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Witness History: Althea McNish: 'I designed fabrics for the Queen'

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Althea McNish: 'I designed fabrics for the Queen'

24/04/2023 GMT

BBC World Service - Witness History, Althea McNish: 'I designed fabrics for the Queen'

In 1966, Althea McNish designed fabrics for the Queen's visit to Trinidad

In 1966, Althea McNish designed fabrics for the Queen's tour of the West Indies when she visited Trinidad and Tobago.

Althea's designs were turned into dresses for the Queen.

In 1966, the artist Althea McNish designed fabrics for the Queen's tour of the West Indies when she visited Trinidad and Tobago.

Althea, who was born in Trinidad and moved to England in 1950, had her vibrant designs turned into the Queen's dresses and they were even used for curtains and cushions for the royal residence.

Rose Sinclair, a lecturer in textile design at Goldsmiths, University of London, speaks to Reena Stanton-Sharma.

(Photo: Althea McNish. Credit: Evening Standard/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

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