THE STYLIST BEHIND EUGENIE’S NEW LOOK

After Kate and William’s wedding, Beatrice and Eugenie retired, bruised and battered. But hats off to them (literally) for realising that, as they’re in the public eye, they needed help. Fergie took action, hiring British superstylist Charlie Anderson (left) to work with her daughters. The mother-of-two is well known for working with the likes of Emma Watson, Anne Hathaway, Katie Holmes and Nicole Richie, as well as wrestling posh girls out of frumpy twinsets and pearls beneath a muddy Barbour and into something more fashion-conscious and sexy – a talent practically written into her job description while fashion director of Tatler, where she worked for seven years.

Her brief? To spend a year working with the York sisters to ‘turn around’ their image. Charlie, who lives in Surrey and is now a full-time yoga teacher, encouraged Eugenie to pay attention to the right labels: Vivienne Westwood, Roland Mouret et al. And it seems her tutelage has paid off. Today, in among her designer investments, Eugenie’s wardrobe is chock-full of hip high-end high-street brands including Sandro, Maje, Rag & Bone and Essentiel Antwerp.

Eugenie is ‘a little more refined in her choices’ than her sister, says Charlie, who used the celebrity trick of borrowing rather than buying evening gowns. ‘I dressed them in borrowed labels such as couture Elie Saab,’ she has said. ‘But we borrowed across the board – it was never about what things cost, it was just about what worked for them.’

Today, Charlie looks proudly on her former charges. ‘They have got more daring and they seem to be getting to know themselves better – plus, remember, they do have to adhere to certain rules, especially when they are with the Queen, such as always wearing tights.’