Bobby Hillson

Bobby Hillson started her illustration career working for publications such as Vogue and The Sunday Times, and designers like Coco Chanel. In 1969 she founded her own children’s wear, which earned her nomination for The Times newspaper’s designer of the year. In the late Seventies, Hillson returned to Saint Martin's where she herself had studied and set up the MA Fashion Course. She famously offered Alexander McQueen a place on the course when he made an unscheduled visit to the college to ask Hillson for a job as a cutter. She also taught amongst others Stephen Jones, John Flett and Rifat Ozbek.