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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Lifestyle
Chloe Mac Donnell Deputy fashion editor

LFW closes with melancholic Richard Quinn collection dedicated to Queen

Model on runway in black beaded gown and tiara
Quinn said that, on hearing that the monarch had died, he and his team turned around 23 all new opening black looks in just ten days. Photograph: Kate Green/BFC/Getty Images

On Tuesday evening, Richard Quinn closed London fashion week on a melancholic note.

In 2018 the late Queen Elizabeth II sat front row (on her own special padded blue cushion) at his debut runway show so it came as no surprise that his spring/summer ’23 collection was dedicated to her, with him saying she touched him “among so many others with her grace and kindness”.

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