3 OF 10

London Fashion Designers

3 of 10 portraits of Jean Elizabeth Muir

by Norman Parkinson
bromide fibre print on card mount, 18 October 1963
Given by Norman Parkinson, 1981 in conjunction with the NPG exhibition 'Norman Parkinson: 50 Years of Portraits and Fashion'
Photographs Collection
NPG x30111

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Norman Parkinson (1913-1990), Photographer. Artist of 239 portraits, Sitter in 13 portraits.

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Kiki Byrne, Fashion designer. Sitter in 1 portrait.
Marion Foale (1939-), Fashion designer. Sitter in 3 portraits.
Gerald McCann (1931-), Fashion designer. Sitter in 1 portrait.
Jean Elizabeth Muir (1928-1995), Fashion designer. Sitter in 10 portraits.
Alexander Plunket Greene (1932-1990), Fashion entrepreneur; husband of Mary Quant. Sitter associated with 5 portraits.
Mary Quant (1934-), Fashion designer. Sitter associated with 14 portraits.
David Sassoon, Fashion designer. Sitter in 1 portrait.
Kenneth Sweet, Fashion designer. Sitter in 1 portrait.
Sally Tuffin (1938-), Designer. Sitter in 3 portraits.
James Wedge (1939-), Hat designer and fashion photographer. Sitter in 3 portraits.

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Taken for Life Magazine whose caption read; 'Young designers clamber on Chelsea Embankment. First row from left to right: Mary Quant, 29, and her husband Alexander Plunket Greene, moustachioed Kenneth Sweet, 34. Behind are Jean Muir, 29, of Jane and Jane, Gerald McCann, 29, Kiki Byrne, 26, and David Sassoon, 29. Hanging from lamp-post Sally Tuffin, 25, Marion Foale, 24 and milliner James Wedge.'