Jean Muir was part of the British design revolution of the 1960s. Jean Muir’s look was based on signature fabrics, colours, details as well as precision cut and fit.  Fabric, texture and strict attention to detail were of paramount importance. Garments were designed to skim and flatter the body with movement, and Jean Muir collections gained dedicated followers the world over.  Her work has graced the wardrobes of celebrities including Lauren Bacall, Joanna Lumley, Barbra Streisand, Judi Dench and Diana Rigg.

Jean Elizabeth Muir was born in London in 1928, and brought up in Bedford.
She first worked in the stockroom of Liberty's, then graduated to selling over the counter, before being given the opportunity to sketch in the ready-to-wear department, despite having no formal art college training. From Liberty’s, Ms Muir moved to Jaeger, where she worked as a designer for six years. In 1962 she moved to the Jane & Jane label, and in 1965 won an Ambassador Award for Achievement for one of her independent collections. In the following year, when Jane & Jane's parent company was taken over by Courtaulds, Ms Muir and her husband Harry Leuckert (whom she had married in 1955) decided to start their own company, Jean Muir Ltd.

1965     Harpers Bazaar Trophy

1966    First independent collection of Jean Muir Ltd shown in October

1974     Made Honorary Citizen of the City of New Orleans

1972     The Council of the Royal Society of Arts confers upon Jean Muir the RDI –     Royal Designer for Industry

1983     Becomes Trustee of the Victoria and Albert Museum

1984    Awarded a CBE - Commander of the Order of the British Empire

1984     British Fashion Council Award for services to the industry

1991    25th anniversary of Jean Muir Ltd.

1992    Honorary Degree of Doctor of Letters, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh

1993    Three-part television documentary series “Very Jean Muir”

1993    Elected an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Academy of Arts

1994    Honorary Degree of Doctor of Law, Dundee University

1994    Honorary Fellow of Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art, Dundee

1994    Hall of Fame Award, Lloyds Bank British Fashion Awards