Bob Schulz (fashion designer)

For other people named Robert Schulz, see Robert Schulz (disambiguation).

Robert Schulz (16 April 1923 – 17 May 2008) was an Australian fashion designer.

He was born in Booleroo, South Australia on 16 April 1923.[1]

Schulz established and ran Young Jaeger from 1959 to 1965, before working for the Milan store La Rinascente and living in Italy for some years.[1] In 1966, Helmut Newton photographed his work for the magazine Queen.[2]

He returned to London to restart his couture business in a large house in Wilton Place, Knightsbridge, but the business failed after a bust water pipe and insurers who refused to pay. He continued to design dresses until his retirement in 2006.[1]

For his last three decades, he lived with Elio Marchesi, and from the late 1990s onwards in a small council flat off London's Fulham Road.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Bob Schulz: Fashion designer who captured the spirit of the Swinging Sixties". The Independent. 28 August 2008. Retrieved 18 March 2017.
  2. ^ "SWEET JANE: Helmut Newton for Queen Magazine 1966". Sweetjanespopboutique.blogspot.co.uk. 3 January 2013. Retrieved 18 March 2017.