The friends and family of Eunice Wilson have given a small collection of her drawings to the Friends to find new owners and support raising the funds.
EUNICE WILSON (1921-2021)
Eunice was born in 1921, in Bradford. At the age of five, she contracted the polio that would semi-paralyse her for the rest of her life. Her mother Lucy refused to make any concessions to her disability, insisting she could do anything she set her mind to. Her father Joseph, an
engineer and aircraft designer, unusually for the time wanted his daughter also to qualify as an engineer. ‘But the trouble was I couldn’t do sums.’ So in the 60s, after studying at the Birmingham School of Art, Eunice became a consultant for the shoe and leather industries. She was the author of Fashion Bags, and the seminal A History of Shoe Fashions, illustrated with her own elegant designs, which is still sought after by students.
Read about fascinating Eunice’s life short biography of Eunice Wilson.
The illustrations by Eunice Wilson will be available at PSAD Christmas Fair 2024 to be held in the main school on the 1st December 10am – 5pm.
