Queen Elizabeth II exhibition is now set to capture the attention of the global fashion and history communities. At the heart of Buckingham Palace, a landmark display titled “Queen Elizabeth II: Her Life In Style” will open in spring 2026, coinciding with what would have been the centenary of the late monarch’s birth. This Queen Elizabeth II exhibition features approximately 200 garments, around half of which have never before been publicly displayed.
From her early days as a princess to seven decades as Britain’s longest-reigning monarch, the Queen Elizabeth II exhibition explores her wardrobe as both personal expression and national emblem. Highlights include her wedding gown, coronation robes, an apple-green state banquet gown from 1957, and even an unexpected transparent raincoat designed by Hardy Amies in the 1960s.
The exhibition not only presents formal dress but off-duty attire too: riding clothes, Harris tweed jackets and practical raincoats that reflect the Queen’s public service, her travels, and her quietly influential role in the evolution of British fashion.
Designers such as Norman Hartnell, Hardy Amies, and contemporary British auteurs like Erdem Moralioglu, Richard Quinn and Christopher Kane have connections to this archive. The Queen Elizabeth II exhibition thus becomes a dialogue between royal dress, couture legacy and modern fashion. The curator described her wardrobe as “one of the most significant living archives in modern fashion history.”
For visitors, the Queen Elizabeth II exhibition offers far more than aesthetic admiration—it is a study of how clothing can reflect diplomacy, identity, and history. It draws together diplomatic gowns, state dinners, colonial visits, everyday practicality and a changing Britain, all through the lens of a queen’s attire.
Tickets for this Queen Elizabeth II exhibition will go on sale in November 2025, with the show running from 10 April to 18 October 2026.
