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Robin Stubbs

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Obituary: Robin Stubbs, the costume designer who gave Del Boy a flash new look

Robin Stubbs, who has died aged 84 after suffering from dementia, was a costume designer who gave David Jason, as Del Boy, a new yuppy look in the TV sitcom Only Fools And Horses. In the era of Margaret Thatcher and get-rich-quick schemes, Stubbs moved Del's look away from his market-trader gear of sheepskin coat and flat cap, and dressed him instead in upmarket suits bought for hundreds of pounds at Austin Reed in Regent Street, London.

Anthony Hayward, The Guardian, 29th November 2024

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