While the Princess of Wales is used to recycling her outfits, it’s rare that she wears an old one. Until he discovered this British specialist shop in the 1920s and 1960s.
Kate Middleton’s vintage address. 36, Suffolk Parade in Cheltenham, a town of 100,000 in Gloucestershire, UK. There is a small Willow Hilson boutique specializing in fashion from the 1920s to the 1960s. It was he who provided the vintage pieces worn by Kate Middleton during her official trip to the Caribbean in March 2022. The Duchess de Cambridge had more. than ever bet on color with a bright wardrobe. For the occasion, she, who is constantly recycling pieces from her wardrobe, took a new step on the vintage side with a striped dress and a woven orange bag. Two pieces by expert Willow Hilson.
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Clothing history
It was on the benches of the prestigious Central Saint Martins School in London that Willow Hilson became passionate about historical clothing. At the age of 20, he left the capital for the west of England and cut his teeth in a boutique in Cheltenham. A year later, the owner made him his heir and sold the business. Attached to the history, past and future of the clothes she unveils, Willow Hilson sees her work as an “intimate experience,” as she confides in the British edition of Grazia. This will bring him a seamless clientele of individuals, but also stylists and costume designers, for example, for the series. Center Abbey.
Undoubtedly, it is this care that brought Willow Hilson, who also has an online sales site, to Kate Middleton’s coveted wardrobe. And that, perhaps, convinced the aristocrat to submit more to the clothes of the past. A few months later, on October 13, she, who now holds the title of Princess of Wales, also appeared in a vintage Chanel jacket.
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Source: Le Figaro
