Jenny Packham Explained
Jenny Packham is a British fashion designer. She mostly makes ready-to-wear clothes and wedding dresses. She is the sister of naturalist and television presenter Chris Packham.[1]
Career
Packham studied at Southampton College of Art, and then at Saint Martin's School of Art in London.
Her designs were first presented in 1988, at the London Designer Show. In 2013 a retrospective selection of her work was shown in the Raphael Gallery of the V&A Museum, in celebration of twenty-five years of her label.[2]
Packham has designed at least eight dresses for the Princess of Wales, including the one she wore to the Olympic Gala Concert at the Albert Hall in 2012, and the gold gown she wore to the premiere of the James Bond film No Time to Die in 2021.[3] She has also designed clothes for Jennifer Aniston, Miley Cyrus and Keira Knightley, among others.
Packham's designs have been used in the James Bond films Die Another Day and Casino Royale[4] – and in television; she designed costumes for Kim Cattrall in Sex and the City,[5] and for various episodes of Gossip Girl.[6] [7]
Recognition
Packham received an honorary doctorate from Southampton Solent University in 2008.[8]
Notes and References
- News: Chris Packham: 'I wanted to know how my parents' lives were shaped' . The Guardian . 2019-11-14.
- Bibby Sowray (22 July 2013). Jenny Packham on 25 years of dressing the stars. The Daily Telegraph. Archived 22 August 2013.
- News: Vanessa Friedman. The Duchess of Cambridge and Sartorial Diplomacy. 22 October 2015. The New York Times. 21 October 2015.
- Web site: Jenny Packham's dresses don't stay on very long (Vogue.co.uk). https://web.archive.org/web/20120514001035/http://www.vogue.co.uk/news/2006/03/30/fashions-new-bond-girl. 2012-05-14. Vogue UK. 30 March 2006 . Archived 14 May 2012.
- Web site: Life is looking "wonderful" for this glamorous duo (Vogue.co.uk). https://web.archive.org/web/20120603130253/http://www.vogue.co.uk/news/2006/12/20/jenny-packham-hooks-up-with-patricia-field. 2012-06-03. Vogue UK. Archived 3 June 2012.
- Web site: Petreycik. Caitlin. Jenny Packham's Gossip Girl Moment. InStyle. 11 October 2012. 11 October 2011. 8 July 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120708035145/http://news.instyle.com/2011/10/11/gossip-girl-jenny-packham/. dead.
- Web site: Walano, Rose. Blake Lively to Wear Similar Kate Middleton Dress on Gossip Girl Premiere. InStyle. 11 October 2012. 18 September 2012. 8 October 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20121008062551/http://news.instyle.com/2012/09/18/gossip-girl-premiere-blake-lively-jenny-packham-kate-middleton/. dead.
- Web site: Top designer Jenny Packham... . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120105121636/http://www.solent.ac.uk/news/archive/2008/top%20designer%20jenny%20packham.aspx . 5 January 2012 .
