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Hardy Amies Royal Couturier Book Review

 

Hardy Amies

Hardy Amies.

This beautiful book has been on my wish list for some time. Luckily for me it will now sit happily on my bookshelf. I thought you may like to have a look through the pages with me. I studied history of fashion at college and have remained fascinated with the subject ever since. The fashion designers and couturiers that survived the war and went on to conquer the international fashion world are the ones that capture my imagination…

Edwin Hardy Amies, couturier, born July 17, 1909, died March 5, 2003.

Edwin Hardy Amies was born in Maida Vale, West London. His father was a civil servant working for the London County
Council, and his mother was a saleswoman who, until her marriage, worked at a court dressmaking establishment in Bond Street.

Hardy Amies

He also had a sister and a brother who had Down’s syndrome. Amies was educated at Brentwood school, Essex, where he made a name for himself in school theatricals playing female roles. He left in 1927 and was interviewed for a job by the editor of the Daily Telegraph, who advised his father to spend money on sending him abroad, rather than to university.

Hardy Amies

Hardy Amies did not initially go into the fashion world.

He had a gift for languages and travelled to Antibes to train as an English teacher before spending several more
years tutoring in France and Germany. 

Hardy Amies

 

In 1955, Hardy Amies became one of the Queen’s dressmakers.

By appointment, was considered at that time to be a great accolade. He had been supplying her with clothes since her Canadian tour of 1950. Whereas Norman Hartnell, the doyen of royal dressing at the time, concentrated on her evening dresses.

 

Hardy Amies

 

The Queen and the couturier got on famously: every Christmas he would send her stuffed animals, which
she would place on the piano at Sandringham. But away from the formal attire he was designing for the monarch Amies was also creating jaw-dropping outfits for the film industry. Amies became very wealthy, with homes in London and Oxfordshire, where he created a beautiful garden which he shared with his long-term partner Ken
Fleetwood, design director at the company. 

 

Hardy Amies

Amies was knighted in Britain in 1989, retired in 2001 and died two years later. The business is now solely a men’s tailoring business, but reminders of the glory days are there for all to see. 

Hardy Amies

I admired the subject of this book so much; I found an autobiography on Amazon for 0.01p! Both books are presently sitting on my bedside table. Did you get any good books for Christmas? if so, are they on your bedside table or is that a nosey question?

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