Tom Gilbey (designer)

Tom Gilbey (born 1939)[1] is a British fashion designer. In 1995 one of his bridegroom's outfits was chosen, along with a Catherine Rayner wedding gown, to represent the Dress of the Year for 1995 in the Fashion Museum, Bath.[2] He is particularly known for designing waistcoats.[3]

Speaking about new entrants to the Savile Row area in the 1960s, Gilbey commented in The Independent, "You had Tommy Nutter, Rupert Lycett Green, Michael Fish and myself ... Tommy Nutter wasn't a tailor and a cutter. He came from the sales side."

A 1968 suit of his is in the collection of the Victoria & Albert Museum, which writes of it, "Worn with a silk rollneck shirt , this suit exemplifies the informal dress codes of the later 1960s. The revolutionary idea of replacing the shirt and tie reached even to Savile Row establishments. Gilbey uses a traditional tweed for a futuristic design, incorporating zipped front and pocket fastenings.".[1]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Suit". V&A. Retrieved 7 July 2014.
  2. ↑ "Dress of the Year 1990 - 1999". Fashion Museum, Bath. Retrieved 8 July 2014.
  3. ↑ Falconer, Karen (18 May 1996). "Orange suits on Savile Row? Outrageous". The Independent. Retrieved 7 July 2014.