Fashion, Art Crowds Mingled With Duchess of Cambridge at London Gala

Fashion, Art Crowds Mingled With Duchess of Cambridge at London Gala  Natalie Theodosi A PORTRAIT OF MANY LADIES: Flash bulbs lit up a small slice of Charing Cross Road as guests – including the Duchess of Cambridge – arrived for the National Portrait Gallery gala on Tuesday night in London. It is the gallery's most anticipated event, which takes place every four years. The Duchess, a patron of the National Portrait Gallery, arrived in time for dinner in an emerald lace gown by Temperley London. Nick Cullinan, National Portrait Gallery director, at the 2017 Portrait Gala in London.  REX/Shutterstock See Also: Duchess of Cambridge Dons Temperley London to National Portrait Gallery Gala >> She mixed with guests from the worlds of art and fashion, and got a private tour of two of the gallery's current exhibitions: "Howard Hodgkin: Absent Friends" and "Gillian Wearing and Claude Cahun: Behind The Mask, Another Mask." Alexa Chung was the new head of the Portrait Gala's committee, so it was no surprise its guest list featured many more fashion industry figures than in previous years. Alexa Chung  Beretta/Sims/REX/Shutterstock Among them were art lover and collector Erdem Moralioglu, Philip Treacy, Juergen Teller, Noor Fares, Laura Bailey and Arizona Muse. "This is one of the liveliest crowds I've seen," said the National Portrait Gallery's director Nick Cullinan, who later introduced a perfomance by the British soul singer Laura Mvula. Moralioglu said he's a Follow WWD on Twitter or become a fan on Facebook. Read More... Fashion 3