• Paul Smith Fashion Timeline: All Those Years Ago

    The first Paul Smith store opened in Nottingham, England in 1970.
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    The first Paul Smith store opened in Nottingham, England, in 1970.

  • Paul Smith Fashion Timeline: All Those Years Ago

    Paul was aged 17 and had dreams of becoming a professional cyclist, the photo was taken during a race in PaulÕs home town of Nottingham in 1963.Ê
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    Paul was 17 and had dreams of becoming a professional cyclist. The photo was taken during a race in Paul’s hometown of Nottingham in 1963.

  • Paul Smith Fashion Timeline: All Those Years Ago

    Paul and wife Pauline had been invited to San Francisco to participate in a multi-brand fashion show hosted by a local Paul Smith stockist, Wilkes Bashford. The picture was taken during the trip to the US in 1979.
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    Paul and wife, Pauline, had been invited to San Francisco to participate in a multibrand fashion show hosted by a local Paul Smith stockist, Wilkes Bashford. The picture was taken during the trip to the U.S. in 1979.

  • Paul Smith Fashion Timeline: All Those Years Ago

    A look from Paul Smith Men's Fall 1987.
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    A look from Paul Smith men’s fall 1987.

  • Paul Smith Fashion Timeline: All Those Years Ago

    Linda Evangelista in Paul Smith suiting during his Men's Fall 1991 show.
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    Linda Evangelista in Paul Smith suiting during his men’s fall 1991 show.

  • Paul Smith Fashion Timeline: All Those Years Ago

    The first Paul Smith Women's show at London Fashion week in 1998.
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    The first Paul Smith women’s show at London Fashion Week in 1998.

  • Paul Smith Fashion Timeline: All Those Years Ago

    Paul Smith at his Men's Fall 1999 show.
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    Paul Smith at his men’s fall 1999 show.

  • Paul Smith Fashion Timeline: All Those Years Ago

    The Paul Smith store on Melrose Ave. in Los Angeles opened in 2005.
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    The Paul Smith store on Melrose Avenue in Los Angeles opened in 2005.

  • Paul Smith Fashion Timeline: All Those Years Ago

    Paul Smith at his SoHo store in New York City at 142 Greene Street in 2006.
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    Paul Smith at his SoHo store in New York City at 142 Greene Street in 2006.

  • Paul Smith Fashion Timeline: All Those Years Ago

    Paul Smith backstage at his spring 2010 runway show at Claridge’s.
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    Paul Smith backstage at his spring 2010 runway show at Claridge’s.

  • Paul Smith Fashion Timeline: All Those Years Ago

    Paul Smith discusses British fashion with Barney's creative director Simon Doonan in 2009.
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    Paul Smith discusses British fashion with Barney’s creative director Simon Doonan in 2009.

  • Paul Smith Fashion Timeline: All Those Years Ago

    The finale of the Paul Smith Men's Spring 2010 show.
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    The finale of the Paul Smith men’s spring 2010 show.

  • Paul Smith Fashion Timeline: All Those Years Ago

    Paul Smith backstage in 2011.
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    Paul Smith backstage in 2011.

  • Paul Smith Fashion Timeline: All Those Years Ago

    Paul Smith is awarded a medal from the City of Paris for his and Joan Bursteins services at a dinner hosted by Mayor Bertrand Delanoe in 2012.
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    Paul Smith is awarded a medal from the City of Paris for his and Joan Burstein’s services at a dinner hosted by Mayor Bertrand Delanoë in 2012.

  • Paul Smith Fashion Timeline: All Those Years Ago

    The Paul Smith Spring RTW 2014 show.
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    The Paul Smith spring 2014 show.

  • Paul Smith Fashion Timeline: All Those Years Ago

    Max Whitlock wearing the Paul Smith Travel Suit.
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    Max Whitlock wearing the Paul Smith Travel Suit.

  • Paul Smith Fashion Timeline: All Those Years Ago

    Paul Smith in 2018.
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    Paul Smith in 2018.

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