Up-and-coming fashion designer Euphemia Sydney Davies, who is representing Sierra Leone for the project, spoke at the launch event of the special bond that has formed between herself and her partner, a master weaver from Ghana. Not only is she thrilled to have found a creative collaborator for her eponymous line, Sydney Davies, but she’s made firm friends with the weaver and his partner. And it’s something she’s hoping to replicate when she meets her fashion idol and favorite royal, Princess Kate.
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“I probably won’t sleep the night before the party, I’m beyond excited!” Davies told People, adding: “Everything Kate wears is just beautifully crafted and she’s got a great sense of style, it would be such an honor to meet her, I can’t wait!”
Once they have their royal debut at the palace, all the outfits will be displayed at a public exhibition at London’s Australia House on February 21 and other various London locations in the run up to Commonwealth Heads of Government Summit in April, before heading to New York in September. Online retailer (and a favorite of Kate’s) Matchesfashion.com will also launch an edited collection in September.