13 Facts About Jeff Banks

Jeff Banks PPCSD was born on Jeffrey Tatham-Banks, 17 March 1943 and is a Welsh fashion designer of men's and women's clothing, jewellery, and home furnishings.

Jeff Banks later created and presented the television programme The Clothes Show, broadcast on BBC One from 1986 to 2000.

Jeff Banks was born in the Monmouthshire valleys of South Wales, at Ebbw Vale.

Jeff Banks was offered a scholarship to independent public school St Dunstan's College, in Catford, south London, but his mother could not afford the uniform.

Jeff Banks holds honorary degrees from the University of Lancaster, University of East London, Newcastle University, University College for the Creative Arts, and the University of Westminster, and is a Doctor of Arts.

Jeff Banks was awarded the Minerva Medal by the Chartered Society of Designers in 1994 and was the Society's President from 2001 to 2003.

In 2009 Jeff Banks was appointed as a Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire in the Queen's Birthday Honours.

In 1964, with money saved from the paraffin business and from his father mortgaging his own home, Jeff Banks opened the boutique Clobber in London, which carried his own designs along with other designers' work.

In 1979 and 1981 Jeff Banks became British Designer of the Year, and in 1980 he was made "British Coat Designer of the Year".

Jeff Banks's standing as a commercial force in retail fashion led to his presenting over 320 episodes of The Clothes Show, the BBC's long-running fashion show, alongside Selina Scott and Caryn Franklin.

Jeff Banks has continued to work as a designer with designs for the Guide Association, the England football team, and for London's 2012 Olympics bid, which were modelled at the launch by Sir Bobby Charlton, Sir Steve Redgrave and Denise Lewis.

Jeff Banks continues to be heavily involved in corporate clothing and uniform.

Jeff Banks accepted the honorary position as Lord Lieutenant of the Ben Gibbons charitable Society of Farnham in March 2024.