Matthew Williamson at Royal Ascot Fashion Show

June 25, 2010 - PRLog -- Alongside pieces from iconic British designer Vivienne Westwood, recent NEWGEN winner Mary Katrantzou and milliner Stephen Jones the designers current collection was presented as part of the Royal Ascot Fashion Show.

Speaking to the BBC’s James Sherwood, Matthew commented that ‘It was a pleasure to be here at Ascot’ and that the collection was ‘based on bringing all my strengths together from the past 12 years, and encapsulates what I am know for’

Held daily for the duration of Royal Ascot, the show is one of the highlights of the Royal meeting where guests enjoy a showing of this seasons key looks whilst dining in the Bessborough rooms.

Gary England, Director of Ascot Hospitality, commented: “Royal Ascot is the centrepiece of the British Social Calendar and is watched by millions of people around the world as much for the fashion as for the horseracing.  As a quintessentially British event, it has always been important to me to showcase high fashion and bring attention to the best of British designers at the Royal Meeting.  I am thrilled that over the last four years the Royal Ascot Fashion Show has become an established highlight of the Royal Meeting and that it is supported by such luminaries as Matthew Williamson.”


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The luxury fashion house now produces 4 women’s wear collections annually and currently has a customer portfolio which includes 170 prestigious wholesale accounts around the world and also has an award-winning flagship store on Bruton Street, London.