couturier

Kate’s couturier – and the sibling bond that’s been a wild inspiration

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When fashion designer Jenny Packham wants a frank opinion of her collection, she can count on her brother, nature presenter Chris Packham. ‘Every collection I’ve ever done I get quite a critique,’ she says cheerfully. ‘He’ll say: “That one was good, that one was rubbish.” But I don’t mind. In fact, I love the honesty.’ … Read more

Royal couturier behind Queen’s outfit for Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s wedding is gowns for NHS

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Scrubs up nice, Ma’am! Royal couturier behind Queen’s outfit for Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s wedding is now designing gowns for NHS frontline Stewart Parvin, 53, has been the Queen’s couturier since 2000 He also designed Zara Phillips’s bridal gown at 2011 wedding to Mike Tindall Said on Twitter his new scrubs being delivered to Frimley Park … Read more

Ann Lowe made Jacqueline Kennedy’s wedding gown was personal couturier for American aristocracy

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Ann Lowe (pictured above in an undated photo) learned to sew from her grandmother who was a freed slave that worked as a seamstress on a plantation. As a child, Lowe helped her mother and grandmother with their lucrative dressmaking business in Montgomery, Alabama  Roosevelt, Dupont, Rockefeller, Vanderbilt, Rothschild, Whitney, Post, Auchincloss. Lodge. Ann Lowe’s … Read more