UK: SHOWING IN LONDON OF LATEST KIKI BYRNE CHILDREN'S CLOTHING COLLECTION BEFORE IT GOES TO NEW YORK.

Record ID: 174502

  • Title: UK: SHOWING IN LONDON OF LATEST KIKI BYRNE CHILDREN'S CLOTHING COLLECTION BEFORE IT GOES TO NEW YORK.
  • Date: 30th December 1965
  • Summary: YOUNG GIRLS MODELLING SOME OF THE COLLECTION FOR AN AUDIENCE OF GIRLS AND BOYS. Initials RM/V/AW/OS Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
  • Embargoed: 14th January 1966 12:00
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  • Location: LONDON, UK
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  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Reuters ID: LVA55FY95J6F7Q9D2LWNP67X6V7N
  • Story Text: THE LATEST COLLECTION OF THE CHILDREN'S CLOTHING DESIGNER, MISS KIKI BYRNE, WENT ON SHOW IN LONDON TODAY (THURSDAY) BEFORE BEING SENT TO THE UNITED STATES FOR DISPLAY IN NEW YORK FOR NEARLY TWO WEEKS BEGINNING NEXT TUESDAY. THE 28-YEARS-OLD MISS BYRNE, WHO IS FROM NORWAY, IS DESCRIBED AS LONDON'S MOST "SWITCHED ON" DESIGNER FOR CHILDREN AND TEENAGERS.

    THE RANGE OR GARMENTS INCLUDES BETWEEN 80 AND 100 ALL MADE WITH ACRILAN. THE GARMENTS ARE MOSTLY OF WOVEN FABRICS BUT IN ADDITION THERE ARE ABOUT HALF A DOZEN KNITTED GARMENTS WITH MATCHING STOCKINGS, ALSO IN ACRILAN - A HIGHLY POPULAR MATERIAL AMONG TEENAGERS. THE CLOTHING IS MADE BY ALEXANDER GREEN OF LONDON.

    MISS BYRNE'S FIRST COLLECTION FOR ALEXANDER GREEN WAS SHOWN LAST AUTUMN AND WAS ACCLAIMED BY THE BRITISH PRESS AS A BREAKTHROUGH IN STYLING IN THE BRITISH CHILDREN'S WEAR MARKET. THIS YEAR'S COLLECTION, IN ORDER OF APPEARANCE IN OUR FILM, INCLUDES:
    A SHORT-SLEEVED SHIFT DRESS OF ACRILAN AND WOOL FLANNEL. THE DRESS IN A PLAIN CAMEL SHADE WITH STRIPED TONING BODICE AND MANDARIN COLLAR.

    A SILVER GREY PIN-TUCKED DRESS WITH RUFFLED COLLAR AND CUFFS IN ACRILAN AND WOOL. THE COLOURS RUN IN TWO DIRECTIONS.

    A BOTTLE GREEN AND RED FOOTBALL-STRIPED SWEATER DRESS ALL IN ACRILAN. POLO NECK IN GREEN WITH MATCHING OPTIONAL BELT.

    A PLEATED DRESS IN GREY AND WHITE "PRINCE OF WALES" CHECK OF ACRILAN AND WOOL, WITH LONG SLEEVES. THE BELT AT THE HIP HAS A SILVER BUCKLE WITH MATCHING BUTTONS ON THE CUFFS. THE COLLAR IS WHITE CHOCHETED ACRILAN.
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