Queen Elizabeth II: Her Majesty's Life In Style
The epitome of elegance.
Queen Elizabeth II was nothing, if not an icon. In more than 70 years of dressing in the public eye, the Queen never put a sensibly shoed foot wrong.
From a regal childhood to her years as a newly-coronated Queen and young mother, to her eventual status as the revered figurehead of the Commonwealth, the most impressive aspect of the Queen's sense of style might just have been the gloriousness of its consistency.
In the early days, Her Majesty sought the vision of royal couturier Sir Norman Hartnell, who was tasked with the near-impossible mission of creating not only her wedding dress for her marriage to the late Prince Philip in 1947, but also her silk Coronation gown in 1953. During the course of her 70-year reign, the royal continued to set and follow the trends, with the help of her dressmaker and confidante Angela Kelly, from wearing bright block colours and Richard Quinn-esque floral dresses, to Gucci-like tartan midi skirts, coats with fur cuffs and metallic shoes.
Here, we chart the Queen’s most experimental, modern and chic looks throughout her reign, to remind ourselves that Her Majesty will forever be the first queen of style.
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