I’ll admit it, I actually think Queen Camilla has nice style for her age. She’s a bit too tweedy for my taste, but for her body type and position, I think Camilla wears some nice looks. My favorite pieces of hers are when she wears more Indian-style designs, like high-fashion kurtas, but she’s got some nice conservative, flattering gowns too. My least favorite looks are when she wears anything lacy or velvet. Camilla tends to favor a handful of old-school British designers and she rarely ventures out to the younger designers or more avant-garde looks, which is also fine. So, long story short, Camilla has chosen the person who will design her coronation look. And the designer is one of Princess Diana’s favorites and one of Diana’s close friends.
The Queen has chosen her close friend Bruce Oldfield, who was also a favourite of Diana, Princess of Wales, to design her Coronation dress. Camilla has been working on the creation in secret with Oldfield, who once claimed he had given the royal her “confidence”.
The design of the dress, which will be one of the most significant of the Queen’s life, will remain under wraps until she is crowned at Westminster Abbey on May 6. Oldfield, 72, has long been one of the Royal family’s favoured couturiers. He is synonymous with the late Diana, Princess of Wales, with whom he worked closely for 10 years, designing many of her most iconic gowns in the 1980s.
The designer said in 2014: “I gave Diana her glamour and Camilla her confidence.”
But a source added: “Camilla has a very close friendship with Bruce spanning many years so in many ways it is the natural and obvious choice. Camilla trusts Bruce because he has really delivered on dresses for so many important occasions recently for her.”
Queen Elizabeth II’s coronation dress is regarded as one of the most important examples of 20th-century design. She requested that the gown, made of white satin, conform to the line of her wedding dress.
I keep forgetting that the coronation will be a big fashion and jewelry event, honestly. While Charles claims to have simplified the ceremony, that basically only means that men don’t have to wear knickerbockers or hosiery. The women – Lady Hootentooter and the Countess of Craven-Biscuit – will be expected to wear conservative evening gowns and all of their best family jewels. Tiaras, giant necklaces, brooches, rings, everything, piled on. My guess is that, for Camilla, Oldfield will design something long-sleeved and high-necked, probably something in white. As for Camilla choosing one of Diana’s favorites… well, Camilla co-opted as many people as she could. Who was Cam going to choose instead, Alice Temperley? Jenny Packham? Please.
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The Duchess of Cornwall with Bruce Oldfield, Vice President of Barnardo’s at a garden party in Buckingham Palace, London in honour of children’s charity, Barnardo’s 150th anniversary.,Image: 530575256, License: Rights-managed, Restrictions: NO UK USE FOR 48 HOURS – Fee Payable Upon Reproduction – For queries contact Photoshot – sales@photoshot.com London: +44 (0) 20 7421 6000 Los Angeles: +1 (310) 822 0419 Berlin: +49 (0) 30 76 212 251, Model Release: no, Credit line: – / Avalon 
Kate, Duchess of Cambridge, Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, Camilla, The Duchess of Cornwall and Prince Charles, Prince of Wales attends the World Premiere of No Time To Die on Tuesday 28 September 2021 at Royal Albert Hall, London. .,Image: 635007636, License: Rights-managed, Restrictions: World Rights – Julie Edwards/Avalon.Red, Model Release: no, Credit line: Julie Edwards / Avalon 
LONDON, ENGLAND – SEPTEMBER 28: Prince Charles, Prince of Wales, and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, attend the “No Time To Die” World Premiere at Royal Albert Hall on September 28, 2021 in London, England.,Image: 635095435, License: Rights-managed, Restrictions: , Model Release: no, Credit line: Chris Jackson / Avalon
LONDON, ENGLAND – SEPTEMBER 28: Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, attends the “No Time To Die” World Premiere at Royal Albert Hall on September 28, 2021 in London, England.,Image: 635095469, License: Rights-managed, Restrictions: , Model Release: no, Credit line: Chris Jackson / Avalon 
HRH Duchess of Cornwall hosting a reception for the British Equestrian teams from 2020 Tokyo Olympic & Paralympic Games.,Image: 660835221, License: Rights-managed, Restrictions: , Model Release: no, Credit line: Steve Reigate / Avalon 
WADEBRIDGE, ENGLAND – JUNE 10: Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall at the Cornwall Cider Championships stand as she attends the Royal Cornwall Show at The Royal Cornwall Showground on June 10, 2022 in Wadebridge, England.,Image: 698833056, License: Rights-managed, Restrictions: NO UK USE FOR 48 HOURS- Fee Payable Upon reproduction – For queries contact Avalon sales@Avalon.red London +44 20 7421 6000 Los Angeles +1 310 822 0419 Berlin +49 30 76 212 251 Madrid +34 91 533 42 89, Model Release: no, Credit line: Avalon.red / Avalon
LONDON, ENGLAND – JULY 12: Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall during The Oldie Luncheon, in celebration of her 75th Birthday at National Liberal Club on July 12, 2022 in London, England.,Image: 706844548, License: Rights-managed, Restrictions: , Model Release: no, Credit line: Chris Jackson / Avalon 
LONDON, ENGLAND – NOVEMBER 22: Camilla, Queen Consort during the State Banquet at Buckingham Palace on November 22, 2022 in London, England. This is the first state visit hosted by the UK with King Charles III as monarch, and the first state visit here by a South African leader since 2010.,Image: 739545057, License: Rights-managed, Restrictions: NO UK USE FOR 48 HOURS- Fee Payable Upon reproduction – For queries contact Avalon sales@Avalon.red London +44 20 7421 6000 Los Angeles +1 310 822 0419 Berlin +49 30 76 212 251 Madrid +34 91 533 42 89, Model Release: no, Credit line: Avalon.red / Avalon 
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