{"id":251235,"date":"2026-06-01T19:24:40","date_gmt":"2026-06-01T19:24:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/251235\/"},"modified":"2026-06-01T19:24:40","modified_gmt":"2026-06-01T19:24:40","slug":"part-ii-inside-the-blockbuster-exhibition-of-queen-elizabeth-iis-fashion-collection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/251235\/","title":{"rendered":"Part II: Inside the Blockbuster Exhibition of Queen Elizabeth II’s Fashion Collection"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>The \u201cwow\u201d factor on display in The Nash Gallery, the largest room featuring Queen Elizabeth II: Her Life in Style at The King\u2019s Gallery in London<\/p>\n

In Case You Missed It: Part I: Inside the Blockbuster Exhibition of Queen Elizabeth\u2019s Fashion Collection<\/a><\/p>\n

The first installment of my Royals Extra on the wildly popular exhibition at The King\u2019s Gallery in London featured lots of luxe. In this installment I\u2019ll add a touch of haute couture but write mainly about clothes that were practical, informal, even quirky. I\u2019ll also draw on a recent interview with the curator of the show, Caroline de Guitaut, for her views on why the Queen\u2019s collection has resonated so strongly with visitors. And I\u2019ll share some insights into Caroline\u2019s training and perspective that have suited her to orchestrate the exhibition.<\/p>\n

\u201cComplementary rather than competitive\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cTailoring, of course, is the absolute foundation of British fashion, what we\u2019re renowned for still internationally,\u201d de Guitaut told me. The foremost designer known for expert tailoring was Hardy Amies, who began working for the Queen in 1951. Outside the Palace, Amies and the more established Norman Hartnell competed for upper-class customers and were often rivalrous. But \u201cbeing patronized by the Queen as official dressmakers, she often asked them to work together, so they had to,\u201d said de Guitaut. \u201cIt was a sort of complementary thing rather than competitive.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The \u201cwow\u201d factor on display in The Nash Gallery, the largest room featuring Queen Elizabeth II: Her Life…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":251236,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[9,24,63,122,124,123],"class_list":["post-251235","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-queens","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-queens","tag-queens-headlines","tag-queens-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/251235","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=251235"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/251235\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/251236"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=251235"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=251235"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=251235"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}