The Roger Collection
Sold by The Cary Collection, Bristol, CT, U.S.A.
AbeBooks Seller since 7 January 2008
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Add to basketSold by The Cary Collection, Bristol, CT, U.S.A.
AbeBooks Seller since 7 January 2008
Condition: Used - Good
Quantity: 1 available
Add to basket28, 29 & 30 January 1998 1,505 lots [339] pp. 1998 Sotheby's 10 1/2" x 8 1/4" *w prices realized list laid-in* The catalogue for the sale of the contents of the London and Scottish homes of Bunny (Neil), Alan and Alastair Roger. The three bachelor brothers amassed a huge collection of furniture, decorative objects and pictures which were auctioned by Sotheby's in 1998. Photographs of their furnished houses in London and the Scottish Dundonnell estate are included. A selection of items from Bunny Roger's wardrobe are listed, including a couple of extraordinary sequinned cat-suits. Good; light shelf wear to wrappers, slight creasing to front lower forecorner and rear wrapper, slight fading to top edge. Neil Munro "Bunny" Roger (9 June 1911 27 April 1997) was an English couturier and socialite. Roger's best known contribution to fashion was his popularization of Capri pants. Early years Neil Munro Roger was born 9 June 1911 in London to Sir Alexander Roger and Helen Stuart Clark, both from Scotland. He attended the Loretto School and read History at Balliol College, Oxford for a year; he then studied drawing at The Ruskin. He was expelled from Oxford for alleged homosexual activities. Career In 1937, Roger established his dressmakers, Neil Roger, in Great Newport Street, London. One of his clients was Vivien Leigh. In the Second World War, he was commissioned in the Rifle Brigade in 1941 and served in Italy and North Africa. Roger was a war hero known for his courage under fire. A story that may be apocryphal has him replying to a sergeant's question regarding approaching Germans, "When in doubt, powder heavily." Following the war, he was invited to run the couture department at Fortnum & Mason. He invested in the House of Amies, and his stake was later acquired by Debenhams in 1973. Capri pants, introduced by fashion designer Sonja de Lennart in 1948, were popularized by her and Roger. Roger was a clotheshorse who bought up to fifteen bespoke suits a year and four pairs of bespoke shoes or boots to go with each suit; each suit was said to have cost around £2,000. He favoured a neo-Edwardian look: four-buttoned jackets with broad shoulders, narrow waists, and long skirts. He favoured narrow trousers and a high-crowned bowler hat. He was particularly fond of spectator shoes and ruby cufflinks. Roger was known for the lavish and outrageous parties that he held throughout his life. These events were often themed, as in the Diamond, Amethyst, and Flame Balls held to celebrate his 60th, 70th, and 80th birthdays, respectively. Death Roger died in London on 27 April 1997. He was 85 years old.
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