Princess Anne was named as the inspiration for a new men's clothes collection in a top Italian fashion house, it has been confirmed.
The Princess Royal has become an unlikely men's fashion icon, inspiring a new collection from high-end Italian fashion house Fendi.
The brand shared its designs for autumn and winter 2024 at Milan Fashion Week, with designer Silvia Venturini Fendi hailing the 73-year-old as her inspiration.
She called Anne "the chicest woman in the world... capable of maintaining her femininity while wearing a uniform".
Princess Anne named 'chicest woman in world' as she inspires men's collection in top Italian fashion house
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The designer added: "I fell in love with the style of Princess Anne who, to my mind, is the most elegant woman in the world.
"When I saw the Coronation last year with Princess Anne in her uniform, I thought she looked beautiful.
"So I said, 'Let's be inspired for a men's collection'.
"I liked the idea of breaking barriers, breaking the masculine and feminine codes.
Princess Anne was the monarch's personal bodyguard at the Coronation
PA"The Princess Royal is very rigorous in how she dresses, with this kind of military-minded attitude, but feminine at the same time.
"She has a life outside the spotlight.
"She's kind of an anti-fashion person and, to me, that's something that's actually very fashionable and chic."
Venturini Fendi added that her collection is about longevity, creating "garments for life, not use and throw away".
Princess Anne in 1984 dressed for rainy weather
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This comes as Princess Anne criticised fast fashion during her recent royal tour in Sri Lanka.
During an interview with the Press Association, Anne spoke about the endless manufacturing of clothes, saying: “What do you do with them next?
"Nobody really thought that one through and they are going to have to think about that sort of thing in the future.
"You think about how much is going into landfill.”