Roecliff & Chapman Model was a British ready-to-wear fashion house active in the late 1940s and ’50s, specializing in high-end womenswear.
Based at a prestigious address on Grosvenor Street in Mayfair, London, the company produced elegant, well-crafted garments that reflected the refined style of postwar British fashion. Their designs offered sophisticated ready-to-wear alternatives at a time when quality and understated elegance were highly valued.
Though the label appears to have ceased operations by the late 1950s, surviving pieces remain appreciated as examples of mid-century British fashion craftsmanship. These elegant designs showcase the refined style and quality craftsmanship of Roecliff & Chapman Model, a sophisticated British ready-to-wear label of the postwar era.
Actress Hazel Court in watered silk dress in purple, white and gray, with a shirt top and gathered skirt by Roecliff & Chapman, photo by Richard Dormer, Harper’s Bazaar UK, July 1949
Anne Gunning in elegant silk jersey dress with soft folds on one side by Roecliff & Chapman, photo by Richard Dormer, Harper’s Bazaar UK, December 1950
Susan Hook in black velvet dress with mermaid-tight skirt flaring into a fish-tail from the knee by Roecliff & Chapman, photo by Richard Dormer, Harper’s Bazaar UK, November 1950
Actress Kay Kendall in cyclamen silk jersey draped evening dress leaving one shoulder bare by Roecliff & Chapman, photo by Richard Dormer, Madeira, Harper’s Bazaar UK, January 1951
Fiona Campbell-Walter in beautiful halter gown in navy taffeta with white embroidery by Roecliff & Chapman at Bon Marché, Harper’s Bazaar UK, June 1951
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