Ralph & Russo On Dressing Dame Angelina

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Published on Thursday, 16 October 2014 07:03

Written by Vogue

         BRITISH couturiers Ralph & Russo told us exclusively today what an "honour" it was to dress Angelina Jolie as she collected her honorary damehood from the Queen. The filmmaker and philanthropist was awarded the honour at Buckingham Palace on Friday for her campaigning to fight sexual violence and for services to UK foreign policy.Jolie wore a skirt suit from the label's spring/summer 2014 collection, which originally appeared on the catwalk in red. She requested that the two-piece be remade in a subtle dove grey, and wore it with matching peep-toe pumps."It was an absolute honour for Angelina Jolie to ask us to create her outfit for such a momentous and meaningful event," the label's co-founder and designer Tamara Ralph told us. "With Ralph & Russo being a British couture house, it was befitting that she chose to wear one of our creations to Buckingham Palace. The dove-grey wool-crêpe suit was perfectly suited to the occasion; simple, elegant and refined." Jolie has worn Ralph & Russo on numerous previous occasions, while Cheryl Cole selected a dress from the label to wear to her post-wedding party in London this summer. Although London-based, Ralph & Russo will show for the first time in London this week when it becomes the subject of the V&A's Fashion In Motion this Friday, following in the footsteps of designers including Alexander McQueen, Yohji Yamamoto and Jean Paul Gaultier.

source : Vogue