Bruce Oldfield
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Bruce Oldfield, OBE (born 14 July 1950) is a British fashion designer, best known for his couture occasionwear.
Notable clients have included Sienna Miller, Barbra Streisand, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Diana Ross, Emmanuelle Seigner, Rihanna, Kelly Brook, Taylor Swift, Elizabeth McGovern, Rosamund Pike, Anjelica Huston, Faye Dunaway, Jacqueline Jossa, Melanie Griffith, Charlotte Rampling, Jerry Hall, Joan Collins, Diana, Princess of Wales, Queen Noor of Jordan, Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, Sophie, Countess of Wessex and Queen Rania of Jordan.
Early life
Oldfield was brought up and educated in the care of children's charity, Barnardo's (his father, whom he never knew, had migrated to Britain from Jamaica). Between the ages of 1 and 13, Oldfield was placed in foster care where he was brought up by a seamstress who sparked his love for designing and making clothes.
In 1963, age the age of 13, Oldfield moved to West Mount, a Dr Barnardo's Children's Home, in Ripon. Four years later, Oldfield moved out of West Mount and lodged with a couple in Harrogate.
In 1961, Oldfield passed the 11-plus and began to attend Spennymoor Grammar School. He was later educated at Ripon Grammar School, Sheffield City College of Education (now Sheffield Hallam University), and Ravensbourne College in London.
In 1973, he graduated from St. Martin's School of Art, London, to critical acclaim. That year he staged his first one-man show for Henri Bendel, later returning to London to show his first collection.
Career
With the introduction of ready-to-wear collections for European and American stores in 1975, the Bruce Oldfield brand was born. He started making couture clothes in 1978 for individual customers and in 1980 for Diana, Princess of Wales. He opened his first store in 1984 selling ready-to-wear and couture to a worldwide audience. He made shoes for Rayne's couture house in the 1980s.
In 2009, he opened a second location in Beauchamp Place dedicated to weddings, including wedding dresses, veils, and a full range of bridal accessories.
Oldfield was promoted to the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 1990 for his services to the fashion industry, and his autobiography Rootless was published in 2004. He has been a member of The Royal College of Art and the Universities of Durham and Sheffield, as Governor of The London Institute (1999–2001) and Trustee of the Royal Academy of Arts (2000–02).
Oldfield was granted an Honorary Doctorate of Civil Law (Hon DCL) from the University of Newcastle upon Tyne in December 2001, and an Honorary Doctorate from the University of Central England in 2005. He is also a Vice President of Barnardo's.
Today, couture, bridal, and custom made, as well as matching accessories, can be found at 27 & 34 Beauchamp Place, London SW3. For 2008, he redesigned the McDonald's employee uniform. The 2011 Royal Wedding of Sophie, Countess of Wessex, wore Bruce Oldfield. Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, wore a pale powder-blue Bruce Oldfield dress to King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands' inauguration ceremony in April 2013.
He is a promoter of the Conservative Party.