The Princess of Wales selected a Victoria Beckham swimsuit for at present’s presentation of the Queen Elizabeth II Award for British Design.
At the moment’s British Fashion Council awards ceremony was at London’s 180 Studios, “a community of manufacturing and exhibition areas that helps rising expertise and gives a platform for artistic progress.” 
The award “was initiated in recognition of the style trade’s function in society and diplomacy and to highlight younger designers who’re proficient and making a distinction to society by way of sustainable practices or neighborhood engagement.”
You could recall that the late Queen presented the inaugural Queen Elizabeth II Award for British Design to Richard Quinn in 2018 throughout London Vogue Week. 
In 2022, the Duchess of Cambridge presented the award. 
The winner that yr was designer Saul Nash. 
Different royal members of the family have offered the award, together with King Charles.
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The Duchess of Edinburgh.
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And the Princess Royal.
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Earlier winners have included Alexander McQueen and Erdem.
At the moment’s ceremony showcased the entire expertise help initiatives of the BFC Foundation, a charity run by the British Fashion Council.
This yr’s winner is Patrick McDowell, a Liverpool-born, London-based designer.
The Patrick McDowell website notes, “Our collections are crafted from supplies which can be kinder to the planet and in ways in which maintain our manufacturers and our shoppers in thoughts. We make-to-order items that match and swimsuit you completely. Designed and made in London, we work with the very best artisans and cutters to create particular collections from the best supplies. Every garment is made out there in a restricted amount and individually numbered.”
Under, the designer, together with his mom and the Princess. 
Extra from this story in the Daily Telegraph.
“It’s such an honour to obtain one thing like this, particularly from the royal household,” McDowell informed The Telegraph, including that it appears like a “full circle second”. The designer acquired a scholarship from the BFC to attend Central Saint Martins, and the model they’ve since shaped has all the time targeted on British craftsmanship, working alongside the King’s Basis scholarship college students.
A key factor of the model’s personal code is circularity. It’s develop into identified for limited-edition, made-to-order items crafted from planet-friendly supplies in London. Every is deliberately designed to final, however there are additionally redesign and restore companies out there to maximise longevity.
A more in-depth have a look at the award. 
Under is a sampling of a few of this spring’s types by Mr. McDowell: from left to proper, the Elenore Dress, the Apollo Trouser, the Hades Dress, and the Aristaeus Blazer.
The jacket worn by Mr. McDowell to just accept the award at present is crafted from “…a leftover Burberry Prince of Wales test – the very cloth donated for McDowell’s graduate assortment, neatly connecting previous to current…” per this piece in The Business.Vogue. 
McDowell launched the royal to seamstresses from his studio, and he offered designs together with a feathered, fuchsia flooring size kaftan-shirt and a lime inexperienced slip. She was then joined by Chioma Nnadi, head of British Vogue, and former BFC CEO Caroline Rush, to satisfy a collection of London’s prime younger designers.
McDowell, the designer identified for his excessive camp, extremely sustainable observe, tells The Normal he’s “extremely honored and humbled to have received” and that the second marks “a recreation altering step ahead for the model.”
One other view of the Princess with at present’s winner. 
Extra from this People article by Simon Perry.
Designer Clio Peppiatt, who spoke with PEOPLE after assembly the royal on the occasion, says, “She has such an enormous affect on ladies and what ladies wish to put on. She could be very fashionable and all the time appears impeccably turned out.”
The designer, 34, added that her affect has a trickle-down impact on all the trade.
“Numerous the time, trend is just not seen on the identical stage as different arts and inventive practices, so to have that help from the very prime, it elevates the entire trade,” she says.
This picture reveals the Princess with British Vogue Council CEO, Laura Weir (mushy inexperienced jacket), and designer Connor Ives. 
Mr. Ives is described by TheIndustry.Vogue this manner: “Like McDowell, Ives has been praised for his sustainable initiatives, utilizing deadstock cloth and recycled classic clothes to create offbeat collections that draw on streetwear and American youth tradition.”
The Princess selected a glance by Victoria Beckham for at present’s award presentation. The Patch-Pocket Jacket ($1250) is a signature fashion for the model, a single-breasted fashion accomplished in a polyester/wool mix with a contact of elastane for stretch and ease of motion.
The blazer options notched lapels, shoulder pads, a middle again vent, and the distinctive entrance pockets. It’s in inventory at Victoria Beckham ($1250), in addition to at Nordstrom ($1250), Selfridges ($995), Italist ($875, vminimalsizes), Cettire ($870, very restricted sizes), Bergdorf Goodman ($1250), and Farfetch ($1201).
The Princess paired the jacket with Victoria Beckham’s Alina Trouser ($750). The trousers are product of the identical materials because the jacket, with a excessive waist, straight, wide-leg silhouette, a entrance zipper, belt loops, and “back and front patch pockets drawing on Nineteen Seventies-style references.”
The trousers are in inventory at Victoria Beckham ($750), Farfetch ($620), Nordstrom ($750), and Bergdorf Goodman ($750).
The shirt is by Knatchbull, the model’s Cascade Ruffle Blouse ($595) in 100% sandwashed silk satin. This photograph affords a greater have a look at the entrance of the shirt. 
The shirt showcases a cascading ruffle down the entrance with elongated, fluted cuffs. 
Knatchbull is the one ladies’s tailoring store on Savile Row—extra from this Fashion United story.
Daisy Knatchbull, founding father of Knatchbull, mentioned: “The title Knatchbull represents not simply my legacy, however the legacy we’re constructing collectively – a world the place ladies have entry to the identical sartorial energy and confidence that tailoring has historically supplied males.
Prior to now 5 years, the model has dressed greater than 2,500 world shoppers, hosted trunk reveals all through the UK, Europe, and the US, and expanded its signature Made to Measure service with the introduction of a bridal service and a ready-to-wear providing.
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The Princess accessorized with the Celia Pumps ($750) from Ralph Lauren, which we’ve got seen at current engagements, a point-toe fashion in calfskin with a 4″ heel in a colorway known as “Ralph Lauren Gold.”
And the late Queen’s Bahrain Pearl and Diamond Drop Earrings, so-named as a result of the pearls within the earrings have been a marriage reward from the ruler of Bahrain to Princess Elizabeth for her wedding ceremony. 
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Additionally at present, the Royal Horticultural Society introduced this weekend they’ve named a brand new rose after the Princess of Wales, “to have a good time the unimaginable therapeutic energy of nature and lift consciousness of the necessary function that spending time open air performs in bringing us pleasure and supporting our psychological, bodily and non secular wellbeing.” Under, “Catherine’s Rose.” 
Harkness Roses bred the rose, and £5 from the sale of every rose plant will probably be donated to the Royal Marsden Cancer Charity—extra from a Kensington Palace information launch beneath.
Clare Matterson, RHS Director Normal, mentioned: “In addition to supporting the unimaginable work of The Royal Marsden, Catherine’s Rose will increase consciousness of how nature and gardening may also help to heal. We all know how necessary this message is as day-after-day we see how accessing nature and being exterior is important for our well being and happiness.
“Crucially too, Harkness Roses has accomplished a beautiful job breeding this spectacular rose that’s going to deliver a lot pleasure to all our nation’s gardeners and maintain our valuable pollinators buzzing too! It’s a extremely particular rose.”
This graphic, via the RHS, has extra background on the rose.
The rose will probably be displayed for the primary time on the RHS Chelsea Flower Show, which is able to run from Could 20 to 24. The Royal Marsden famous, “We’re honoured to have Their Royal Highnesses The Prince and Princess of Wales as joint Patrons of our specialist most cancers centre and we’re very grateful to The Princess of Wales and the RHS for establishing this initiative and for the profit it’ll deliver to most cancers sufferers all over the place.”
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Staying with the character theme, yesterday, Kensington Palace released a video narrated by the Princess of Wales, kicking off Mental Health Awareness Week. Right here is the message previous the video. 
SPRING.
This yr’s Psychological Well being Consciousness Week, we’re celebrating humanity’s longstanding connection to nature, and its capability to encourage us and assist us to heal and develop in thoughts, physique and spirit.
As we confront the challenges of an more and more advanced and digital world,… pic.twitter.com/lmxzxJUsiO
— The Prince and Princess of Wales (@KensingtonRoyal) May 12, 2025
