Angela Kelly


Mary Angela Kelly, LVO is a British fashion designer, dressmaker, and milliner, who has served as Personal Assistant and Senior Dresser to Queen Elizabeth II since 2002.

Early life

Kelly was born in Liverpool, the daughter of a Liverpool dock worker.

Career

She is responsible for the Queen's clothes, jewellery, and insignia. She researches the venues for royal visits as well as the significance of different colours, in order to create appropriate outfits for the monarch. In 2019, Kelly announced that Queen Elizabeth will be only wearing faux-furs moving forward.
Notable creations by Kelly include:
Kelly founded a fashion label, Kelly & Pordum, with Alison Pordum, who was also employed as the Queen's in-house dressmaker until 2008. Kelly is also the author of Dressing the Queen: The Jubilee Wardrobe and The Other Side of the Coin: The Queen, the Dresser and the Wardrobe .

Honours

In 2006, she was appointed a Member of the Royal Victorian Order, and promoted to Lieutenant of the same Order in 2012.