Angela Kelly

Mary Angela Kelly, LVO (born 4 November 1957, Liverpool) is a British fashion designer, dressmaker, and milliner, who has served as Personal Assistant and Senior Dresser to Queen Elizabeth II since 2002.[1]

Not to be confused with Angela Kelly (soccer).

Angela Kelly LVO
Born	Mary Angela Kelly (1957-11-04) 4 November 1957 Liverpool, England
Occupation	Fashion designer, dressmaker, milliner
Title	Personal Assistant and Senior Dresser to Queen Elizabeth II

Early life

Kelly was born in Liverpool, the daughter of a Liverpool dock worker.

Career

A display of six of Elizabeth II's outfits,five of which were designed by Kelly.

She 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] In 2019, Kelly announced that Queen Elizabeth will be only wearing faux-furs moving forward.[4]

Notable creations by Kelly include:

• The replica of the royal christening gown.[5][6] The original, which had been commissioned by Queen Victoria for the christening of her first child, Victoria, Princess Royal, was retired in 2004 by Elizabeth II for conservation purposes.[5] Kelly's replica has been worn by royal babies for their christenings since 2008.
• The Queen's outfit for the wedding of Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, and Catherine Middleton;[6][7] 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.[8]

Other work

Kelly founded a fashion label, Kelly & Pordum, with Alison Pordum, who was also employed as the Queen's in-house dressmaker until 2008.[9] Kelly is also the author of Dressing the Queen: The Jubilee Wardrobe and The Other Side of the Coin: The Queen, the Dresser and the Wardrobe .

Honours

In 2006, she was appointed a Member of the Royal Victorian Order (MVO),[10] and promoted to Lieutenant of the same Order (LVO) in 2012.[11]

Bibliography

• Kelly, Angela (2012). Dressing the Queen: The Jubilee Wardrobe. ISBN 978-1-905686-26-1.[12]

References

1. Royal Collection - Queen & Commonwealth
2. Royal Wedding: Queen's confidant Angela Kelly to dress her majesty for the royal wedding - hellomagazine.com
3. "Her Majesty's A team". Daily Telegraph.
4. "Queen Elizabeth II is going fur-free". www.cbsnews.com. Retrieved 2019-12-16.
5. Holt, Bethan; Ranscombe, Stan (6 July 2019). "The story behind the royal christening robe that Archie Mountbatten Windsor wore for his baptism". The Telegraph. Retrieved 4 August 2019.
6. Taylor, Elise (20 February 2018). "Who Is Angela Kelly, the Queen's Right-Hand Woman at London Fashion Week?". Vogue. Retrieved 4 August 2019.
7. Liverpool-born designer Angela Kelly designed the Queen's Royal Wedding outfit - In The Mix Today - News - Liverpool Echo
8. Zara Phillips wedding guests: fashion verdicts - mirror.co.uk
9. Newbold, Alice (9 February 2016). "How Angela Kelly created the Queen's latest elegant look". The Telegraph. Retrieved 4 August 2019.
10. "No. 58014". The London Gazette (Supplement). 17 June 2006. p. 3.
11. 2012 Jubilee Honours List - Royal.gov website Archived September 14, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
12. New Royal Collection Trust publication Dressing The Queen: The Jubilee Wardrobe