Linda Jackson (designer)
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Linda Jackson is an Australian fashion designer, fashion retailer and artist
. She was born in Melbourne
, Australia. She studied fashion, design and photography in Melbourne, then travelled in the 1960s in Asia and Europe. She met designer Jenny Kee
in 1972, with whom she established Flamingo Park, a boutique in The Strand Arcade
, Sydney
in 1973. She created the Bush Couture and Bush Kids labels. She has travelled throughout outback Australia, living and working with Aboriginal
communities.
She has also exhibited as a painter and photographer. She was one of many Australian artists and fashion designers in the exhibition at the Victoria and Albert Museum
, London, Australian Fashion: the Contemporary Art.
.
Artist
An artist is a person engaged in one or more of any of a broad spectrum of activities related to creating art, practicing the arts and/or demonstrating an art. The common usage in both everyday speech and academic discourse is a practitioner in the visual arts only...
. She was born in Melbourne
Melbourne
Melbourne is the capital and most populous city in the state of Victoria, and the second most populous city in Australia. The Melbourne City Centre is the hub of the greater metropolitan area and the Census statistical division—of which "Melbourne" is the common name. As of June 2009, the greater...
, Australia. She studied fashion, design and photography in Melbourne, then travelled in the 1960s in Asia and Europe. She met designer Jenny Kee
Jenny Kee
Jenny Kee is an Australian fashion designer. She was born in Bondi to a Cantonese father and a mother of partially Italian descent. Kee started her career in fashion in modelling, at one time featuring as the face of Canadian Airlines advertisements...
in 1972, with whom she established Flamingo Park, a boutique in The Strand Arcade
The Strand Arcade
The Strand Arcade is a Victorian-style shopping arcade in Sydney, New South Wales. The Strand Arcade is located in the heart of the Sydney central business district, between Pitt Street Mall and George Street.-History:...
, Sydney
Sydney
Sydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people...
in 1973. She created the Bush Couture and Bush Kids labels. She has travelled throughout outback Australia, living and working with Aboriginal
Indigenous Australians
Indigenous Australians are the original inhabitants of the Australian continent and nearby islands. The Aboriginal Indigenous Australians migrated from the Indian continent around 75,000 to 100,000 years ago....
communities.
She has also exhibited as a painter and photographer. She was one of many Australian artists and fashion designers in the exhibition at the Victoria and Albert Museum
Victoria and Albert Museum
The Victoria and Albert Museum , set in the Brompton district of The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, London, England, is the world's largest museum of decorative arts and design, housing a permanent collection of over 4.5 million objects...
, London, Australian Fashion: the Contemporary Art.
Influences
Jackson was influenced in the late 1960s by Peter Tully and Clarence Chai. Later she was influenced by her experience of the Australian outback and the work of native Australian artists, and also by the traditional beading of KenyaKenya
Kenya , officially known as the Republic of Kenya, is a country in East Africa that lies on the equator, with the Indian Ocean to its south-east...
.