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Christopher (Chrissie) Henry Gibbs (born 29 July 1938) is a British antiques dealer and collector and a former editor of Vogue for Men.

Early life and education

Gibbs is the fifth son of Hon. Sir Geoffrey Cokayne Gibbs KCMG and his wife Helen Margaret Leslie CBE, and the grandson of Herbert Gibbs, 1st Baron Hunsdon of Hunsdon. His elder brother is Sir Roger Gibbs. He was educated at Eton College, from which he was expelled "for being generally totally impossible", Stanbridge Earls School and the University of Poitiers.

Swinging London

A style leader in 1960s Swinging London, Gibbs' friends included The Rolling Stones, John Paul Getty, Jr., Lord Rothschild and later Bob Geldof. He is widely credited as being the first man in England to wear flared trousers, in 1961, and was ordering flower print shirts by 1964. He was described as promoting a kind of "louche dandyism" when he edited Vogue for Men.

In 1968, Gibbs introduced Prince Rupert Loewenstein, then working in London as a merchant banker, to The Rolling Stones frontman Mick Jagger. Loewenstein became the Rolling Stones' business adviser and financial manager from 1968 until 2007.

1970s

Gibbs was the set designer on the 1970 film Performance, directed by Donald Cammell and Nicolas Roeg, and starring James Fox and Mick Jagger.

In 1972, Gibbs bought Davington Priory from the Church of England, and sold it in 1982 as a private residence.

Later life

In 2000, Gibbs reluctantly sold the Manor House at Clifton Hampden, Oxfordshire, a house that had been built for his family in the 1840s. Christie's auctioned off the contents over two days. A man of eclectic taste, lots included a dining table supposedly made from wood that was one of the first pieces of mahogany brought to England from the New World in the 17th century, and a portrait of Cornish eccentric John Nichols Thom. As of 2011, Gibbs is living in Tangier.

Gibbs is chairman of the J Paul Getty Jr. Charitable Trust, set up to manage the estate of John Paul Getty, Jr., and a trustee of the American Friends of the National Gallery.

References

  1. ^ "Christopher Henry GIBBS". Debrett's. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
  2. ^ O'Neill, Alistair (2007). London : after a fashion. London: Reaktion books. p. 147. ISBN 978-1861893154.
  3. "Off school". The Telegraph. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
  4. ^ Mason, Christopher. "AT HOME WITH: CHRISTOPHER GIBBS; A Parting Embrace For a Lifetime's Quirks". New York Times. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
  5. Prince Rupert Loewenstein obituary by Adam Sweeting, theguardian, 22 May 2014. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
  6. "Davington Priory". Faversham.org. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
  7. Gibbs, Christopher. "Christopher Gibbs opens his Diary". The Spectator. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
  8. "Our trustees". J Paul Getty Jr. Charitable Trust. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
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