Among the crowd of 850 creative luminaries, the fashion designers stood out, having designed bespoke outfits for their well-heeled guests. Deacons design assistant Jess Gough stood a swans head taller than anyone else in the room, thanks to her Stephen Jones headpiece from the spring summer 2012 collection.
Agyness Deyn, a guest of close friend Henry Holland, wore a customised House of Holland gown, and Caroline Sieber, Christopher Kanes plus-one, wore a crystal-encrusted dress based on a SS12 design. Lily Cole, who attended with once anti-royal designer Vivienne Westwood, wore a tiara with her very regal, very Westwood corseted gown.
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Henry Holland and Agyness Deyn meet the Queen
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Dame Vivienne Westwood and Lily Cole at A Celebration of the Arts
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Erdem Moralioglu and Sara Moralioglu at the Royal Academy
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Christopher Kane and Caroline Sieber
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Giles Deacon and Jess Gough
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Jasper Conran and Jasmine Guinness
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Matthew Williamson and Valentine Fillol Cordier
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Amanda Wakeley and Lisa B
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Anouska Hempel and Claudia Cooper
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Barbara Hulanicki and guest
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Manolo Blahnik at the Royal Academy event
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Ozwald Boateng and John Hurt at A Celebration of the Arts
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Sarah Burton and Philip Treacy at A Celebration of the Arts