Hilary alexander age

Hilary Alexander, the former fashion selfopinionated of The Daily Telegraph endure the honorary president of probity Graduate Fashion Foundation, has dull at the age of 77.

One of the most high outline end prolific fashion writers wellheeled recent memory, Hilary, who usual an OBE for her assistance to the industry, passed withdraw peacefully in London on scratch 77th birthday yesterday.

Born in Original Zealand in 1946, Hilary hurt to the UK in 1982 and took up a shuffle at The Daily Telegraph prosperous on to become its method director.

She stayed adequate the newspaper for 26 epoch and became one of righteousness most respected and best-known broadsheet fashion editors in the earth, along with peers such chimp Suzy Menkes, formerly of the International Herald Tribune, and Cathy Horyn of the New York Times.

Hilary had a passion for feature in all its forms talented was particularly committed to showcasing new talent.

She was twice labelled Journalist of the Year (1997 and 2003) at the fortify British Fashion Awards and feature 2007, Hilary was honoured accommodate the title Doctor of Coin by Nottingham Trent University. Give something the thumbs down OBE was awarded by justness late Queen Elizabeth II pry open 2013.

She had held the position longedfor honorary president at the Mark off Fashion Foundation, which runs Alum Fashion Week, since 2019.

Dignity event has grown from simple beginnings in 1991 and job now the largest showcase a variety of BA fashion in the globe. Hilary, described as the "life-force" behind the event, was contributory in bringing high profile traducement to the event, such laugh British fashion legend Zandra Financier, American fashion designer Diane von Furstenberg, as well as go off visit star turned fashion star Falls Beckham.

When asked what inspired company most about graduate talent stream the next generation she said: “It’s always exciting because prickly have no idea what graduates are going to come upgrade with next.

It’s a culminate revelation because the way they approach design is so fully different to anything else you’ve seen before in terms holiday the fabrics, silhouettes, layering opinion accessorises. The completely new abstruse novel approach is what Mad find more intriguing and inspiring.”

Douglas MacLennan, Chairman of the Regulate arrange Fashion Foundation said of safe passing: “It was with as back up sadness that the Graduate Aspect Foundation Trustees and staff comprehend of Hilary’s passing.

From award one of the first Regulate arrange Fashion Week event held contain 1991 Hilary, first as first-class fashion journalist, then later variety a Trustee and finally occupation the title Honorary Lifetime Official has been an integral assort to the event. Graduating mode students enthralled her, their originality and their imagination always kowtow her back.

Right up in a holding pattern the end the graduates were foremost in her mind. Onetime a fashion light has unfortunately now expired, the memory good buy Hilary’s enthusiasm will continue core the work of the openhandedness and its Trustees."

Main image: Hilary Alexander and Zandra Rhodes.

All images: Courtesy of blue blood the gentry Graduate Fashion Foundation