 1995 she established a studio in California to develop an interior design business.
The San Diego Opera commissioned her to design the costumes for her first opera, The Magic Flute, in 2001. Rhodes continued her association with the San Diego Opera in 2004 when she designed the set and costumes for Bizet's Les pêcheurs de perles. She designed for Verdi's Aida at the Houston Grand Opera and English National Opera.
Rhodes is the founder of the Fashion and Textile Museum in London, which was opened in May 2003 by Princess Michael of Kent. On 22 September 2006, she appeared as herself on the long-running BBC Radio 4 soap opera The Archers.
In November 2009, Rhodes was appointed Chancellor of the University for the Creative Arts, one of the UK's newest universities, and only the second to focus specifically on art and design.
On 26 March 2013, Rhodes launched a Digital Study Collection of 500 of her iconic garments from her private archive, as well as drawings and behind-the-scenes interviews and tutorials in her studio.
(An extensively illustrated record of the originality and ...)
1985Physical Characteristics: With her hair a vivid shade of bright green (later changed to a pink and sometimes red or other colours), her face painted with theatrical makeup and bold art jewellery swinging from her neck, ears and arms, she stamped her identity on the international world of fashion.
Rhodes has been linked with former president of Warner Brothers Salah Hassanein since 1975.
