Who sat next to The Queen at London Fashion Week 2018: from Anna Wintour to Angela Kelly

Yesterday HRH Queen Elizabeth II joined fashion royalty as she took her seat on the front row at Richard Quinn's London Fashion Week show.

The 91-year-old monarch was there to present fashion designer Richard Quinn with the inaugural Queen Elizabeth II Award for British Design.

Wearing a duck egg blue suit by her dressmaker Angela Kelly (who joined her on the front row), the Queen was seated next to the formidable US Vogue Editor Anna Wintour, and British Fashion Council CEO Caroline Rush.

But who else got the royal call up? Here's a breakdown of what's set to be the most famous front row of all time:

Anna Wintour

Sitting to the left of the Queen was Anna Wintour, the high priestess of the fashion world. She’s served as Editor-in-Chief of American Vogue since 1988 and in 2013 became Artistic Director of Vogue’s publisher, Conde Nast.

The 68-year-old daughter of Evening Standard Editor Charles Wintour (1959-76) was made a Dame at Buckingham Palace in 2017. She's famous for never removing her sunglasses in public, and has received some criticism for not removing them yesterday despite being in the presence of the Queen.

Angela Kelly

Sitting to Anna Wintour’s left was Angela Kelly, a dressmaker and designer who has, since 2002, acted as Personal Assistant and Senior Dresser to Elizabeth II. Her official title is Personal Assistant, Adviser and Curator to Her Majesty the Queen (Jewellery, Insignias and Wardrobe), but she’s more informally known as the Queen’s Dressmaker.

Not only does she choose clothes for the Queen to wear, but she and her team design bespoke pieces for her. Over the years Kelly and the Queen have developed a close working relationship. “She has allowed me to become closer to her over the years,” Kelly said in an interview with the Telegraph in 2007. “We [the royal dressers] are not treated like flunkies. It's not like that. The Queen treats us with real respect.”

Caroline Rush

Sitting on the Queen's right was British Fashion Council Chief Executive Caroline Rush. Her role is to promote the British Fashion industry on the world stage, and organise London Fashion Week.

Since taking the helm of the British Fashion Council in 2009, Rush has been credited with making London Fashion Week a prime event on the international fashion calendar. She has successfully enticed Burberry, Jonathan Saunders, Matthew Williamson, Mulberry, Preen and Pringle of Scotland to return to London to show their collections.

Last week she spoke out on the subject of sexual harassment in the fashion industry, pledging that London Fashion Week would set the standard in protecting models. “We want to ensure all models are treated appropriately and feel safe throughout any job,” she said.

Rush was the one to carefully chaperone the Queen to and from her seat on the front row.

Sarah Mower

Sarah Mower is a veteran fashion critic, famous for her acerbic reviews and her passion for championing emerging British fashion talents. She began her career as fashion editor of The Guardian and has since written for a breadth of publications including Harpers Bazaar, The Times and British, Japanese and American Vogue.

Mower has served as a guest professor at Central St Martens and the Royal College of Art and in 2011 was awarded an MBE in recognition of her influential contributions to the fashion industry.

She took to the stage alongside the Queen to help present designer Richard Quinn with his award.

Anya Hindmarch

Further down the line sat British handbag designer Anya Hindmarch, who was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2017 honours list, for her services to the fashion industry. A passionate champion of British fashion and design, Hindmarch launched a large-scale campaign over fashion week called 'A Love Letter to London,' which saw large, inflatable 'chubby hearts' appear all over some of the city's best loved landmarks.

Dylan Jones

Next to Anya Hindmarch sat Dylan Jones, Editor of British GQ magazine since 1999 and Chairman of London Fashion Week Men's. Jones was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) for his services to fashion publishing in the Birthday Honours list in 2013.