In 1971 he formed fashion footwear company Daisy Roots Shoes[1] with a showroom in Beauchamp Place, Knightsbridge, London and a retail shop in Harrods Way In boutique, designing and producing high fashion footwear for the hip rock generation featuring stacked heel and platform shoes and boots in brightly coloured leathers and exotic reptile skins.
His footwear was favoured by the likes of Elton John, George Harrison, The Osmonds, Roxy Music, Redbone and Irish blues guitarist Rory Gallagher.
[3] Richard Evans has produced album covers and designs for many artistes including The Doors, Public Image Limited, Pete Townshend, Nik Kershaw, Robert Plant, Alison Krauss, Black Sabbath, Judas Priest, Pink Floyd, Paul McCartney, The Kinks, Godley & Creme, Agnetha Fältskog, Deep Purple, Roger Daltrey, Bad Company, World Party, Emerson Lake & Palmer, Jeff Wayne, Scorpions, King Sunny Adé, Al Stewart, Bill Wyman, Louis Armstrong and Van Morrison, plus designs for a diverse range of musical genres.
[4] He is mostly known for his design work for The Who, with whom he has worked since 1976, including album covers for The Kids Are Alright (soundtrack) (1979), Quadrophenia (soundtrack) (1979), Hooligans (album) (1981), Who's Missing (1985), Two's Missing (1987), Who's Better, Who's Best (1988), Join Together (1990), Thirty Years of Maximum R&B (1994), My Generation: The Very Best of the Who (1996), Blues to the Bush (2000), The Ultimate Collection (2002), Live at the Royal Albert Hall (2003), The 1st Singles Box (2004), Wire & Glass (2006), Endless Wire (2006), View from a Backstage Pass (2007), Amazing Journey: The Story of The Who (soundtrack) (2008), Live at Hull 1970 (2012), The Who's 50th anniversary tour logo and album The Who Hits 50!
[5] He has designed super deluxe edition box sets of Quadrophenia Director's Cut (2011), Tommy (2013), My Generation (2016), The Who Sell Out (2021) and Who's Next / Life House (2023).