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British fashion designer

OccupationFashion designer

LabelJenny Packham

Jenny Packham
Education	Saint Martin's School of Art
Occupation	Fashion designer
Label	Jenny Packham
Relatives	Chris Packham (brother)
Website	jennypackham.com

Jenny Packham is a British fashion designer. She mostly makes ready-to-wear clothes and wedding dresses. She is the sister of naturalist and television presenter Chris Packham.^[1]

Packham studied at Southampton College of Art, and then at Saint Martin's School of Art in London.^[2]

Her designs were first presented in 1988, at the London Designer Show. In 2013 a retrospective selection of her work was shown in the Raphael Gallery of the V&A Museum, in celebration of twenty-five years of her label.^[3]

Packham has designed at least eight dresses for the Princess of Wales, including the one she wore to the Olympic Gala Concert at the Albert Hall in 2012, and the gold gown she wore to the premiere of the James Bond film No Time to Die in 2021.^[3]^[4] She has also designed clothes for Jennifer Aniston, Miley Cyrus and Keira Knightley, among others.^[5]

Packham's designs have been used in the James Bond films Die Another Day and Casino Royale^[6] – and in television; she designed costumes for Kim Cattrall in Sex and the City,^[7] and for various episodes of Gossip Girl.^[8]^[9]

Recognition

Packham received an honorary doctorate from Southampton Solent University in 2008.^[2]

References

↑ "Chris Packham: 'I wanted to know how my parents' lives were shaped'". The Guardian. Retrieved 14 November 2019.
1 2 "Top designer Jenny Packham..." Archived from the original on 5 January 2012.
1 2 Bibby Sowray (22 July 2013). Jenny Packham on 25 years of dressing the stars. The Daily Telegraph. Archived 22 August 2013.
↑ Vanessa Friedman (21 October 2015). "The Duchess of Cambridge and Sartorial Diplomacy". The New York Times. Retrieved 22 October 2015.
↑ Ella Alexander (9 June 2010). Packham For New York. Vogue.com (UK). Archived 12 June 2010.
↑ "Jenny Packham's dresses don't stay on very long (Vogue.co.uk)". Vogue UK. 30 March 2006. Archived from the original on 14 May 2012. Archived 14 May 2012.
↑ "Life is looking "wonderful" for this glamorous duo (Vogue.co.uk)". Vogue UK. Archived from the original on 3 June 2012. Archived 3 June 2012.
↑ Petreycik, Caitlin (11 October 2011). "Jenny Packham's Gossip Girl Moment". InStyle. Archived from the original on 8 July 2012. Retrieved 11 October 2012.
↑ Walano, Rose (18 September 2012). "Blake Lively to Wear Similar Kate Middleton Dress on Gossip Girl Premiere". InStyle. Archived from the original on 8 October 2012. Retrieved 11 October 2012.

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