David Sassoon (designer)

[1] He attended Avigdor High School and Lauderdale Road Synagogue in West London.

[4] He counts numerous socialites and the royal family as amongst his clientele and was the most prolific of Princess Diana's early designers.

[5][6] Sassoon has said of Diana, "When she got engaged, her mother brought her in to us and asked us to make the going-away outfit.

"[7] Aside from Diana, Sassoon has designed clothes for Princess Margaret, Princess Michael of Kent, the Duchess of York, the Duchess of Gloucester, Jackie Kennedy, Audrey Hepburn, Elizabeth Taylor and Jerry Hall.

[1] Sassoon has claimed that he is "probably the only designer around today who has dressed every female member of the royal family except the Queen.

Bellville Sassoon coat, hand-painted by Richard Cawley, 1970-71