Bruce Oldfield
Bruce Oldfield
Bruce Oldfield, OBEis 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, Queen Noor of Jordan, Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall , Queen Rania of Jordan and Diana, Princess of Wales...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionFashion Designer
Date of Birth14 July 1950
Stay small and control it yourself.
I can think of a lot of women clients of mine who are well into their 50s or 60s who are still quintessentially very elegant.
I don't have regrets because they are negative.
I keep on working when other people are out having fun. But I love what I do and find it hard to stop.
If someone's got good, clean skin, with not too much make-up on, and good, clean hair that's bouncy, and the nails are clean and not overly done, then you can put anything on her and she's going to look good.
Never cut corners, or accept anything that's second-rate.
My aim is to make you look the best you can and if that means a little bit of internal pulling and hoisting up, then so be it.
Don't take things too seriously.
That to me was the most poignant part of Diana's wedding; as she was walking up the aisle and her eyes were going left to right, looking at people and smiling in the way that Diana did - and that diamond tiara glittering like mad. It was great.
I mean, you can't walk down the aisle in Westminster Abbey in a strapless dress, it just won't happen - it has to suit the grandeur of that aisle, it's enormous.
I was getting a lot of editorial, as in lots of pages in 'Vogue,' but it's far more important to get your dresses on the back of a famous person. Charlotte Rampling in Bruce Oldfield. That sells.
I've generally got a good eye for design and proportion.
Don't be limited by the expectations of others. You can always be better and do more.
Fashion is more usually a gentle progression of revisited ideas.