Postcards from the Edge of the Catwalk

Iain R Webb studied fashion design at St Martin's School of Art (now Central Saint Martins), graduating in 1980. During his career he has been fashion editor/director of Blitz, The Evening Standard, Harpers & Queen, The Times and Elle, while contributing to various publications including New Musical Express, New York Times and Vogue. He won the Fashion Journalist of The Year Award two years running in 1995 and '96. A respected fashion writer, he is the author of Bill Gibb, Fashion and Fantasy and most recently Foale and Tuffin: The Sixties. A Decade in Fashion. He works as a consultant at the Fashion Museum in Bath and is a visiting lecturer at Central Saint Martins, London College of Fashion and Royal College of Art, London. In May 2005 he was honoured with a Professorship at the University of Arts London (CSM), in recognition of his distinction in the field of fashion. As Creative Director of orangesnowstore, a concept gallery boutique (www.orangesnowstore.com), he has recently returned to his design roots.