Angelica Hicks

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Angelica Hicks
Born (1992-09-16) September 16, 1992 (age 31)
Occupation(s)illustrator
TikToker
Parent(s) Ashley Hicks
Marina Allegra Tondato
Relatives Mountbatten family
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Last updated: 15 May 2024
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Angelica Margherita Edwina Hicks (born 16 September 1992) is a British fashion illustrator and internet personality. In 2017, she released the fashion illustration book Tongue in Chic. As the great-granddaughter of Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma, she is a relative of the British royal family and is included in the line of succession to the British throne.

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Early life and family

Hicks was born on 16 September 1992 to Marina Allegra Federica Silvia Tondato, an Italian designer, and Ashley Louis David Hicks, a British artist and interior designer. [1] [2] Her parents divorced in 2009. [3] Her mother later married the Italian nobleman and sailor Roberto Mottola di Amato and her father later married the American fashion editor Kata Sharkey de Solis. [4]

Hicks' paternal grandparents were the English interior decorator and designer David Nightingale Hicks and Lady Pamela Mountbatten, who served as a bridesmaid and as a lady-in-waiting to Elizabeth II. [3] Through her grandmother, Hicks is a relative of the Mountbatten family, itself a branch of the German princely Battenberg family, and a relative of the British royal family. [5] She is included in the line of succession to the British throne. Hicks' great-grandparents, Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma and The Honourable Edwina Ashley, served as the Viceroy and Vicereine of India. [3] She is a great-great-granddaughter of Prince Louis of Battenberg (later the 1st Marquess of Milford Haven) and Princess Victoria of Hesse and by Rhine, a granddaughter of Queen Victoria.

Hicks grew up in Chelsea, London and was educated at a boarding school. [1] [6] She studied art history in London. [7]

Career

Hicks works as a visual artist and fashion illustrator. [8] [9] She partnered with the Italian luxury fashion house Gucci in 2017 to create a line of eleven t-shirts. [10] [11] For the occasion, she unveiled two murals, one in New York City and another in Milan, and created a Snapchat filter to promote the collection. [10] In March 2017, she released a fashion illustration book titled Tongue in Chic through Laurence King Publishing. [5]

Hicks also made commissioned pieces for the American fashion designer Tory Burch and illustrated for the magazines Elle and Porter . [11] [12]

In 2021, Hicks launched a TikTok channel where she parodies haute couture outfits from red carpet events and fashion shows, recreating them out of duct tape, trash bags, metallic wrappers, foil, candy, and other materials. [13] [14] [15] Her recreations included a Louis Vuitton tank dress worn by Emma Corrin on the cover of Vogue , which she made out of multigrain crackers, a Maison Schiaparelli couture cape that she made out of a white mattress cover, and Cagole boots by Balenciaga that she made out of duct tape. [14] Her channel went viral in March 2022, after she made a video recreating a Schiaparelli dress worn by Maggie Gyllenhaal at the 94th Academy Awards. [14] [16] By July 2022, Hicks amassed over 48,000 followers and her videos collectively received over 4 million likes. [14] Her videos led to Hicks collaborating with Valentino and Vogue Italia . [16] [17] By September 2022, Hicks had over 86,000 followers on TikTok. [18]

Personal life

Hicks resides in Carroll Gardens in Brooklyn, New York. [16] [19]

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Lines of succession
Preceded by Succession to the British throne
descended from Alice, daughter of Victoria
Succeeded by
Ambrosia Hicks