Stewart Parvin

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Stewart Parvin
BornSeptember 1966 (1966-09) (age 58)
Wokingham, Berkshire, England
Education Edinburgh College of Art
OccupationFashion designer
Known forCouture gowns
Awards Royal Victorian Order

Stewart Charles Reginald Parvin MVO (born September 1966) [1] is a British fashion designer, best known for his couture gowns. [2]

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Early life and education

Stewart Parvin was born in September 1966, [3] in Wokingham, Berkshire, to Dennis and Juliana V. Parvin nee Barker. He has a sister Amelia born 1971. He studied fashion at the Edinburgh College of Art. [4]

Career

Parvin worked for the couturier Donald Campbell, before starting his own Stewart Parvin label in 1995. [4]

Parvin has been designing clothes for Queen Elizabeth II since 2007, and in March 2016, the Queen presented him with the Royal Victorian Order (RVO) whilst wearing a Parvin purple patterned day dress, specially designed for the occasion. [4]

Parvin has designed dresses for notable personalities like Zara Tindall, [4] Meghan Markle, [5] and Queen Elizabeth. [6] He was honored as a royal dressmaker by the Queen for her dressing at in an event at Buckingham Palace. [7]

In January 2018, Parvin was the bookmakers' favourite to design Meghan Markle's dress for her wedding to Prince Harry on 19 May 2018. [8]

Philanthropy

In response to COVID 19, Parvin designed and donated scrubs to NHS workers, [9] Frimley Park Hospital being the first receiver. [10] According to Parvin, Anita at Classic Textiles [10] donated the fabric required for production of the dresses and some of his workers volunteered for the cause.[ citation needed ]

References

  1. ↑ GRO Register of Births: Stewart Charles R Parvin, DEC qtr 1966 Wokingham, Vol = 6a, Page = 424, mmn = Barker
  2. ↑ Feitelberg, Rosemary (19 September 2023). "Thebe Magugu and Stewart Parvin Provide Some Fashion for F4D's First Ladies Luncheon". WWD.
  3. ↑ "Stewart Charles Reginald PARVIN - Personal Appointments (free information from Companies House)". beta.companieshouse.gov.uk. Retrieved 2 March 2018.
  4. 1 2 3 4 Rayner, Gordon (1 March 2016). "Queen wears Stewart Parvin to honour Stewart Parvin" . Retrieved 2 March 2018– via www.telegraph.co.uk.
  5. ↑ "An unlikely contender is now the favourite to design Meghan Markle's wedding dress". Harper's BAZAAR. 26 January 2018.
  6. ↑ Allaire, Christian (19 May 2018). "Queen Elizabeth Attends the Royal Wedding in One of Her Favorite Shades". Vogue.
  7. ↑ "Queen wears Stewart Parvin to honour Stewart Parvin". The Telegraph. 1 March 2016.
  8. ↑ "An unlikely contender is now the favourite to design Meghan Markle's wedding dress". harpersbazaar.com. 26 January 2018. Retrieved 2 March 2018.
  9. ↑ "The Queen's dressmaker makes incredible gesture to help NHS workers during coronavirus crisis". HELLO!. 7 April 2020. Retrieved 10 April 2020.
  10. 1 2 "Queen's dressmaker designs scrubs for coronavirus frontline healthcare workers". honey.nine.com.au. 9 April 2020. Retrieved 10 April 2020.
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