In a mild and pleasant event in London on Thursday evening, a group of black cars began to pull up outside the two temples, a neo-Gothic architectural wonder overlooking the Thames on the Victorian Embankment. Soon, guests slid on the sweeping stairs in the atrium of the building’s center to head to the plank reception room on the first floor, drinking spicy margaritas from a platter of classic British snacks, including pork pies and plates including miniature alliance jacks.
The reason for celebration? Stuart VeversThe British designer has now served as creative director for the American luxury behemoth coach for more than a decade, and he comes directly from Buckingham Palace. There, Princess Anne fixed the OBE medal in his (self-designed) lawsuit, which was his first creative director of the American Fashion House to earn the honor.
“I think sometimes our industry is seen as frivolous, but I never found that way,” Vevers told Vevers. Fashion During the event. “Our industry brings joy to people, with the beauty of craftsmanship, and the great people working in our industry feel like they are in a broader context about fashion that really makes sense.” Indeed, OBE is not only for the service of fashion, but for the work he does in the UK-US creative relationship. “It’s far from home but still recognized, which makes it more meaningful,” he added.
The implications became obvious after Vevers gave a speech and congratulated this “well-deserved honor” after the coach’s CEO Todd Kahn introduced. Surrounded by many members of his family, they set out from Yorkshire (and his husband Benjamin Seidler) and their two children, River and Vivienne, were obviously excited. “Ben, He, Vivian, I love you so much,” he said to the gathering crowd. “You taught me how to wake up every day in an exciting new world where we can invent our own rules. In today’s picture gallery in the palace, Vivienne curl crouched on a plush sofa, decided at all her smashes, decided at all her smashes, to be completely nap. What she is going to do is her honor, and it is my honor.”
After Vevers’s touching speech, it was time to head downstairs, where a surprise awaited: past the fleet of waiters holding trays of espresso martinis—and past the tables stacked with British desserts, from slices of Battenberg cake to mini jam and cream scores and lemon meringue tartlets—Denise Pearson, of the beloved ’80s pop-R&B group Five Star, took to the stage to belt out a selection of her. It turns out that he knew Vevers was a big fan on the coach’s team, curated the show, and, in a close second, the designer still stood out from surprise. “I’m still shocked,” he said. “I had their posters on the wall when I was young, and today I still listen to their music. I’m a huge fan.”
Afterwards, guests scattered into the building’s gardens to smoke and drink cocktails, which many say has the true sense of celebration of a wedding – helpful, disco classic speakers thriving from speakers, and kids running between their knees. Vevers has long been a reputation as one of the best in fashion – now, he is also one of the industry’s most honorable designers.
