Jenny Bannister b. 1954

  • Designer (Textile Artist / Fashion Designer)
Jenny Bannister is a Melbourne fashion designer most active in the 1970s and 1980s. Inspired by the punk movement, Bannister designed clothes under the label "Jenny bannister Fashion" and maintained the label through select outlets and her flagship store Chapel Street, Windsor, Melbourne from 1976-2009.
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appeared at
G'day Gala Auction
Description

The G’day Gala Auction, November 21 1989, raised money for AIDS research. The 'Coquette’ Chair was included in Lot # 13.

appeared at
Mark & Jeffrey fashion parade
Description

Deborah Thomas wore a Jenny Bannister dress to a Mark & Jeffrey fashion parade, Sydney Opera House c.1979 -1981

exhibited at
1994 Fashion of the Year
Description

Cocktail party, ’1994 Fashion of the Year’, showed Jenny Bannister’s Evening Dress, February 6 1995.

exhibited at
From Eltham to Memphis: The State Craft Collection
Date
7 September 2000 - 14 October 2000
Place
Craft Victoria Gallery, Melbourne, VIC
Type
Exhibition
Website
http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/21410/20011205-0000/www.craftvic.asn.au/exhibit/2000/elmem.htm
exhibited at
Project 33: Art Clothes
Date
20 December 1980 - 1 February 1981
Place
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW
Description

Project 33 “Art Clothes” mixed exhibition at the Art Gallery of NSW (AGNSW) with Peter Tully, David McDiarmid, Jenny Kee, Linda Jackson, Katie Pye , Jenny Bannister and others.

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Jewellery, Costumes

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