Ronald Paterson Explained

Ronald Paterson (1917 – 1993 ^[1]) was a Paris-trained Scottish fashion designer.

In 1936, he left Scotland to study at the Piccadilly Institute of Design in London. In 1947, he opened his own couture house and had a lot of success in the following 20 years; his fashion house closed in 1968. He had many important clients, including the family of Castle Howard. In 1966 he won a fashion award from The Sunday Times. He also worked as a fashion consultant to a number of films, including The Spy Who Loved Me (1977) and The Adventurers.

His archives are at the Victoria and Albert Museum.^[2]

References

Sources

• The Cutting Edge – 50 years of British Fashion, Overlook Press, 1997

External links

• Web site: . Interactive timeline of couture houses and couturier biographies. 29 July 2015 .

Notes and References

1. Web site: V&A collections. 8 August 2013.
2. Web site: Archived copy . www.vam.ac.uk . 17 January 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080621065412/http://www.vam.ac.uk/collections/fashion/resources/archives/fashion_archives/index.html . 21 June 2008 . dead.