Although the designer is best known for creating the world's most famous wedding dress, her influence on the wardrobes of certain high-profile celebrities has extended far and wide.
Elizabeth Taylor, Elizabeth Hurley, Joan Collins, Bianca Jagger, Charlize Theron and Cher are among the stars who have chosen her distinctive designs. Madonna, Rita Ora and Nicole Scherzinger have also worn her creations.
"This is more than my home," says Elizabeth, perched on a stool. "This is where I'm at my happiest. I never throw anything out and everything has a story behind it.
It's a living memory." The designer who, along with ex-husband David, created the ivory silk bridal gown worn by Lady Diana Spencer on her wedding to the then Prince of Wales – is by her own admission a hoarder. Her studio’s walls are covered with mood boards and fabric swatches, every inch filled with frothy dresses and tailored jackets, lace trim and sashes, beads, sequins and crystals.
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It is steeped in history but also hope for the future as Elizabeth, who recently turned 70, can once again use her name, having lost the right to do so in the early 1990s when a business deal went wrong, plunging her into years of financial insecurity.
“Hitting the big birthday is huge, but not as traumatic as it might have been,” she says, relieved that she can now properly promote herself and her work. “I’m really happy I’ve made it.”
In July 1981, Elizabeth became a household name overnight when Diana emerged from her carriage at St Paul’s Cathedral – “like a butterfly from a chrysalis” – in swathes of silk taffeta and lace, trailing a 25ft train.
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AS 'THE SUBSTANCE' IS RELEASED MARGARET QUALLEY
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BUSY MUM-TO-BE AND DUTIFUL DAUGHTER PRINCESS BEATRICE
TEAMS UP WITH SISTER PRINCESS EUGENIE TO SUPPORT THEIR FATHER IN HIS EXILE FROM ROYAL LIFE
CHAMPIONING WOMEN'S HEALTH THE DUCHESS OF EDINBURGH
HONOURS 60 YEARS OF GROUNDBREAKING CHARITY
AS ONE DIRECTION REUNITE TO BID FAREWELL TO FORMER BANDMATE LIAM PAYNE
HUGS AND TEARS AS MOURNING FRIENDS AND FAMILY SAY GOODBYE
CELEBRATING HER GAME-CHANGING NEW CONCEALER VICTORIA'S SECRETS
THE DESIGNER SHARES HER TOP SKINCARE TIPS AND REVEALS WHICH PRODUCTS HARPER LOVES TO STEAL
CHANNELLING MARY POPPINS TO CHAMPION LITERACY THE QUEEN
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STAFF DECK THE HALLS - AND, FOR THE FIRST TIME, THE ROYAL DOLLS' HOUSE
SNAPPING UP RECORD-BREAKING £60M MANSION IN MIAMI THE BECKHAMS
WE GO INSIDE THEIR BILLION-DOLLAR LIFESTYLE AS THE FAMILY PREPARE TO EXPAND THEIR BRAND