>Antony Price

Fashion Designer

Antony Price is a British fashion designer famous for his intrinsic connections to the music world. He has collaborated with a number of performers, including David Bowie, Steve Strange and Duran Duran, but is best known for his close working relationship with Bryan Ferry and Roxy Music, whose respective 'looks' were defined by Price's designs. He has been credited as the chief illusionist of what he dubbed "the Roxy Machine" and contributed to all eight album covers – something which can be boasted by no-one besides Bryan Ferry himself.

Antony Price studied at Bradford School of Art and then at the Royal College of Art, graduating in 1968. In the late sixties and early seventies, Price worked under the labels Stirling Cooper, Che Guevara and Plaza in London before launching his own label in 1979 to international plaudits. In line with his connections to the entertainment business, Price’s designs are glamorous, dramatic and provocative with a focus on eveningwear and spectacle. He once declared that his clothes "are for women who go to serious parties". Accordingly, he received the 'Glamour' award from the British fashion Council in 1990, and was profiled in British Vogue the same year. In 1998, Antony Price collaborated with milliner Philip Treacy on clothing for his show at London Fashion Week, and continued to collaborate on subsequent Treacy shows in London and Paris.

Today Antony Price works from his home in the English countryside, creating made-to-measure clothing for an elite clientele, including the Duchess of Cornwall. He was nominated for the British Fashion Council's 'Red Carpet Designer' award at the 2006 British Fashion Awards. In 2008, Antony Price created the 'Priceless' range for high street retailer Topman and also designed a range of shirts alongside Daphne Guinness, which retailed at Dover Street Market.