When Her Majesty made her memorable appearance at London Fashion Week in 2018 to present Richard Quinn with the inaugural Queen Elizabeth II Award For Design, her bag dated back to at least the 1980s, and possibly earlier.
was famously particular and consistent about what she liked and what she didn’t. Breakfast was brought to her in a Tupperware container; Her Majesty applied her own make-up; and, come evening, she enjoyed a gin and Dubonnet with ice and a lemon slice. For more than 50 years, British label Anello & Davide supplied her with the low-heel loafers she wore on state visits, royal tours, and birthdays, broken in by a “flunky” to ensure they were comfortable.
revealed that it wasn’t just a photo prop: She regularly carried it around Buckingham Palace as she walked the hallways or sat on the sofa to watch TV.“She once told me that she doesn’t feel dressed without a bag,” Launer’s CEO Gerald Bodmer tells“And I completely agree, of course.” The company was founded by Sam Launer in 1940, received a royal warrant in 1968 and Bodmer took over the company in 1981.
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