Hardy Amies: On her majesty's sartorial service
September 26 2008: The Savile Row tailor who crowned an illustrious career by becoming the Queen's dressmaker for nearly 50 years
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1940: Hardy Amies takes time out from his officer training to prepare his spring collection
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1949: International buyers now flocked to London as well as Paris. A model at a fashion show wearing a Hardy Amies wool coat with steel buttons and one of his new 'frame' collars
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1952: Amies and his team leave Savile Row in London for Clarence House, to deliver the clothes he has made for then Princess Elizabeth
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1952: Amies working on his collection with his material board in the background, with materials from all over the world
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1952: Amies with Miss Beard, a famous name in haute couture circles, in the workroom
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1954: A group of models wearing clothes by (from left to right) Mattli, Hardy Amies, Creed and Norman Hartnell
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1955: A gold lame dress and jacket with a mink collar from Amies' collection
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1960: Amies describing an idea for a new gown
Photograph: Peter Waugh/Observer
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1964: To celebrate its centenary, men's tailors Hepworths gives a showing of fashions of the future, designed by Amies
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1965: Amies takes a shot of one of his elegant evening gowns
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1966: Amies being shown a selection of shirts
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1966: English footballer Bobby Moore models a suit by Hardy Amies
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1967: Models wearing outfits from Amies' summer collection
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1970: A model displays an evening cape and suit at the Cologne fashion week as part of the Hardy Amies creation for men collection
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1972: Amies' stewardess uniforms, introduced for British Airways
Photograph: Dennis Stone/Rex Features
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1975: The Oxford boat race team, in outfits by Amies, pose at Putney
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1977: Models wear outfits from Amies' autumn/winter collection
Photograph: Corbis
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1982: Items on display at the Hardy Amies store
Photograph: Rex Features
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1992: Amies and models outside his Savile Row store
Photograph: Nils Jorgensen/Rex Features
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Early 1990s: Amies in his Savile Row shop
Photograph: Michael S. Yamashita/Corbis
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Early 1990s: Hardy Amies design sketches for Queen Elizabeth
Photograph: Tim Graham/Getty
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1995: The Queen during her tour of South Africa wearing Amies' design
Photograph: Tim Graham/Getty Images
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2006: The Hardy Amies collection at a fashion show at the Victoria and Albert museum, celebrating the design house's 60th anniversary
Photograph: Martin Argles/Guardian
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2006: Carmen dell'Orefice, 74, models an outfit from the Hardy Amies collection at a fashion show at the Victoria and Albert museum
Photograph: Martin Argles/Guardian
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