Greatest Dressed Friends at The 2023 Chelsea Flower Present – WWD

LONDON — Friends on the Chelsea Flower Present proved that sporting florals for spring is at all times groundbreaking.

Helena Bonham Carter and Lulu Guinness struck a pose collectively to rejoice the launch of Guinness’ Dwelling Rose Basket, a re-edition of the designer’s 1993 black satin basket. 

Bonham Carter wore a black tulle costume embroidered with flowers and accessorized with bejeweled necklaces and sun shades, whereas Guinness was in an embroidered jacket and T-shirt with graffiti lettering.

The royal household additionally confirmed their help, with Catherine, Princess of Wales, Queen Consort Camilla and King Charles in attendance. 

Kate Middleton attended the primary Youngsters’s Picnic, a brand new venture that’s a part of the Royal Horticultural Society’s marketing campaign for college gardening.

She wore a pink two-tone costume by ME + EM, a British model with a concentrate on sustainability. 

Camilla, queen consort, wore a silk navy costume printed with white flowers by U.Okay. couture designer Fiona Clare, who has beforehand dressed the queen for occasions equivalent to her debut in British Vogue; the twenty sixth Commonwealth Heads of Authorities Assembly and the 2022 State Opening of Parliament on the Home of Lords.

The star-studded backyard present additionally featured appearances from actors, musicians and style designers together with ballet dancer Reece Clarke, Joanna Lumley and Dominic West.

Dame Judy Dench, who was wearing an all-white affair, was there to point out help for rewilding, a conservation effort that goals to revive and shield native wildlife.

Designer Paul Smith was additionally in a monochromatic outfit, carrying sharply tailor-made navy pants, button-down shirt, and jacket. 

Elsewhere on the grounds, Vainness Truthful held an intimate gathering with a stay band with help from the Somerset-based resort The Newt.

First held in 1913, the Chelsea Flower Present is a yearly occasion thrown by the RHS that celebrates the artwork of backyard design. It’s thought-about the unofficial kickoff of the English summer season social season, which incorporates Royal Ascot, Wimbledon and the Henley Regatta.