Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:

Sir Hardy Amies NPG x35323

© Trevor Leighton / National Portrait Gallery, London

by Trevor Leighton

Hardy Amies was a fashion designer. He began his career in couture at Lachasse in 1934. During the Second World War he contributed to the 'Utility' scheme operated by the Board of Trade, but he opened his own fashion house in 1945. He was Dressmaker by Appointment to Her Majesty The Queen (from 1946). Amies was known for his tailored suits and dresses in woollen and tweed fabrics and for lavish satin and tulle evening dresses and ball gowns influenced by the Dior 'New... more

Card size: 125mm x 175mm

Images are printed in their original proportions, within a white border.