Article 6FD39 ‘Forgotten and overlooked’: how Jewish designers dressed the Beatles and changed global fashion

‘Forgotten and overlooked’: how Jewish designers dressed the Beatles and changed global fashion

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Rob Walker
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A new exhibition aims to highlight a huge but often ignored contribution to style in the Swinging 60s

When the Beatles' manager, Brian Epstein, wanted to create a new image for the band in the 1960s, the go-to tailor of the day was Cecil Gee on Shaftesbury Avenue in London.

So he dragged all four members of the band into the shop for a fitting.

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