Amanda Jane Ormsby-Gore, Baroness Harlech (''née'' Grieve; May 1958) is a British creative consultant and writer with a long association with the couturiers

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and

Karl Lagerfeld Karl Otto Lagerfeld (; 10 September 1933 – 19 February 2019) was a German fashion designer, creative director, artist and photographer. He was known as the creative director of the French fashion house Chanel, a position held from 1983 ...

. She was named to the

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Hall of Fame in 1997.

Early life

Amanda Jane Grieve was born in 1958 in north London, the daughter of Alan Grieve, a solicitor and director of the

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and his first wife, Anne Dulake. She grew up in

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where one of her childhood companions was

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. She was educated at

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and Marlborough College before studying English at

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, specialising in the work of

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Career

Harlech worked with John Galliano during his years as an independent couturier. When Galliano joined Dior in 1996, she joined Karl Lagerfeld at Chanel. She also works as a consultant at

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. Harlech has collaborated on two books – ''Palazzo'' and ''Sicily'' – and has expressed the desire to write more in the future. In November 2011, Harlech appeared in Karl Lagerfeld's film ''The Tale of a Fairy'' and the Patricia Mazuy film ''Sport de Filles'' with

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and

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. In December 2011, Harlech curated the Krug-sponsored "Happiness" exhibition at the Royal Academy of Arts, London. The exhibition, which raised funds for the

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, consisted of artworks donated by celebrities. In May 2013, Harlech appeared in Karl Largerfeld's film ''Once Upon A Time'', featuring

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. In September 2013, Harlech is seen in the Fendi film'' Invito Pericoloso .'' In February 2014, Harlech, with

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, started a jewellery collection called Harlot & Bones. In 2015 Harlech curated the first and only retrospective of Karl Lagerfeld's fashion career. Featuring work from Fendi, Chloe, Chanel and his namesake brand 'Karl Lagerfeld: Modemethode' exhibited 28 March to 13 September 2015 at The Art and Exhibition Hall of the Federal Republic of Germany – in short, th
Bundeskunsthalle
Creative team included -

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, Michel Gaubert
Chris Sutton
She made a brief appearance in the Karl Lagerfeld-directed ''Once and Forever'', starring

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, and Jérémie Elkaïm.

Personal life

On May 16, 1986, she married

Francis Ormsby-Gore, 6th Baron Harlech Francis David Ormsby-Gore, 6th Baron Harlech (13 March 1954 – 1 February 2016), was a peer in the United Kingdom. Early life Lord Harlech was born in 1954, the fifth child and second son of David Ormsby-Gore, 5th Baron Harlech, and his wife Sy ...

, adopting the surname 'Harlech'. The couple had two children: * Jasset David Cody Ormsby-Gore, 7th Baron Harlech (b. 1 July 1986), studied at

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* The Hon. Tallulah Sylvia Ormsby-Gore (b. 16 May 1988), studied at the

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. Harlech and her husband were divorced on 31 August 1998. She now lives in

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, with a base at the

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for the city's fashion shows.

Titles

* Miss Amanda Grieve (1958–1986) * ''

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'' The Lady Harlech (1986–1998) * Amanda, Lady Harlech (1998–present)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Harlech, Amanda 1958 births Living people British people of English descent People educated at South Hampstead High School People educated at Marlborough College Alumni of Somerville College, Oxford Writers from London British baronesses Amanda British curators Fashion influencers 21st-century English women writers