Our ultimate guide to getting high society style at a snip - from posh frock rentals, to statement headbands at bargain prices By Alice Hare For The Daily Mail Published: 16:51, 9 June 2024 | Updated: 16:55, 9 June 2024 e-mail View comments You will find, in some of the country’s best postcodes, a buzz of activity has been rising in a steady crescendo. As the British social season approaches ( Ascot next week! Wimbledon ! Glyndebourne!), the nation’s best designers brace themselves. The uninitiated might hear ‘best designers’ and think Burberry , Prada, et al.
The social set, however, would never dream of being so vulgar. After all, ‘money shouts, wealth whispers’ — one does not want to wear a logo-emblazoned, easily-identified design by an international fashion house. Luckily, royal events such as the Jubilee and Coronation in the past few years have given smaller British designers the chance to prosper.
Here’s our guide to those the social elite will be calling on — and their tips on how to get their look without a Royal Enclosure bank balance. Get the Lalage look for less In a fashion world of overnight sensations which vanish as quickly as they appear, Lalage Beaumont is the real deal. Cutting her teeth at Aquascutum, Mulberry and Burberry in the 80s and 90s, 2004 saw her launch her eponymous brand.
The classic elegance of her designs transcends the flightiness of high fashion, making these truly lifelong investment pieces. What’s more, they’re not.