11 Facts About Bruce Oldfield

Between the ages of 1 and 13, Bruce Oldfield was placed in foster care where he was brought up by a seamstress who sparked his love for designing and making clothes.

In 1963, age the age of 13, Bruce Oldfield moved to West Mount, a Dr Barnardo's Children's Home, in Ripon.

Four years later, Bruce Oldfield moved out of West Mount and lodged with a couple in Harrogate.

In 1961, Bruce Oldfield passed the 11-plus and began to attend Spennymoor Grammar School.

In 1975 the Bruce Oldfield label was born with the launch of ready-to-wear collections for European and American stores.

Bruce Oldfield began making couture clothes in 1978 for individual clients and from 1980 for Diana, Princess of Wales.

In 1990, Bruce Oldfield was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire for services to the fashion industry; and in 2004 his autobiography Rootless was published.

Bruce Oldfield has Honorary Fellowships to the Royal College of Art and the Universities of Durham and Sheffield, was Governor of The London Institute and Trustee of the Royal Academy of Arts.

In December 2001, Bruce Oldfield received an Honorary Doctorate of Civil Law from the University of Northumbria in Newcastle upon Tyne, and in 2005 an Honorary Doctorate from the University of Central England.

In 2005 it was reported that Bruce Oldfield was a supporter of the Conservative Party.

In 2023, Bruce Oldfield was chosen by Queen Camilla to design her coronation gown.