Jean Muir

Jean Muir was born in London in 1928 although she was by heritage a Scot. By the time she was 6 years old, she could knit, sew and embroider. As a teenager, she made all her own clothes. Her first job at the age of 15 was at Liberty, selling clothes and then she worked for Jaeger from 1956 to 1961. She married Harry Leuckert. In 1961, she began to produce her own clothing line under the name Jane and Jane. In 1966 she founded her own company, Jean Muir Ltd. She had ideas on female dress ...