FROM DIOR TO WESTWOOD AND A STYLE ALL THEIR OWN
Margaret was an internationally celebrated beauty as a young woman, and wore a fantastic cream Christian Dior gown for her 21st birthday. She loved Dior’s New Look with nipped in waists and full skirts and was a Dior client almost until the end of her life.
Her 21st birthday dress is on loan to the V&a for their Dior exhibition. there was a previous exhibition at the V&a in 2007 where modern British designers such as Vivienne Westwood presented contemporary fashion inspired by Princess Margaret’s style.
Westwood is the designer most favoured by Helena for her red carpet looks. Off duty, however, she favours eclectic, often floral layers which, like Margaret’s kaftans and turbans, aren’t everyone’s cup of tea.
She’s even been seen wearing bloomers to the gym. asked what designer she was planning to wear to the Oscars, Bonham Carter said that she hadn’t yet decided but promised, jokingly: ‘It’s going to be catastrophic.’