Janice Wainwright (fashion designer)

Janice Wainwright (born 2 December 1940) is a British fashion designer. She is known for creating glamorous bias-cut and tailored pieces using high quality fabrics featuring intricate embroidery and applique. The Fashion Museum, Bath holds several pieces her work, and the Victoria and Albert Museum also holds three of her pieces in its permanent collection.[1][2][3][4]

Biography

Wainwright was born in Chesterfield, Derbyshire and grew up in Wimbledon, London. She studied at the Wimbledon School of Art and Kingston School of Art before gaining a place at the Royal College of Art in London. She studied under Janey Ironside and was part of a new wave of British fashion talent emerging from the College in the 1960s. Her contemporaries included Moya Bowler, Bill Gibb, Marion Foale and Sally Tuffin.

After graduation, she designed for Simon Massey from the late 1960s.[5] After a period of freelancing she set up her own label “Janice Wainwright at Forty Seven Poland Street” in 1970. When she moved premises in 1974 the label ran as “Janice Wainwright” until its closure in 1990.[6]

She was one of two designers permitted to use Celia Birtwell's printed textiles in the 1960s.[7]

In 2019 Kate Moss attended Marc Jacob's wedding wearing vintage Janice Wainwright.[8]

References
  1. Museum, Victoria and Albert. "Dress | Wainwright, Janice | V&A Explore The Collections". Victoria and Albert Museum: Explore the Collections. Retrieved 2022-08-27.
  2. Museum, Victoria and Albert. "Jacket | Wainwright, Janice | V&A Explore The Collections". Victoria and Albert Museum: Explore the Collections. Retrieved 2022-08-27.
  3. Museum, Victoria and Albert. "Cocktail Dress | James, Cornelia | Wainwright, Janice | V&A Explore The Collections". Victoria and Albert Museum: Explore the Collections. Retrieved 2022-08-27.
  4. "Fashions from the 1970s and 1980s". The Fashion Museum. 2020-09-07. Archived from the original on 2021-04-17. Retrieved 2022-06-18.
  5. "Double decker bus comes around the corner of a London street / show..." Getty Images. Retrieved 2022-06-18.
  6. "Janice Wainwright - Fashion Designer | Designers | The FMD". FashionModelDirectory.com. Retrieved 2022-06-18.
  7. "Vintage Fashion Guild : Label Resource : Wainwright, Janice". vintagefashionguild.org. Retrieved 2022-06-18.
  8. Mackelden, Amy (2019-04-07). "Kate Moss and Her Daughter Lila Looked So Alike at Marc Jacobs's Wedding". Harper's BAZAAR. Retrieved 2022-06-18.
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