In Pictures: The Bruce Oldfield designs worn by stars and royals as he turns 70
British fashion designer Bruce Oldfield turns 70 on July 14.
Bruce Oldfield, one of the royal family’s favourite fashion designers, is celebrating his 70th birthday on Tuesday.
The British couture designer, who was one of Diana, Princess of Wales’ favoured designers, was brought up in foster care before he was adopted by a seamstress.
He went on to create luxury dresses for royals, as well as celebrities such as model Jerry Hall and actress Catherine Zeta-Jones, in a career spanning 45 years.
Diana wore a glistening floor-length gown by Oldfield to a star-studded charity catwalk in aid of child care charity Barnardo’s, at the Grosvenor House Hotel in 1985.
At another Barnardo’s event at the Grosvenor House Hotel in 1988, Oldfield is pictured with Diana wearing his off-the-shoulder crushed purple velvet gown.
Oldfield’s designs have an enduring popularity with the royal family – the Duchess of Cornwall also occasionally wears his dresses.
Camilla attended the Bruce Oldfield Fashion Show, which raised money for the National Osteoporosis Society, in 2017, wearing his black knee-length gown.
She is pictured with Oldfield, and four models sporting his brightly coloured ballgowns, at Lancaster House in London.
The long-sleeved design featured a wrap-neck collar and breast pocket detail.
She is pictured with Charles wearing a black and white cotton suit during their Vatican tour.
She attended the 74th annual Academy Awards at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles, alongside her then-partner and Beatles musician Sir Paul McCartney.
British electric violinist Linzi Stoppard modelled the £175,000 garment at the Intercontinental Hotel in central London.
This range of specialist workwear was to be rolled out to the 67,000 McDonald’s employees in Britain at the time, according to Vogue.
