Queen Elizabeth II attended designer Richard Quinn’s fall 2018 presentation during London Fashion Week recently (it was her first fashion show, BTW) and had us all a bit confused.
She’s the last royal we would expect to see at a fashion show – the likes of Kate Middleton and soon to be royal Meghan Markle are certainly more expected.
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But not only did the Queen sit front row or frow, she sat next to a different kind of queen, Anna Wintour. Now Anna is known for her impeccable fashion knowledge, quick wit and love of tennis so she no doubt entertained Her Majesty for those 15 minutes.
The Queen has attended #LondonFashionWeek for the first time and sat on the front row with Anna Wintour to check out the latest trends pic.twitter.com/yDZcoQHE1I
— Sky News (@SkyNews) February 20, 2018
Wearing a blue Angela Kelly suit, the Queen seemed to be quite animated with the Vogue Editor-in-Chief. Well, at least as animated as she’s ever seemed.
We would have loved to be a fly on the wall and eavesdropped on their conversation.
Were they talking about Richard Quinn’s out there designs? The models on the runway?
Meghan Markle’s upcoming nuptials to Prince Harry? The weather? Anna seemed quite happy and was smiling through the entire interaction so it must have been pleasant.
But some people on Twitter were not happy with the way Anna was behaving around the Queen.
I absolutely LOVE that HRH attended fashion week today. Love her. Just a shame that #AnnaWintour couldn't take her sunglasses off and #showsomerespect.
— Pamela Moss (@PamelaMossMUA) February 20, 2018
Dame Anna Wintour sitting next to HM at London Fashion Week wearing sunglasses. What a pillock!
— Natures Naturals (@naturalsnews) February 21, 2018
Although some people were like ‘what’s the fuss?’
People keep complaining about how disrespectful Anna Wintour was with her sunglasses but does Her Majesty look bothered? DOES SHE? pic.twitter.com/zDq8uWlfWY
— champagnebecky (@rebeccahenney) February 21, 2018
HM really didn’t seem that bothered by it, so we’re not sure why everyone else is.
According to news.com.au, the Queen was there to present an award to Quinn, the first-ever Queen Elizabeth II Award for British Design, which will now be presented annually to upcoming talent in the industry on the last day of fashion week.
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So you can say Quinn’s day was certainly a great one. Having two Queens sitting frow at your show, getting an award and a personal acknowledgement by HRH is definitely one way to say you’ve made it.
People are obsessed with these pictures of Anna Wintour And Cardi B sitting together at Fashion Week https://t.co/09D79AloI3 pic.twitter.com/tbDqAcgTll
— BuzzFeed (@BuzzFeed) February 11, 2018
Cardi B also recently sat next to Anna at an Alexander Wang show at New York Fashion Week, so we wonder who will be next to rub shoulders with the fashion queen?
Could it be another royal like Kate? Another hot music star like Nicki Minaj? Or our current fave Lupita Noyong’o? We're secretly hoping it will be Meghan.
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