Mary DAVIS

DESIGN FOR FAN

Essay

Thea Proctor in London 1910–11: her early involvement with fashion

Chair Carlo BUGATTI Frederick van Velthuysen and his wife, Josina Thomas de KEYSER Beach dress FRANCE Chacmool Tarascan, Tzintzuntzan, Michoacán, West Mexico Black bunny ears hat COMME DES GARÇONS, Tokyo (fashion house); Stephen JONES (designer) Throne Carlo BUGATTI (Anna Romana Wright reading by candlelight) Joseph WRIGHT of Derby Cabinet W. H. ROCKE & CO., Melbourne (manufacturer); John MATHER (decorator) Baronne Madeleine Deslandes Edward BURNE-JONES Dress with body chains COMME DES GARÇONS, Tokyo (fashion house); Rei KAWAKUBO (designer) Lady Rous née Charlotte Maria Whittaker, second wife of the 6th Baronet, later, Earl of Stradbroke William BEECHEY Hero and Leander Nicolas RÉGNIER Banner ZANDRA RHODES, London (fashion house); Zandra RHODES (designer) Shoes COMME DES GARÇONS, Tokyo (fashion house); Rei KAWAKUBO (designer) FRAGMENT Iris, platform sandals ALEXANDER MCQUEEN, London (fashion house); Sarah BURTON (designer) DAMASK Little Red Riding Hood Gustave DORÉ Anguish August Friedrich Albrecht SCHENCK Dress MOSCHINO, Milan (fashion house); Franco MOSCHINO (designer) Dress STEPHEN SPROUSE, New York (fashion house); Stephen SPROUSE (designer) Dress GUCCI, Florence (fashion house) Portrait of a gentleman Louis TOCQUÉ LENGTH OF FABRIC Self-portrait Joseph WRIGHT of Derby DAMASK The Virgin and Child FLANDERS BROOCH Dress JULIEN MACDONALD, London (fashion house); Julien MacDONALD (designer) Weeping woman Pablo PICASSO