Angela Kelly
Mary Angela Kelly, LVO (born 4 november 1967, Liverpool, United Kingdom) is a British fashion designer, dressmaker and milliner, who has served as Personal Assistant and Senior Dresser to Elizabeth II since 2002.[1]
The daughter of a Liverpool dock worker, Ms Kelly is responsible for the Queen's clothes, jewellery and insignia.[2] She researches the venues for royal visits as well as the significance of different colours, in order to create appropriate outfits for the monarch.[3]
Notable creations by Kelly include:
- the Queen's outfit for the wedding of Prince William, Duke of Cambridge,[4] a primrose-yellow double crepe wool coat and matching wool dress, with hand-sewn beading at the neck in the shape of sunrays;
- Princess Beatrice and Princess Eugenie's outfits for the wedding of Zara Phillips.[5]
Honours
In 2006, she was appointed a Member of the Royal Victorian Order (MVO),[6] and promoted to Lieutenant of the same Order (LVO) in 2012.[7]
Bibliography
References
- ↑ Royal Collection - Queen & Commonwealth
- ↑ Royal Wedding: Queen's confidant Angela Kelly to dress her majesty for the royal wedding - hellomagazine.com
- ↑ "Her Majesty's A team". Daily Telegraph.
- ↑ Liverpool-born designer Angela Kelly designed the Queen's Royal Wedding outfit - In The Mix Today - News - Liverpool Echo
- ↑ Zara Phillips wedding guests: fashion verdicts - mirror.co.uk
- ↑ "No. 58014". The London Gazette (Supplement). 17 June 2006. p. 3.
- ↑ 2012 Jubilee Honours List - Royal.gov website Archived September 14, 2012, at the Wayback Machine.
- ↑ New Royal Collection Trust publication Dressing The Queen: The Jubilee Wardrobe
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