A GOLDEN AGE
In an article for Bazaar published on the eve of Elizabeth II’s coronation, the writer and critic Sacheverell Sitwell wrote of the Young Queen: ‘All admire her, and none could find it in his heart to envy her.’ Almost 70 years later, one feels the same. How difficult her path has been (and continues to be), and how surely and steadfastly she has navigated it! Whether any of her successors can follow in her footsteps remains to be seen, but all of her subjects must surely feel grateful to have experienced the second Elizabethan era. As the country prepares to mark the Queen’s 70 years on the throne (making her by far the longest-reigning monarch in British history), we honour this extraordinary milestone with a unique fashion collaboration. Masterminded over months…
