Serena Bute

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Serena Solitaire Crichton-Stuart, Marchioness of Bute (born 29 December 1959), also known by her maiden name Serena Wendell, is a British fashion designer and former model.

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Life

Born in December 1959, Bute is the daughter of Major Jack Wendell (1924–2005) and his wife Anthea Peronelle Maxwell-Hyslop, and a niece of Robin Maxwell-Hyslop. [1] [2] She was brought up in London and rural Wales by her mother and stepfather, Peter Rees, Baron Rees, and became a fashion model. [3]

She married firstly Robert de Lisser, and they had two children, including Jazzy de Lisser. [3] Secondly, on 13 February 1999, in the marble chapel at Mount Stuart House, on the island of Bute, she married as his second wife John Crichton-Stuart, 7th Marquess of Bute, [4] with whom she has a daughter. [3] Until his death in March 2021, [5] they shared a house in Regent's Park and also had Mount Stuart House, [3] but did not live there, preferring a renovated farmhouse, Ardscalpsie, six miles from Rothesay on the west coast of Bute. [6]

Bute is a director of Rowanwood Ltd, Deltawood Ltd, and Serena Bute Ltd. [7]

Label

The guiding principle of the Serena Bute label is "elegant comfort". Bute's collections include wide-legged trousers, always with a grosgrain stripe. Shirts are large and tailored, made of silk, velvet, and cotton. Woollen cloths and wool-silk fabrics are supplied by Bute Fabrics, a long-established upholstery firm [3] founded by her late husband's grandfather the 5th Marquess of Bute. [5]

The label is reported as a favourite of Kate Moss, Emma Watson, Rita Ora, and Adwoa Aboah. [3]

Notes

  1. ↑ Peter Townend, ed., Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry, vol. 1 (London: Burke's Peerage Ltd, 1965), p. 407
  2. ↑ Burke's Peerage , vol. 3 (2003), p. 3309
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Chloe Fox, "Bonnie in Clyde: Meet the Marchioness of Bute", 15 January 2019, accessed 16 February 2023
  4. ↑ "The 7th Marquess of Bute obituary" in The Times , accessed 17 February 2023
  5. 1 2 Richard Williams, "Johnny Dumfries obituary", The Guardian , 24 March 2021, accessed 16 February 2023
  6. ↑ Euan McColm, "THE FAST MOVER; Formula One aristocrat's secret plans to marry his model fiancée", Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland), 25 January 1999, accessed 17 February 2023
  7. ↑ "Serena Solitaire BUTE, Date of birth December 1959", Companies House, accessed 16 February 2023

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