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{{Short description|British fashion brand}} '''Swanky Modes''' was a British fashion brand that opened in 1972 in London's Camden Town district.<ref>{{Cite web |title=My Life in Patterns with Esme Young - Sewing Blog |url=https://www.sewmag.co.uk/blog/my-life-in-patterns-with-esme-young |access-date=2023-01-11 |website=Sew Magazine}}</ref> It consisted of four designers: Judy Dewsbury, Melanie Haberfield, Willie Walters and Esme Young,<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Museum |first=Victoria and Albert |title=Amorphous {{!}} V&A Explore The Collections |url=https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O72706/ |access-date=2023-01-11 |website=Victoria and Albert Museum: Explore the Collections |date=1977 |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite book |last=Young |first=Esme |title=Behind the seams : my life in creativity, friendship and adventure |date=2022 |isbn=978-1-78870-462-5 |location=London |oclc=1294284520}}</ref> and was located at 106 Camden Road, London.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Museum of London {{!}} Free museum in London |url=https://collections.museumoflondon.org.uk/online/object/749831.html |access-date=2024-02-16 |website=collections.museumoflondon.org.uk}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=1984-02-02 |title=Judy Dewsbery from Swanky Modes in the Guardian |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-guardian-judy-dewsbery-from-swanky-m/45470755/ |access-date=2024-02-16 |work=The Guardian |pages=9}}</ref>
In the 1970s, they used form-fitting designs and their clients included Midge Ure, Cher and Grace Jones.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=BBC One - The Great British Sewing Bee - Judges |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/profiles/3tVTzJgzx96cFg5WlwK0ZkP/judges |access-date=2023-01-11 |website=BBC |language=en-GB}}</ref> They created the Amorphous Dress, which is now part of the V&A collection. <ref name=":0" /> Swanky Modes also featured clothes in magazines and newspapers including Vogue, Nova, Honey, 19, ID, The Face, Boulevard, Interview, The Sunday Times, Express, Mail, and the V&A Little Black Dress Book.<ref name=":2"/>
==See also== *Jazz Frames
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Category:Clothing brands of the United Kingdom
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