The late Queen Elizabeth II was a fashion icon throughout her 96 years of life, from her baby bonnets to the iconic coat dresses she wore in her later years. One of her favored dressmakers, Stewart Parvin, recently revealed the secrets of her royal wardrobe in the later decades of her life. Parvin was called in by Angela Kelly, the Queen’s dresser and close confidante, to give The Queen a makeover in her later years—inspired by another timeless fashion icon.
Speaking to Bethan Holt for The Telegraph, Parvin revealed that the late Queen’s fashion inspiration was former First Lady Jackie Kennedy. Angela Kelly was hoping to recreate a “Jackie O” inspired wardrobe, which Parvin said “threw me off, because they were reported not to have got on, but whether that’s just The Crown, I’m not sure.”
