The Girl Guide Association 1987
In 1987 at the request of Dr June Patterson Brown the Chief Guider, Jeff Banks was asked to create a new world wide uniform for the Girl Guide Association.
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The little brown dress was deemed
The whole project was to take two
association. Each set of designs
to be outdated (worn by the
years with endless research and
had to be verified and voted upon.
Queen when she was a Brownie)
study group meetings. Jeff set
All were proposed and seconded
and also inappropriate for many
up design group meetings and
with final approval being given by
of the tasks that the modern
competitions so that Rainbows,
The Princess. It was all passed
Guide movement undertook. The
Brownies, Guides and Rangers
and such was the shock at this
association had over 1.2 million
across the country could become
monumental
members and was the largest
involved in the design process
approved
single organisation in Britain. Since
and take ownership of their
Highnesses
it inception in 1910 the uniform
design. In mid 1988 Jeff Banks
fainted in shock.
had changed little and the 75th
presented his design work to
Jeff Banks carried out the whole
anniversary had passed without
the HRH Princess Margaret at
process free of charge and
the redesign that Dr Patterson-
Kensington Palace who gave her
donated all the copyright to the Girl
Brown desperately wanted. In
approval to the design work and
Guide Association. Royalties from
addition the organisation received
sample production began with a
the sale of all uniforms now pass
no financial benefit from the sale of
final presentation of the finished
to the G.G.A and over ÂŁ10 million
its uniforms which were made and
designs were made to Her Royal
has been received as a result.
distributed by various companies
Highness
with no remuneration going to the
Halls in Whitehall and modelled
association itself.
by 250 members of the Guide
at
the
banqueting
process
one
of
ladies
being
her
Royal
in
waiting