Based in the United Kingdom, The Cloth was a 1980s ground-breaking collective formed by Royal College of Art (RCA) graduates Brian Bolger, Helen Manning, David Band and Fraser Taylor. The ethos of this group differed from practice at the time as they operated collectively as opposed to compete against each other for work. The Cloth’s painterly approaches and creative outputs intersected creative disciplines. Existing for only four years, the collective worked prolifically and their visual practice spanned painting, textiles, fashion, accessories, set design, illustration and graphic design. This paper focuses on research in its early stages, which utilises a collection of items held by Glasgow School of Art’s Archives and Collections. Items include sketchbooks, artworks on paper, slides, photographs, letters, exhibition catalogues, magazines, articles, newspaper cuttings, samples, textile lengths and garments, donated by Taylor. This collection represents Taylor’s creative work prior to The Cloth, as a student at the Glasgow School of Art (1977-1981), and then at the RCA (1981-1983) and includes the largest known group of items related to the activities of The Cloth (1983-1987). The paper will use the work of The Cloth to construct a case study which examines how fashion, textiles and art can intersect. The collective’s individual and collaborative creative practice will be explored. Due to the innovative nature of The Cloth, it is expected that studying this 1980s collective will be of interest to contemporary visual culture, design and art history. Findings will contribute to understanding surrounding cross-disciplinary practice and collaborative creative activity.