'I love dressing the Duchess,' says Anna. The two wedding outfits won plaudits throughout the fashion press and suddenly Robinson Valentine was on the name on everyone's lips. And the results - a white chiffon dress for the civil ceremony and a porcelain blue gown with matching coat for the religious ceremony - were an unequivocal success. 'How do you find an absolutely exquisite fabric in six weeks?' asks Anna, who nevertheless rose to the challenge.ДЄs expected all eyes were on the sartorial choices made by Camilla, who had previously come under fire for her dowdy style. A month and a half before Camilla wed Prince Charles the design duo were approached about making the outfits the bride would wear on her big day.

As the brand gained a reputation for its sophisticated clothes other social butterflies followed suit, including Patti Palmer Tomkinson and Lady Sarah Chatto.Д«ut it was a spring 2005 commission which was to propel Robinson Valentine into a whole new realm. Having decided to launch their own range, and supported by the Enterprise Allowance Scheme, they opened a tiny corner shop in Wandsworth - a far cry from Anna's current, beautifully appointed atelier in Kensington.Дuring the Eighties they turned out party dresses and puffball skirts, landing their first high-profile client in 1993 - Serena Stanhope - who asked them to create her going away outfit for her wedding to the Queen's nephew, David Linley. Then when I was having singing lessons, I made clothes for friends to pay for the (lessons),' says Anna. Having never studied fashion, Anna and Antonia met on a pattern-cutting course at a Hammersmith college. It was followed by a cream column dress for a 2002 charity party at Somerset House, a creation which marked a turning point in Camilla's image. 'I think we did a camel coat first,' recalls Anna, who is the creative brains behind the partnership. In 2001 the pair began a collaboration with Camilla who asked them to 'soften her look' that would eventually bring them world renown.

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