Flanked by nearly a dozen of the nation’s most beautiful blue-bloods, Lady Kitty Spencer led the British invasion at the Dolce & Gabbana show on Sunday.
The 27-year-old looked every inch the fashion princess as she held court at the centre of the formidable girl gang, ready for the Italian designer’s Fall/Winter Milan Fashion Week showcase.
Seated on her right was her close friend Emma Thynn, the very glamorous Viscountess Weymouth, 31. On her other side sat the four Moncreiffe sisters, Eliza, 23, Lily, 19, Idina, 26, and Alexandra, 21, whose lineage dates back 800 years.
Pouting prettily to their right werethe fun-loving Manners sisters, Ladies Violet, 24, Alice, 22, and Eliza, 20.
Further down the row and out of shot were other British imports including Tatler cover girl Lady Sabrina Percy, 28, and Maddi Waterhouse, the teenage sister of fashion sensation Suki.
Blue-blooded beauties: 1. Lady Violet Manners, 24; 2. Lady Alice Manners, 22; 3. Lady Eliza Manners, 20; 4. Emma, Viscountess Weymouth, 31; 5. Lady Kitty Spencer, 27; 6. Eliza Moncreiffe, 23; 7. Lily Moncreiffe, 19; 8. Idina Moncreiffe, 26; 9. Alexandra Moncreiffe, 21, take over the front row of the Dolce & Gabbana Fall/Winter 2018/19 show at Milan Fashion Week
The march of the It Girl: Model Hailey Baldwin, 21, donned a crown for her turn on the Dolce & Gabbana catwalk on Sunday
Sophisticated squad (left-right): Tatler cover girl Lady Sabrina Percy, 28; model and photographer Bee Beardsworth; musician Daisy Maybe; Maddi Waterhouse, the teenage younger sister of model Suki; and Viscountess Weymouth on the front row
More is more: Models dripping in crowns, bejewelled sunglasses and ornate garments close the show at Dolce & Gabbana
Futuristic: Fashionistas snapped pictures on their phones as drones carried handbags and clutches down the catwalk
Aristocrats, young royals and celebrity offspring have become something of a fixture on the D&G front rows and fashion campaigns, with Lady Amelia Windsor, 22, among the others to have been given the call-up.
Many of these models were invited to walk in a special runway on Saturday night, which celebrated the Italian fashion house’s evening wear collection ahead of the Pret-a-Porter show on Sunday.
The fashion extravaganza was a feast for the eyes with models including Hailey Baldwin, 22, daughter of Stephen and friend of the Hadid sisters, sent down the catwalk adorned in sumptuous silk, sequined and embellished garments and dripping in costume jewellery and crowns.
The wow-factor was completed by the addition of a dozen drones, which were used to carry D&G’s latest collection of handbags down the catwalk, much to the delight of the style-savvy front row who snapped furiously on their mobile phones.
While some of the biggest names in fashion were in the room, there is little doubt that the British beauties stole the show. Here, FEMAIL takes a closer look at one of the poshest front rows in history…
Lady Violet, Lady Alice and Lady Eliza Manners
Triple threat: Fun-loving Ladies Violet, 24, Alice, 22, and Eliza Manners, 20, are a fixture of the London party scene
Fun-loving Violet, 24, Alice, 22, and Eliza Manners, 20, are a fixture of the London party scene. Once dubbed the ‘Bad Manners’ sisters for their raucous antics,
While their parents, the Duke and Duchess of Rutland, have an unusual living arrangement, each residing in their own wing of Belvoir Castle with their respective lovers, Eliza can be found dancing on tables into the small hours.
LINEAGE: Their great-grandmother was Margaret, Duchess of Argyll, notorious for her insatiable sexual appetite and a scandalous divorce in 1963. Her parents are the Duke and Duchess of Rutland.
EDUCATION: £29,000-a-year Queen Margaret’s in York. After secondary school, Alice attended the Condé Nast College of Fashion and Design. Lady Eliza is currently studying business management at Newcastle University
MODELLING: Lady Violet has been featured in Tatler and walked the runway for Dolce & Gabbana. Lady Alice, who is signed with Leni’s Models agency, has also walked for D&G and has also worked with Matthew Williamson and Ralph Lauren, among others.
OTHER WORK: Lady Violet founded her own marketing and brand-strategy consultant company based in London. Lady Alice works as a personal shopper at Selfridges and has a fashion column in the Sunday Telegraph.
Emma, Viscountess Weymouth
Power pair: Viscountess Weymouth, 31, sits side-by-side with close friend Lady Kitty Spencer, 27, on the front row
Emma and her husband, Ceawlin have already made history – the Viscountess is the country’s first black British aristocrat following their 2013 marriage. He will one day become the Marquess of Bath and she his Marchioness.
Ceawlin took over running the 10,000-acre estate and safari park from his 85-year-old father in 2010.
LINEAGE: Emma was born to Suzanna McQuiston, an English socialite, and Chief Oladipo Jadesimi, a Nigerian oil magnate who is the executive chairman.
EDUCATION: Emma attended Queen’s Gate School, in South Kensington, where she was head girl, and later attended the University College London to study art history. She went on to study at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art.
MODELLING: Visountess Weymouth works as a brand ambassador for Fiorucci. She has modeled for Dolce & Gabbana, walking in runway shows at Harrod’s
MOTHERHOOD: Viscountess Weymouth gave birth to her first child, The Honourable John Alexander Ladi Thynn, on 26 October 2014. The couple welcomed another son, The Honourable Henry Richard Isaac Thynn, by surrogacy at a private clinic in West Hollywood on 30 December 2016.
Lady Kitty Spencer
Queen of hearts: Bardot-esque bombshell Kitty, 27, is a muse for D&G and has starred in catwalk shows and campaign shoots
Bardot-esque bombshell Kitty, 27, revels in posting details of her fabulous life online — with regular cleavage-baring shots in exotic locations.
LINEAGE: Her D&G appearance wasn’t that surprising as her model mother, Victoria Lockwood, was once described by Ralph Lauren as ‘the most beautiful girl in the world’. Her father is Princess Diana’s brother, the 9th Earl Spencer.
EDUCATION: Raised in South Africa, she went to private school and the University of Cape Town, before moving to Regent’s University London to study ‘luxury brand management’.
MODELLING: A former Tatler cover girl, Kitty is a Storm agency signing. BruceOldfield dressed her for her Bal des Debutantes in Paris.
PERKS: Her Instagram pays tribute to a list of sponsors — from make-up artists and airlines, to fashion houses and jewellers. Often front row at Dior, Julien Macdonald and Schiaparelli.
Eliza, Lily, Idina and Alexandra Moncreiffe
High class Highlanders: (l-r) Eliza, 23, Lily, 19, Idina, 26, and Alexandra Moncreiffe, 21, have a lineage going back 800 years
High-class highlanders Idina, 26, Eliza, 23, Alexandra, 21, and Lily Moncreiffe, 19, all come from impeccable pedigree. A startlingly attractive quartet, they also have two brothers, Ossian, 26, and 17-year-old Euan.
LINEAGE: The Moncreiffes are Scottish aristocrats with a lineage going back 800 years. And though they look every inch a part of the Notting Hill set, they speak with a defiantly Scottish burr. Their father is chief of Clan Moncreiffe, and the younger brother of the 24th Earl of Erroll. They have homes in Scotland and Jersey.
Their net-worth is unknown, though Peregrine Moncreiffe is director of companies with a net value of £400 million.
EDUCATION: All four sisters are believed to have attended Ampleforth, the Catholic monastic school reserved mostly for boys in Yorkshire, where fees are £34,000 a year.
MODELLING: Idina and Alexandra were both named on Tatler’s list of 26 New It Girls last year. Idina has modelled for Vivienne Westwood and Simone Rocha and walked for D&G on Saturday night.
She was joined on the catwalk by sister Alexandra, who is also studying ‘nutrition and holistic healing’.