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Poster for The Glasgow School Of Art Fashion Show entitled 'Follow This Pattern'

This poster advertised the 2005 Glasgow School Of Art Fashion show. The event was held in the Mackintosh Lecture Theatre on The Glasgow School Of Art campus with performances running daily from the 1st to the 5th of March. Tickets for the event were priced at £5 with a discounted offer of £3 for concessions.

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Robert Stewart photographs including GSA student fashion show, 1952

Contains black & white photocopies and one colour photocopy of photographs of Robert Stewart, 1947-early 1990s, with Liz Arthur's accompanying notes. Includes images of Robert Stewart, D. White, Betty Stewart, Peter Perritt, Margaret Stewart, Sheila McQuistan, Sheila Stewart, John Macfarlane and Jimmy Cosgrove, as well as images of Robert Stewart's flat, Oakfield Ave; GSA student fashion show, 1952; printed textiles student group, 1954; students working on printed textiles, 1966; Robert Stewart receiving gold medal in Munich, 1968; and GSA Activities Week, 1975.

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Robert Stewart graphics

Contains colour reproductions and 29 colour photographs of Robert Stewart's graphic designs, c1948-1979, with Liz Arthur's accompanying notes. Includes images of designs for magazine covers (Colville's House magazine, 1948 and School of Architecture Magazine, 1958); exhibition catalogues (GSA, 1950s and Exhibition of Contemporary Scottish Crafts, 1957); greeting cards (including ones designed for Dovecot); Austin Reed Christmas catalogue, 1950s; Liberty Christmas catalogue, 1959; studio label for SCWS, 1948; GSA fashion show program, 1952; 'Mackintosh and the modern interior' exhibition invitation; posters (the GSA exhibition of embroidery & weaving 1963, the Commonwealth arts festival 1965, GSA activities week 1970s, Farewell dinner for Kath Whyte 1973, GSA fashion show c1973); and GSA degree certificate, 1979. As well as images of design for Schweppes, 1950s; design based on Mackintosh's weathervane on the GSA building, late 1950s; design for Scottish Craft Centre, mid 1950s; Robert Stewart Ceramics publicity 1957 - 63; and work published in Motif 2. (Note : the above dates reflect the year in which the work was done and not the year the photograph was taken.)

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Poster for The Glasgow School Of Art activities week

This item forms part of a large scale poster advertising The Glasgow School Of Art's 1986 activities week. This portion of the poster advertises a fashion show which was held in the school's Assembly Hall from the 10th to the 15th of March. Tickets were priced at £2.50 with a £1 discount for concessions. Taylor Fergusson hairdressers were responsible for styling the models' hair and the set was designed by the Royal Scottish Academy Of Music And Drama.

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Poster for The Glasgow School Of Art activities week

This item forms part of a large scale poster advertising The Glasgow School Of Art's 1986 activities week. This portion of the poster advertises a fashion show which was held in the school's Assembly Hall from the 10th to the 15th of March. Tickets were priced at £2.50 with a £1 discount for concessions. Taylor Fergusson hairdressers were responsible for styling the model's hair and the set was designed by the Royal Scottish Academy Of Music And Drama.

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Poster for The Glasgow School Of Art activities week

This item forms part of a large scale poster advertising The Glasgow School Of Art's 1986 activities week. This portion of the poster advertises a fashion show which was held in the school's Assembly Hall from the 10th to the 15th of March. Tickets were priced at £2.50 with a £1 discount for concessions. Taylor Fegusson hairdressers were responsible for styling the model's hair and the set was designed by the Royal Scottish Academy Of Music And Drama.

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Poster for The Glasgow School Of Art activities week

This item forms part of a large scale poster advertising The Glasgow School Of Art's 1986 activities week. This portion of the poster advertises a fashion show which was held in the school's Assembly Hall from the 10th to the 15th of March. Tickets were priced at £2.50 with a £1 discount for concessions. Taylor Fergusson hairdressers were responsible for styling the models' hair and the set was designed by the Royal Scottish Academy Of Music And Drama.

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Poster for The Glasgow School Of Art activities week

This item is one of nine sections of a large scale poster advertising lectures given by Bob Godfrey and Joe McGrath during The Glasgow School Of Art's annual activities week in 1971. Bob Godfrey is best known for his animated cartoons such as Roobarb and Custard and Henry's Cat. Joe McGrath is a Scottish director famous for his films Casino Royal and The Magic Christian. The entire poster would have been one of many displayed on huge billboards on Renfrew Street to advertise events happening during each of The Glasgow School Of Art's annual activities weeks.

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Photographs

  • DC 093/3/1, Portrait of Sheila Bates, 1961, one photograph
  • DC 093/3/3-6, ‘Penny Daintee’ dresses by Sheila McDonald, 1977 (see: DC 093/1/9-11) , four images
  • DC 093/3/7-14, Two photographs, one contact sheet, one contact sheet cut into five strips plus five negative strips relating donated by Elizabeth (Lyz) Armstrong, 1970s
  • DC 093/3/15, Copy of a photograph of Rena Hume, née Harris (Interior Design student) modelling a dress, 1950.

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Press Coverage

  • DC 093/4/1 Picture Post magazine published 7th February 1953, includes an article on the GSA Fashion Show; donated by Eirene Hunter (nee Paton), plus a loose copy of the article donated by Rena Hume.
  • DC 093/4/2 News cutting from 1961, donated by Sheila Bates
  • DC 093/4/3-5 Three press cuttings from 1975, donated by Judith MacKechnie and relating to the donor’s work, see DC 093/1/5-8
  • DC 093/4/6, News cutting from 1977, donated by Sheila R McDonald

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Photographs of Robert Stewart's works collected by Liz Arthur

Contains 5 black & white photographs of : Robert Stewart climbing a ladder to hang his mobile at the 1952 GSA fashion show, Elizabeth Stewart wearing a hat designed by Robert Stewart for the 1952 GSA fashion show, and Robert Stewart demonstrating the use of procion to Richard Demarco and Romanian artists at Hill House, Loch Striven, 1969. Also contains 79 colour photographs of Robert Stewart's : post diploma show paintings, gouache on paper, 1946-1947; textile designs, late 1940s-early 1950s; Jon Noble, Ardkinglas commission, c1950; embroidered panel worked by Kath Whyte, 1955; designs for Christmas cards done for Dovecot Studios, Edinburgh Tapestry Company, mid 1950s; Robert Stewart Ceramics storage jars and tankards, 1957-1963; graphic designs for Liberty, late 1950s; greetings cards, 1964; ceramic mural for Tappit Hen restaurant, Paisley, 1965; ceramic mural designed for West Dumbartonshire Burgh offices (Robert Stewart in picture), 1965; untitled paintings, procion, grease and gouache on paper, late 1960s; ceramic panels, late 1960s; 'First Sight of Santorini' painting, 1968; ceramic mural for Hebridean & Highlander restaurant, Queen Street Station, Glasgow. (Note : these dates reflect the year in which the work was done and not the year the photograph was taken.) As well as : fireplace designed by Robert Stewart for 5 Clarkston Rd., Busby, for commission by Ian Millen, 1963; Robert Stewart exhibition, Design Centre, St. Vincent Street, Glasgow, 1969; Sheila Macfadyn's (nee McQuistan) diploma show textile designs (she was a student of Robert Stewart at GSA 1951-1953); and the Robert Stewart exhibition, Glasgow School of Art, 2003. Most photographs have captions handwritten by Liz Arthur.

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