Refashioning Bill Gibb for the 21st Century

Featuring contributions from renowned scholars, curators and creatives, this edited collection re-evaluates British fashion designer Bill Gibb's international legacy in relation to contemporary concerns such as sustainability, cultural appropriation, and fashion education.

Shane Strachan is a lecturer in Creative Writing at the University of Aberdeen, UK, who grew up in the same Aberdeenshire town as Bill Gibb. He created and performed The Bill Gibb Line, a spoken word podcast, film and exhibition at Aberdeen Art Gallery, and has also worked with V&A Dundee on Gibb.
Josephine Steed is Associate Dean for Research at Gray's School of Art, Robert Gordon University, UK. She co-coordinated the Bill Gibb Symposium at Aberdeen Art Gallery in March 2021 and is the co-author of Sourcing Ideas for Textile Design (Bloomsbury Visual Arts, 2020).