Contributor(s): Author: Michael Pick Norman Hartnell (1901-1979) was a uniquely British genius.
For nearly sixty years he was a major personality in the world of fashion.
By the mid 1930s, Hartnell's meteoric rise to fame resulted in London becoming a centre of style that closely rivalled Paris.
Known for glamorous evening clothes, Hartnell augmented his early design successes by creating a series of stunning wedding dresses for his younger society clie.
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