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- Birth nameEdwin Hardy Amies
- Hardy Amies was born on July 17, 1909 in Maida Vale, London, England, UK. He was a costume designer, known for 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968), Two for the Road (1967) and Maytime in Mayfair (1949). He died on March 5, 2003 in Langford, Oxfordshire, England, UK.
- During WWII Hardy was a Major in the Belgian Section of SOE (Special Operations Executive)
- The favourite designer of Queen Elizabeth II and other members of the Royal family.
- Knighted for services to the fashion industry.
- His companion, Ken Fleetwood, died in 1996.
- Was the official dressmaker for Queen Elizabeth II beginning in 1955 and clothed her for 38 years, until his 80th birthday.
- Day clothes must look equally good at Salisbury station as the Ritz bar; our customer always has one foot in the country, one in town.
- Now, it doesn't mean to say that you're unkind to the lower orders. Being a snob simply means that I think the top is the best.
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