Fashioning the Crown: A Story of Power, Conflict and Couture
Published ahead of the centenary of the Queen's birth and sumptuously illustrated with over 100 images, Fashioning the Crown is an exquisite hidden history of the Crown and how it survived a tumultuous era and two world wars.
“Magnificent . . . A book that is tart, racy and compulsively readable. The pictures, as you might expect, are gorgeous” The Times
A fascinating and eye-opening account of the House of Windsor's relationship with clothes, and the designers behind them…Picardie shows how the Windsors used - and still use - dress to shore up monarchy, particularly at times of threat. Fashioning the Crown is full of detail and insight, told with warmth and rigour, and as carefully put together as a Norman Hartnell gown. Professor Alice Hunt
Justine Picardie is the author of seven books, including the international bestsellers Miss Dior: A Story of Courage and Couture and Coco Chanel: The Legend and the Life. Previously the editor-in-chief of Harper’s Bazaar, she was an investigative journalist for the Sunday Times, columnist for the Telegraph, editor of the Observer Magazine and features director of Vogue.
“Magnificent . . . A book that is tart, racy and compulsively readable. The pictures, as you might expect, are gorgeous” The Times
A fascinating and eye-opening account of the House of Windsor's relationship with clothes, and the designers behind them…Picardie shows how the Windsors used - and still use - dress to shore up monarchy, particularly at times of threat. Fashioning the Crown is full of detail and insight, told with warmth and rigour, and as carefully put together as a Norman Hartnell gown. Professor Alice Hunt
Justine Picardie is the author of seven books, including the international bestsellers Miss Dior: A Story of Courage and Couture and Coco Chanel: The Legend and the Life. Previously the editor-in-chief of Harper’s Bazaar, she was an investigative journalist for the Sunday Times, columnist for the Telegraph, editor of the Observer Magazine and features director of Vogue.
Wednesday 11 March 2026 7:30 PM - 8:30 PM (UTC+00)
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The Holst Hall
James Allen's Girls' School, 144 East Dulwich Grove, London, London SE22 8TE
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Fashioning the Crown: A Story of Power, Conflict and Couture
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