Victoria Grant

Victoria is a key contributor to the enduring popularity of the British millinery scene and has collaborated with numerous icons from the worlds of music, art and fashion. She gained inspiration at a young age by visiting the Honourable Artillery Company with her father, who is now a Pikeman with the Pikemen & Musketeers. Victoria’s passion for British heritage and culture is evident in her design and aesthetic. Her creations are timeless, elegant and sophisticated, and her clients include Madonna, Rihanna, Lady Gaga, Beyoncé and Cara Delevingne. Her works are regularly featured in editorials shot by Mario Testino, Ellen Von Unwerth, Annie Leibovitz, Karl Lagerfeld, Nick Knight and Juergen Teller and featured in Vogue and Harper’s Bazaar. Victoria believes that hats ought to be worn, regardless of the occasion, and wants every woman to embrace them. She says, ‘I feel naked without a hat; I’ve worn one every day for the past 10 years.’

Andrew Law

Andrew, described by the Financial Times as an ‘unassuming master of the universe’, forged a meteoric City career from a state-school Manchester background. Having washed cars at the weekends and learnt to love Manchester City despite their various relegations, he arrived in the City of London with a first-class economics degree just as Big Bang made a banking career possible for those without an old school tie. After Goldman Sachs, Andrew joined Caxton, the iconic hedge fund, in 2003. He became its chief investment officer in 2008 and then CEO and chairman in 2012, cementing a then-unique generational leadership transition at an established hedge fund. A dedicated meritocrat, he now helps others from state-school backgrounds to find their path to success; he is the financial backer and chairman of Speakers for Schools, and the sponsor of the Laurus Trust, a ground-breaking 9-school Multi-Academy Trust centred on his old school, Cheadle Hume High School. Unashamedly academic, the trust also promotes the Cicero Curriculum, investing in culture, creativity and rhetoric to put its students on a level playing field with the alumni of famous private schools. He hopes they will become the next generation of Mancunians to change the world.

Nicholas Stephens

Nicholas was born in the Dominion of Canada to a naval family of Devonian origin. He was educated in Canada, Brussels and the United Kingdom and is bilingual. He has always been politically involved, helping the social evolution and economic revolution that became Thatcherism –Margaret Thatcher remains his inspiration. His career in finance spans over 30 years; he has worked in various disciplines, including physical commodities, foreign exchange and derivatives. He is currently with Société Générale, running a Derivatives Group. Nicholas is also obsessed with fast cars and Cuban cigars. He is married to Rosalind. ‘All positive things in life start and end with my wife,’ he says. Holistically driven by his father, he would most like to speak with his sister, who was taken young by cancer. His lasting life objective is to convey a positive mental attitude through leadership and teamwork, to deliver results of every type. ‘The human race is more capable as the whole than the sum of its parts,’ he says.

Sir Rod Stewart

Sir Rod is one of Britain’s greatest singer-songwriters. He started his career by performing with several UK bands in the 1960s before embarking on his solo career. ‘Maggie May’ became his first hit single in 1971, followed by, ‘Tonight’s the Night’ in 1976 and ‘Do Ya Think I’m Sexy’ in 1978. His voice is unforgettable, and his recording output spans decades of number one albums: ‘Rarely has a singer had as full and unique a talent as Rod Stewart,’ according to The Rolling Stone Illustrated History of Rock & Roll. In 2004 he was awarded a Grammy for best traditional pop vocal album with Stardust: The Great American Songbook, Volume III. In 2006, he returned to rock music with Still The Same: Great Rock Classics of Our Time. The album reached the top of the pop charts in October of that year. In 2012 he published his memoir Rod: The Autobiography. The following year, he made a return to song writing with his album Time. He has sold over 250 million records worldwide.

Alexandra Fullerton

Alexandra is a fashion stylist and writer with over 18 years’ experience in the industry. She is renowned for her obsession with denim and shoes and has even been known to sleep in new purchases. Currently fashion director-at-large at Glamour UK, Alex was formerly fashion director of Stylist, a position she held for seven years, and has contributed to V Magazine, Vogue Brazil, Stella and Grazia. She is never not wearing denim – her collection of jeans alone runs into three figures and that’s before considering the denim dresses, skirts, jackets and shoes she owns. Alex has worked with photographers including Ellen Von Unwerth, Victor Demarchelier, David Bailey and Rankin and has styled Florence Welch, Rosie Huntington Whiteley, Sophie Turner and Kylie Minogue. Last year Alex published her first book, How To Dress, which became a best-seller in Amazon.co.uk’s fashion category, although without the support of endless cups of Earl Grey tea (black, half a sugar) it may never have made it to more than one page long. When not styling cover shoots, sitting front row at the shows or writing best-sellers, Alex dreams of unearthing an authentic Hermès Birkin bag in a provincial charity shop.

Julian Fellowes, Lord Fellowes of West Stafford 

Julian reinvented the great English country houses and upstairs/downstairs living, first with his screenplay for Gosford Park (the 2002 film directed by Robert Altman) and then with the worldwide hit TV series Downton Abbey, which he created and wrote. For years Sunday nights were all about the Crawleys and their servants, played by an astonishing cast including Maggie Smith, Hugh Bonneville, Elizabeth McGovern and Michelle Dockery. After winning almost every award, the Downton Abbey movie is now in production. Julian’s screen scripts include The Young Victoria and Vanity Fair (starring Reese Witherspoon). He made his directorial debut with Separate Lives and From Time To Time and can rely on staggering casts, from Timothy Spall to Dominic West, Tom Wilkinson, Emily Watson and Rupert Everett. His two books satirising the English class system, Snobs and Past Imperfect, were bestsellers, as was his interactive book, Belgravia. He has also written books for the musicals Mary Poppins, School of Rock and The Wind in the Willows. Following his education at Ampleforth College in Yorkshire and Magdalene College, Cambridge, Julian started out as an actor, featuring in Monarch of the Glen and Tomorrow Never Dies. But it is for his uncanny ability to bring back the past that he was given a peerage. He and his wife, Emma, live in London and Dorset and have a son, Peregrine.

Sarah Reygate

Sarah is a revered and respected make-up artist with over 30 years of experience in fashion, music, film and the arts. Her breakthrough in 1990, a magazine cover for The Face shot by Juergen Teller, set the tone for a long-standing career, creating signature looks with her loyal clients such as Bjork, Florence Welsh, Bryan Ferry, Kylie, Tilda Swinton, Anne Clarke (St Vincent), Elle Macpherson, Prince, Laura Bailey, Millie Mackintosh and Take That. With a wealth of knowledge derived from her experiences living in Paris, New York and London, Sarah fast became known for creating heightened beautiful natural skin. She continues to inspire, innovate and support her love of beauty, make-up and fashion, but her greatest love is her cat, Tolstoy. Adopted with her twin sister, Sarah describes herself as incredibly lucky, ‘I had a gorgeous upbringing, and having a twin has meant I have never felt lonely.’

Lorna May Wadsworth

Born in Sheffield, Lorna now operates from her East London studio. Rising to prominence in the contemporary art world before she had even graduated from university, notable early works include portraits of the Rt. Hon. David Blunkett and Archbishop of Canterbury Dr Rowan Williams. Her most acclaimed work is her monumental portrait of the late Baroness Margaret Thatcher, completed from five life sittings. The result is one of the most commanding and respected formal portraits of a modern British prime minister. Lorna continues to challenge the portrait tradition, and a recurrent theme of her work is the inversion of the gendered gaze. The canon of Western art has invariably favoured the female subject seen through the eyes of the male artist. In her series Beautiful Boys, Wadsworth transfers the power balance so that she holds the gaze of the male subject and places him on display for all to see. A retrospective of her work was held at Graves Gallery Sheffield in 2019, bringing together her most celebrated works for the first time, including her contemporary interpretation of The Last Supper, which is twelve feet long and features a black Christ.

Sir Bobby Charlton 

Sir Bobby signed for Manchester United as a 15-year-old after being spotted playing in Northumberland. Over the next 20 years he made more than 600 appearances for the Old Trafford club. Sir Bobby was a key member of the ‘Busby Babes’, the young side that won the 1956 League Championship and reached the FA Cup final and European Cup semi-final, before the Munich Air Disaster of 1958 claimed the lives of eight of the team. Aged 20, Sir Bobby recovered and was identified by manager Matt Busby as the player a new team must be built around. A decade on, he scored the first and last of United’s four goals as he captained the side to their first European Cup victory against Benfica at Wembley. Sir Bobby came to be revered as one of the finest players in international football and was player of the tournament at England’s winning 1966 World Cup. His sportsmanship and work ethic were as famous as his goals. He retired from international football in 1970, with 106 caps. His record of 49 goals for England stood until 2015, when Wayne Rooney broke it. Sir Bobby scored 249 goals for Manchester United.

Colin Bell 

Colin, regarded as one of England’s best attacking midfielders, played for Manchester City during their greatest years as they won domestic and European honours. Voted Manchester City’s all-time cult hero by BBC Football Focus, ‘The King of the Kippax’ was crucial to the 1968 Division One championship-winning team. Bell joined the club from Bury in 1966, when City were fighting to establish themselves in the top flight. In 1969 Manchester City won the FA Cup; the following year the League Cup and the European Cup Winners’ Cup were added to Bell’s growing trophy cabinet. In 1968 Bell also won his first England cap against Sweden, where he was instrumental in a 3–1 victory. In total Bell won 48 caps and scored nine goals for England. The 1970 World Cup was the only World Cup Bell played a part in: England didn’t qualify for the tournament in 1974 and a serious knee injury in 1976, when he was just 29, put a premature stop to his astonishing career. He was forced to retire in 1979, after a 13-year spell, in which he had made almost 500 appearances and scored 152 goals. The Colin Bell Stand at the City of Manchester Stadium is named in his honour.

Jo Elvin

Currently the editor of YOU magazine at the Mail on Sunday, Jo Elvin is an award-winning journalist whose career spans nearly 30 years. Arriving in the UK from her native Australia in 1992, with a two-line CV and loose change in her pocket, she worked her way up through the ranks to become one of the country’s most respected editors. She is probably best known as the editor-in-chief of Glamour, which she launched in 2001, and which rapidly became the biggest-selling women’s magazine in the UK and Europe. Before Glamour, Jo was the editor of New Woman and the launch editor of Sugar magazine. She is the five-times winner of an Editor of the Year award from the British Society of Magazine Editors. The ultimate Aussie girl, Jo even worked as a publicist for Neighbours in her early career. She is also a well-known broadcaster, having appeared on TV programmes such as Lorraine and This Morning and more recently as part of the BBC presenter team covering the wedding of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex. Her writing has been published widely, including in the Daily Mail, the Observer, the Evening Standard and The Independent. She also co-hosts a hit podcast, ‘Is It Just Me?’ with her friend James Williams.

Roland Mouret

Roland was self-taught. ‘The journey of my work is when I drape. I’m still discovering, still teaching myself,’ he says. His path to becoming one of the best-loved names in British fashion has followed an unlikely route, beginning in a French mountain village near Lourdes, where he was expected to become a butcher like his father. That taught him to respect muscles, bones and curves, and he used his butcher’s apron to learn to fold material. Now, he designs in his Suffolk home, taking fabric home to drape for the weekend. Fashion is supposedly all about dramatic change, yet he says he prefers to evolve. A lover of old-style glamour, he never copies from the past, ‘because women want to move, for today’. In 1997, Mouret took some fabric and, inspired by Azzedine Alaia and Yohji Yamamoto, created a signature item of his own. The Galaxy dress was his first triumph, followed by Moon, Titanium and Pigalle, but he is just as loved for his separates. The brand now includes eyewear, shoes, bags and bridal wear. Recent expansion has included the perfume Une Amourette.

David Gandy

Described as the world’s most successful male supermodel, David has been at the top of his industry for over 10 years, adorning hundreds of magazine covers and billboards, and has been the face of numerous iconic campaigns. Having gained a reputation for his personal style, he has been honoured with many awards as one of the most stylish men in the world. David is about to celebrate the fifth year of his hugely successful loungewear and underwear lines in collaboration with Marks & Spencer and last year was named Ambassador of Tailoring. He continues to build his substantial portfolio of brands with investments in many British start-ups, while also continuing his ambassador and members role for the British Fashion Council and London Fashion Week Men’s. He is passionate about all things motoring, and his extensive classic car collection, which has been displayed at the RAC and the Goodwood Festival of Speed, continues to grow. Having gained his racing licence, he has now completed two Mille Miglia, all of which can be read about in his columns for GQ, Vanity Fair and the Mayfair Times. David is an avid charity supporter, acting as ambassador for many charities (including Style for Soldiers, Battersea Dogs & Cats Home and Achievement For All) as well as supporting and donating to many other worthy causes, such as Save the Children and Oxfam.

Alice Thomson

Alice is an award-winning weekly columnist, interviewer, and associate editor for The Times. She has worked for nearly 30 years as a journalist for The Times and the Daily Telegraph, as a leader writer, foreign correspondent, features writer and restaurant reviewer. She has covered the revolutions in Eastern Europe, the break-up of Yugoslavia, the genocide in Rwanda, the invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq and their aftermath, numerous British elections and now Brexit. She has interviewed everyone from the Dalai Lama to six former prime ministers, Bill Gates, politicians, writers, spies, chefs and sporting heroes. She has contributed to publications including Vogue, The Spectator and the Financial Times and regularly appears on the Today Programme, Newsnight, Question Time and Any Questions. Alice is the author of a best-selling book, The Singing Line, about an ancestor of hers who built the telegraph line across the centre of Australia in the 19th century and named Alice Springs after his wife. She lives with her husband and four children in London and Devon, where she looks after the National Oak collection, several horses and 50,000 bees.

George Davies

George has been dubbed the ‘King of the High Street’ for his ability to create successful fashion brands. Born in Crosby, Merseyside, he attended the local grammar school and initially studied dentistry at Birmingham University, before leaving to work at Littlewoods, the retailer. His first foray into entrepreneurialism came when, aged 28, he spotted a gap in the market for providing uniforms to schools through home-shopping. During the 1980s he ran Next, launching the Next Directory, followed by George at Asda in the 1990s and, in 2000, the Per Una fashion collection at Marks & Spencer. In 2010 he launched FG4, which came to the UK in March 2018. George is committed to charitable work and supports many health and educational charities both in the UK and abroad. At 74, he was diagnosed with bowel cancer and has since been keen to raise awareness of the condition

Paapa Essiedu

Paapa is already one of Britain’s leading actors. At 25 he played a critically acclaimed Hamlet for the RSC and was invited to take the production to London and the USA. His charismatic, intelligent performance earned him the prestigious Ian Charleson Award for the Best Classical Stage Performance given by a British actor under 30 and also Best Actor Award at the UK Theatre Awards. His other stage work includes work at the National and Royal Court theatres and in other West End venues. In 2016 Paapa was named the Most Influential Theatre Actor by the Evening Standard. His screen credits include leading roles in BAFTA-winning drama Kiri (Channel 4), Press and The Miniaturist (BBC One) and Gangs of London (Sky); he has worked with writers such as Dennis Kelly, Jack Thorne and Mike Bartlett, and with directors such as Kenneth Branagh, Hugo Blick, Gareth Evans and Euros Lynn. In 2018 he was named as one of BAFTA’s Breakthrough Brits. Paapa grew up in Walthamstow and trained at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama.

Daisy Lowe

Discovered at the age of 15, Daisy Lowe is one of Britain’s most iconic models, starring in major campaigns for designers Louis Vuitton, Chanel and Marc Jacobs. She has been shot by some of the most notable names in fashion, such as Steven Meisel, Juergen Teller, Mario Sorrenti, Steven Klein, Miles Aldridge and Terry Richardson. Editorially, Daisy’s international career has spanned British Vogue, Italian Vogue, Dazed, i-D and the Pirelli calendar. She has modelled for Agent Provocateur, Burberry, Converse, Dr. Martens, Karen Millen, Diesel and Whistles. Over the years, Daisy has pushed the boundaries of what it means to be a woman in fashion and has defied the ‘one size fits all’ model with a commitment to body positivity and a healthy lifestyle. She grew up in Primrose Hill.

Stephen Webster MBE

Combining a love of fine craftsmanship with a passion for music, fashion and art, Stephen Webster has an eye for detail and a wild imagination that make him unique in the contemporary jewellery world. He is more artist than jeweller. With eclectic references to writers from William Blake to Jules Verne, Webster’s enthusiasm, commitment and talent as a master jeweller of consummate skill and style have helped him to achieve numerous accolades, including an MBE for his services to training and skills in the British jewellery industry. Throughout his four-decade career, Webster has always advocated ethically sourced materials from his design studio in Mayfair and salon in Mount Street. Born in Kent, he was educated at Gravesend Grammar School and the Medway College of Design before travelling the world for gems. He puts the rocks into rock ’n’ roll: Kate Moss, Madonna, Johnny Depp, Axl Rose, Cameron Diaz and Jennifer Aniston all wear his creations, which feature birds and beetles, crabs, skulls, spiders and fish, and incorporate a wide and eclectic mix of fine gem stones from the unexpected to the downright exotic.

Dame Laura Lee DBE

Dame Laura met Maggie and Charles Jencks while working as a clinical nurse specialist at the Western General Hospital in Edinburgh, during Maggie’s treatment for her secondary breast cancer. Maggie and Charles believed there should be a place that would allow people with cancer to get information, support and advice in a relaxed surrounding that felt more like a home than a hospital. Maggie immersed herself in the plans to create the first centre and, the day before she died, was sitting with Laura on her bed, surrounded by papers and designs. In 1996 the first Maggie’s opened at the Western General in Edinburgh and Laura left the NHS to become the programme director and centre head. She became the chief executive in 1998 and has seen Maggie’s grow from that first centre to having centres across the UK, abroad and online, helping hundreds of thousands of people live better with cancer.

Laura Bailey

Laura is a model, writer and photographer, an ambassador for Save the Children and a contributing editor at British Vogue, where she writes a weekly ‘Laura Loves’ column online. Behind the lens, Laura’s talents as a photographer have seen her shoot diverse editorials alongside commercial and personal projects. She continues to be featured in campaigns for luxury and lifestyle brands, but she now consults widely behind the scenes while also working with the British Fashion Council and the Photographer’s Gallery in London. Both a muse and a mentor, she is a brand ambassador for Chanel, co-founder of Loquet London and face of the Oetkar hotel group. As The Coveteur put it, ‘Laura Bailey is as close as one can get to British fashion royalty’.

Philip Mould OBE & Cedric

The influential art dealer Philip Mould has become one of the most recognised figures in the British art world through his books and television work. He is best known for his BBC One programme Fake or Fortune?, with viewing figures of up to five million making it the most-watched arts programme in the UK. Philip has also run his own art gallery for the past thirty years in London’s West End, specialising in British and old master paintings. He has gained acclaim for his numerous and significant historical discoveries of works by artists including Van Dyck, Gainsborough and Rubens. He is sought by international collectors, academics, institutions and museums worldwide. Philip has published two books on his passion: Sleepers: In Search of Lost Old Masters and Sleuth: The Amazing Quest for Lost Art Treasures. For nearly 20 years he was official art adviser to the House of Commons and to the House of Lords. Born in the Wirral, he developed his passion for antiques after his mother contracted polio when he was a child. As she was in a wheelchair, she would send the 6-year-old Philip into antiques shops to bring objects out for her inspection. By the age of 14, he was dealing in antique silver. He is now president of Kids in Museums.

Malcolm Edwards 

Malcolm grew up in a small town near Glasgow in the 1980s, just as a new breed of fashion magazine emerged: The Face, Blitz and iD. His often iconoclastic approach to colour, texture and form as a hairdresser, combined with his spirit of collaboration, led to creative alliances with the prominent image makers of the mid-1990s. These included photographers Liz Collins, Mert and Marcus and Glen Luchford, fashion stylists Katy England, Alister Mackie and Katie Grand. This secured Malcolm a place at the heart of a new generation of radical fashion creatives who continue to inform contemporary fashion. Malcolm’s inspiration comes in many forms: the rhythms and geometry of nature, the organic and unprocessed traits of indigenous tribes, the hallucinatory and fantastical work of Gaudi, Bosch and Dali, and the architecture of Frank Gehry. Malcolm has also been responsible for creating many memorable looks for luxury fashion house campaigns such as Lanvin, Valentino, Dolce & Gabbana, Celine, Stella McCartney, Mulberry, Ferragamo, Bulgari, Chanel and Armani. His editorial work is regularly published in the world’s greatest fashion publications: British, French and US Vogue and W Magazine.

Emilia Wickstead 

New Zealand born and now British based, Emilia moved to Milan at 14 with her mother; there, she spent her formative years before moving to London. She gained a Bachelor of Arts Degree with Honours in Fashion Design and Marketing at Central Saint Martin’s London in 2007. After graduating, Emilia worked at fashion houses Giorgio Armani, Proenza Schouler and Narciso Rodriguez, and with American Vogue in New York and Milan. She returned to London to establish her own label in 2008, originally presenting it as a made-to-measure atelier. Emilia’s collections are currently seasonal ready-to-wear and have been showcased at London Fashion Week since Spring Summer 2012. Her clothing is stocked by Net-A-Porter, Selfridges, Matches Fashion, Harrods and Moda Operandi, to name a few, as well as in her flagship store on London’s Sloane Street. Gwyneth Paltrow, Amal Clooney, the Duchess of Cambridge and Emma Watson all wear her graceful, timeless silhouettes, clean lines and prints. 

Colin Salmon 

Colin found liberation in the punk and reggae scene of the late 1970s as a member of The Jazz TeeVees. He then became involved in the drama therapy movement in the early 1980s, which led to collaborations with the Gloria Theatre Company, featuring dancers from DV8 and the Cholmondeleys. Colin starred in the groundbreaking Black Skin White Mask for Isaac Julien and, more recently, Capital Playtime. He is best known for his debut in Emmy award-winning Prime Suspect 2 and the role of Charles Robinson in the 007 movies of Pierce Brosnan. Colin is currently playing the iconic role of General Zod for SYFY Warner Brothers series Krypton. His voice is instantly recognisable across the BBC World Service and in many documentary narrations and commercials. Chair of governors at St Anne’s nursery school for 10 years and dance captain of the Fox carnival band as well a Prince’s Trust ambassador for 20 years, he is a happy father of four and husband of 30 years to artist Fiona Hawthorne.

Patsy Rodenburg OBE 

Patsy is a world expert on teaching voice, speech and presentation skills to individuals and companies across both corporate and creative industries; she also works with actors in theatre, film and television. She has been head of voice at the Guildhall School for over 30 years and was also head of voice at the Royal National Theatre. Patsy has been an associate of the Royal Court Theatre and Royal Shakespeare Company. Through her work with Shakespeare she developed her leadership techniques and has coached some of the world’s leading business and political figures. She has also worked extensively with actors, including Dame Judi Dench, Orlando Bloom, Daniel Craig, Hugh Jackman, Paapa Essiedu and Natalie Portman; directors Trevor Nunn, Richard Eyre and Tim Burton; and playwrights Arthur Miller, Harold Pinter and Samuel Beckett. Patsy also works extensively at Michael Howard Studios, NYC. Her seminal books include The Right to Speak, The Need for Words, The Actor Speaks and Speaking Shakespeare. She has been a major voice for penal reform in the UK, staging Shakespeare’s plays in maximum security prisons and developing methods to help rehabilitate child murderers through poetry and Shakespeare.

Orlando Bloom 

Orlando Bloom is well known for his role as Will Turner in the Pirates Of The Caribbean films, which have all been massive box office hits, grossing a total of $4.6 billion worldwide. Additionally, Orlando is widely known for his role as Legolas in Peter Jackson’s Academy Award-winning trilogy The Lord Of The Rings, which grossed over $2.8 billion worldwide. The ensemble cast received three consecutive SAG nominations for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture, finally winning on behalf of the third film, The Return Of The King. The cast also won a Critics’ Choice Award and was recognised by the National Board of Review. Orlando’s other film credits include Black Hawk Down, Elizabethtown and Troy. On stage, he received critical acclaim for his Broadway debut as Romeo in Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. In 2007, he made his West End debut in a revival of David Storey’s 1969 drama In Celebration and most recently he starred on the West End in Tracey Lett’s Killer Joe, which is where this photograph was taken. Orlando was born in Canterbury and graduated from London’s Guildhall School of Music and Drama.

Set design: Grace Smart

Millie Mackintosh 

Millie has established herself as a fashion and beauty icon. Her innate sense of style has led her to work with some of the industry’s leading high-profile brands. Having appeared in the BAFTA award-winning Made in Chelsea for five seasons, she fast became a firm favourite with the show’s fans. Millie’s astute nature led her to turn her new-found public presence into a successful brand and business by way of modelling and sharing her love of clothes, lifestyle, travel and all that is beauty. Vogue.com described Millie as ‘Fashion’s Surprising New Star’, citing her input and hands-on approach with her own creations and collaborations. She has graced the covers of STELLA, RED magazine, You magazine, Irish Tatler, Hello Fashion Monthly, Women’s Health and Sheerluxe. With more than 2 million social media followers, she is cited as one of Britain’s leading lifestyle influencers.

Ozwald Boateng OBE

Ozwald has had a transformational impact on menswear fashion for almost three decades, with a design aesthetic rooted in Savile Row tradition but defined by style, detail and artistry. He sees himself as both a tailor and a designer and coined the term ‘bespoke couturier’. His use of colour, cut and fabric fuses traditional classic British tailoring with a high-end modern design focus. Born in London to Ghanaian parents, Ozwald was entirely self-taught, starting tailoring at the age of 16, inspired by his father’s suits and using his mother’s sewing machine. His skills led him to set up a design studio on London’s Portobello Road in his early twenties. Here he dressed everyone from Mick Jagger to Jimmy Paige and Spike Lee. Ozwald’s unique approach to tailoring and design has won him a client list that ranges from business leaders to heads of state, royalty and celebrated figures from music, film and entertainment. He was appointed as the first ever black designer at Givenchy Men’s and has designed and created wardrobe pieces for some of our most iconic TV shows and blockbuster movies, the most recent being Marvel’s epic Black Panther.

Michael Birri 

Michael, a Londoner born and bred, was working at Mirabelle as a waiter when he met Mark Birley, a regular diner. Mark had a dream of opening a new members’ club and enlisted five of Mirabelle’s staff, including Michael, to help him open Annabelle’s. Michael worked at Annabelle’s, one of the world’s most famous and exclusive members’ clubs, from 1963 until 1979. He then left to open the famous Harry’s Bar, which he ran for a decade before moving to America and marrying Princess Mariam Ibrahim of Johar. The Princess died of cancer in July 2014 and Michael decided to move back to the UK. On his return he was approached by Robin and Mark Birley to work at a new private members’ club, 5 Hertford Street, dubbed ‘London’s most secretive club’. Michael says that many of his clientele are the same or family members of the old Annabelle’s crowd – the finest of London’s celebrities from the worlds of business, royalty and entertainment. True to its reputation for secrecy, Michael says he has plenty of stories but would never divulge any of them, as the business of his clients is strictly private. He will say that 5 Hertford Street is the ‘last bastion of decency’ when it comes to members’ clubs, strictly upholding the old dress codes and rules.