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A photograph of a pale green embellished sleeveless evening dress by Norman Hartnell’s displayed in the grandeur of a palace room

An embellishment detail of the pale green embellished sleeveless dress with a peplum over the hips. It focuses on the detail of the floral beadwork and sequins

A photograph of the beautiful flowers that I received this morning along with my book, out today, Dressing the Queen!

All the flowers for publication day! Some sequinned sprinkled over Norman Hartnell’s 1957 state gown for the Queen and some in real life from my wonderful publisher #ChattoBooks. Thank you for all of the support! I feel very lucky indeed #RCT #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡

An image of a book cover Dressing the Queen which features different elements of dressmaking from a fashion sketch to some embroidery and a photograph of a woman spinning silk

Well this is exciting! Book News klaxon & I am so thrilled to share this beautiful cover of my new book Dressing the Queen: 200 Years of Makers & Monarchy which will be published in April 2026. A huge thank you to #ChattoBooks for this most lovely volume. #aitkenalexander

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So excited! My publisher has just added the front cover of my new book to my authors page. #penguinbooks #chattobooks #poetsmuse #poetsofbluesky #poetrycommunity