Linda Jackson

Linda Jackson (born 15 September 1950 ) is an Australian fashion designer, fashion retailer and artist.

Biography Jackson was born in Melbourne bay side suburb of Beaumaris. Her parents were ballroom dancers and encouraged her creative instincts. She studied fashion and design at the Emily McPherson College (now part of RMIT), Jackson favoured quality fabrics such as tafetta, crepe de chine, chiffon and silk georgette.

After meeting designer Jenny Kee in 1973 at an exhibition opening at the Bonython Gallery in Sydney, She remained partners with Kee until 1982 In the foreword to her book Linda Jackson: The Art of Fashion, June McCallum, then editor-in-chief of Vogue, summed up Jackson's clothes as 'wonderfully witty, beautiful pieces that are imaginative, inventive and exciting to wear."

Selected exhibitions 1985-86: Linda Jackson and Jenny Kee: Flamingo Park and Bush Couture, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra 1989: Australian Fashion: the Contemporary Art Victoria and Albert Museum, London, Korea and Japan 2012: Bush Couture, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne 2019: Step Into Paradise, Powerhouse Museum, Sydney; with Jenny Kee 2025: Know My Name: Kee, Jackson and Delaunay, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra

Awards and recognition 1977: Fashion Industry of Australia Lyre Bird Awards (Innovators category); joint winner with Jenny Kee 2018: Officer of the Order of Australia for services to the Australian fashion industry

Influences Jackson was influenced in the late 1960s and 1970s by designer Peter Tully, artist activist David McDiarmid and fashion designer Clarence Chai. Later she was influenced by her experience of the Australian outback and the work of indigenous Australian artists, traditional textiles of Papua New Guinea and the traditional beading of Kenya.