Description

David Steen recalls: “This was taken in his shops in Covent Garden, London. I find it hard to imagine that anyone would actually buy those shoes to wear; the soles are works of art.”
Location: London, England
Year: 1995
Biography: British clothes designer born in Nottingham, Smith entered the fashion industry after his father made him take a job as an errand boy in a clothing warehouse. For many years he dreamed of being a professional cyclist, until an injury forced him to take his job more seriously. Through friendships with local art students, he began window dressing before managing a friend’s clothes shop, and then opening one of his own. After a while he decided to study fashion design and he is now one of the world’s more respected – as well as commercially successful – clothes designers; he describes his style as ‘classic with a twist’. Smith now has 12 collections (including clothes, shoes, fragrance and furniture) with shops all over the world. A design enthusiast, he was one of the first to stock the FiloFax and the Dyson vacuum cleaner
Print Type: Digital C-Type
Printed by: Metro Imaging, London
Limited Editions: All prints are limited editions, no further prints are produced once sold
Bespoke: All prints are bespoke and printed to order, stamped and numbered
Presentation: Prints are supplied to clients flat in an acid-free box or rolled in a tube
Watermark: Watermarks will not be present on an original print
Tags: paul smith, british, english, men’s, fashion, designer, brand, clothing, tailoring
Copyright: © David Steen / The David Steen Archive