Queen Elizabeth II and her fashion fashion legacy

Reporter: Ava Samm 

14 September 2022

Elizabeth established herself as master of the frock coat, dress and matching hat in colors as bold as purple, orange, red and fuchsia. Warmth and approachability, as well as her drizzling crowd, meant the color beige rarely made the grade. In his memoirs, Hardy Amies, another royal dressmaker, summarized the timeless quality needed for royal appearances when he wrote, “Style is so much more satisfactory than chic. Style has heart and respects the past; chic, on the other hand, is ruthless and lives entirely for the present.”

Source:The fashion legacy of Queen Elizabeth II – CNN Style