BETTY JACKSON Spring 2009 London - Fashion Channel

BETTY JACKSON Spring 2009 London - Fashion Channel Visit and Subscribe to Fashion Channel to find out more! - http://bit.ly/1OdEd04 Visit our Shop: https://www.fashionchannel.shop Betty Jackson continues to maintain her position as one of Britain’s most prominent and internationally respected designers; with an intriguing blend of experimental cutting and understated elegance, Betty Jackson created highly desirable clothing for the intelligent and individual woman. Offering sophisticated design solutions exemplified by a play on proportion and using fine art derived prints as visual highlights, Betty created a design vocabulary that is enduring and instantly recognizable. Betty Jackson created two mainline collections a year which were shown on the runway at London Fashion Week and each was complemented by a complete range of accessories. Having launched her first collection in 1981, Jackson went on to win the esteemed title of British Designer of the Year in 1985. Her outstanding contribution to the British fashion industry was further recognized in 1987 when she was awarded an MBE and a year later in 1988, was made an RDI by the Royal Society of Arts. She was awarded Contemporary Designer of the Year in 1999 at the London Fashion Awards, and appointed visiting Professor at the Royal College of Art in 1999. Jackson was also appointed a trustee of the V&A in 2005 and in 2007 received a CBE in the Queen’s birthday honors list. She has been a Patron of th