Royal expert Elizabeth Holmes speaks to BoF’s Imran Amed about Queen Elizabeth II’s life and legacy — in fashion, culture and society at large.
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The things that made the queen the queen.
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"She has developed her own consistent signature style," said Elizabeth Holmes.
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"I think the Queen has very much approached her clothing as a uniform, but she keeps it creative and interesting within those guidelines," Elizabeth Holmes.
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"Royal fashion is fun, powerful and steeped with meaning," says author and royal fashion commentator Elizabeth Holmes.
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“The queen is so singular in the way she approaches her job and her wardrobe. I see a lot of similarities between Kate and the queen … It’s very subtle incorporation of certain things,” said Holmes.
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Her Majesty gave her outfits a second or third life. But never more; royal protocol prohibits the monarch from wearing an outfit more than a few times before it is “retired” from public view, according to author Elizabeth Holmes.
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“I think because she was a constant presence who didn’t say very much, it allowed people to project on her in different ways,” says Elizabeth Holmes.
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