Best quotes by Norman Hartnell

Norman Hartnell

Norman Hartnell

British fashion designer

Sir Norman Bishop Hartnell, KCVO (12 June 1901 – 8 June 1979) was a leading British fashion designer, best known for his work for the ladies of the royal family. Hartnell gained the Royal Warrant as Dressmaker to Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother in 1940, and Royal Warrant as Dressmaker to Queen Elizabeth II in 1957.

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I despise simplicity. It is the negation of all that is beautiful.

Black does not appear in the rainbow of hope.

As a rule, ladies of the Royal Family wear light coloured clothes because such colours are more discernible against a great crowd.