Category: Clothes shops, Wedding dress shops
Business profile: Amanda Wakeley is a luxury lifestyle brand that showcases and reflects the aesthetic of its Founder and Creative Director, Amanda Wakeley. Launched in 1990, the collection founded on Amanda’s distinct, timeless signature and sport-luxe details, includes ready to wear, handbags and leather goods, jewellery and scarves.
Raised in England and educated at Cheltenham Ladies College, Amanda worked in New York before returning to London to launch her eponymous brand with the opening of a studio and boutique in the heart of Chelsea,London. Soon the entirely self-taught designer was a favourite of the world’s most stylish women, including Diana, Princess of Wales, arguably the most famous woman in the world at the time.
In the 2010 New Year Honours, Amanda was appointed an Officer of the British Empire (OBE) by His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales at Buckingham Palace, for her services to the British fashion industry and role as the funding co-chair of Fashion Targets Breast Cancer.The Charity has raised more than £13.5 million to raise awareness of and fund research into breast cancer since its inception in 1996. Amanda’s accolades also include three British Fashion Awards for Glamour in 1992, 1993 and 1996, and in 2012 she received the Natwest Everywoman Ambassador Award.
Website: www.amandawakeley.com
Amanda Wakeley – Mayfair
Address: 18 Albemarle Street, Mayfair, London W1S 4HR
Phone number: 020 3691 2982
Amanda Wakeley – Draycott Avenue
Address: 167 Draycott Avenue, Knightsbridge, London SW3 3AJ
Phone number: 020 3141 9118
Amanda Wakeley – Chelsea
Address: 175–177 Fulham Road, Chelsea, London SW3 6JW
Phone number: 020 7376 3739
Amanda Wakeley – Knightsbridge
Address: 2nd Floor, 109-125 Knightsbridge, London SW1X 7RJ
Phone number: 020 7235 5000, Ext. 2324
Amanda Wakeley – Belgravia
Address: Lee Court, 3 Logan Pl, Belgravia, London W8 6QN
Phone number: 020 7235 5000, Ext. 2324
