Zandra Rhodes

Zandra Rhodes delights me precisely because she refuses to behave. Trained at the Royal College of Art, she pushed lurid, fearless color and bold prints into a fashion world that often prizes restraint. What I love is the range: she dressed Diana, Princess of Wales, and also Freddie Mercury and Marc Bolan, gliding between royalty and rock without flinching. Made a Dame, honored with the CBE, pink hair as a banner, she's still working past eighty. I have real affection for creators who never grow timid about color or age, and Rhodes is the patron saint of that stubborn, joyful defiance.

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Name (English)

Zandra Rhodes

Name (Japanese)

ザンドラ・ローズ

Reading

ざんどら・ろーず

Born

September 19, 1940 (age 86)

Origin

Chatham, United Kingdom

Occupation

designer / fashion designer

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Virgo / Dragon

University

Royal College of Art

Awards & achievements

• Commander of the Order of the British Empire
• Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire
• 1976 Royal Designer for Industry
• Montblanc Award

• Official sitehttps://www.zandrarhodes.com
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zandra%20Rhodes
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B6%E3%83%B3%E3%83%89%E3%83%A9%E3%83%BB%E3%83%AD%E3%83%BC%E3%82%BA
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1995217

Tags

• designer
• fashion designer

Last updated

September 19, 2026

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