Hardy Amies: On her majesty's sartorial service

1940: Hardy Amies takes time out from his officer training to prepare his spring collection Photograph: Fred Ramage/Getty

1949: International buyers now flocked to London as well as Paris. A model at a fashion show wearing a Hardy Amies wool coat with steel buttons and one of his new 'frame' collars Photograph: Kurt Hutton/Picture Post/Getty Images/Getty

1952: Amies and his team leave Savile Row in London for Clarence House, to deliver the clothes he has made for then Princess Elizabeth Photograph: Chris Ware/Getty

1952: Amies working on his collection with his material board in the background, with materials from all over the world Photograph: Getty

1952: Amies with Miss Beard, a famous name in haute couture circles, in the workroom Photograph: Getty

1954: A group of models wearing clothes by (from left to right) Mattli, Hardy Amies, Creed and Norman Hartnell Photograph: John Chillingworth/Getty

1955: A gold lame dress and jacket with a mink collar from Amies' collection Photograph: Picture Post/Getty

1960: Amies describing an idea for a new gown Photograph: Peter Waugh/Observer

1964: To celebrate its centenary, men's tailors Hepworths gives a showing of fashions of the future, designed by Amies Photograph: Getty

1965: Amies takes a shot of one of his elegant evening gowns Photograph: Corbis

1966: Amies being shown a selection of shirts Photograph: M. McKeown/Getty

1966: English footballer Bobby Moore models a suit by Hardy Amies Photograph: M. McKeown/Getty

1967: Models wearing outfits from Amies' summer collection Photograph: Getty

1970: A model displays an evening cape and suit at the Cologne fashion week as part of the Hardy Amies creation for men collection Photograph: Getty

1972: Amies' stewardess uniforms, introduced for British Airways Photograph: Dennis Stone/Rex Features

1975: The Oxford boat race team, in outfits by Amies, pose at Putney Photograph: Central Press/Getty

1977: Models wear outfits from Amies' autumn/winter collection Photograph: Corbis

1982: Items on display at the Hardy Amies store Photograph: Rex Features

1992: Amies and models outside his Savile Row store Photograph: Nils Jorgensen/Rex Features

Early 1990s: Amies in his Savile Row shop Photograph: Michael S. Yamashita/Corbis

Early 1990s: Hardy Amies design sketches for Queen Elizabeth Photograph: Tim Graham/Getty

1995: The Queen during her tour of South Africa wearing Amies' design Photograph: Tim Graham/Getty Images

2006: The Hardy Amies collection at a fashion show at the Victoria and Albert museum, celebrating the design house's 60th anniversary Photograph: Martin Argles/Guardian

2006: Carmen dell'Orefice, 74, models an outfit from the Hardy Amies collection at a fashion show at the Victoria and Albert museum Photograph: Martin Argles/Guardian