1946-2023
HILARY ALEXANDER
‘WE WILL NEVER FILL THE GAP SHE HAS LEFT’
FAREWELL TO HELLO! FASHION’S LONG-TIME COLLABORATOR
Phone already in her hand, Hilary gets ready to report on the 2013 Mulberry spring/summer catwalk, watching with (from left) Vanessa Kirby, Lana Del Rey, Kate Moss, Alexa Chung, Rebecca Hall and Caroline Rush
Designer Betty Jackson joins the celebrations as hello! Fashion marks Hilary’s 70th birthday in
She was the life and soul of the front row; a dedicated doyenne of fashion who lived and breathed the industry she loved. But sadly, on her birthday last week, Hilary Alexander passed away in hospital at the age of 77 and the world lost one of its most prolific sartorial pioneers.
The flamboyant fashionista, who was our sister title hello! Fashion’s editor at large when it launched in 2014, enjoyed a career spanning six decades. She graced frows around the globe, was on first-name terms with high-profile trailblazers such as Gianni Versace and Alexander McQueen, and is reputed to have coined the term “supermodel”.