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Cornelia James is a firm of British glovemakers, founded in 1946, and with a Royal Warrant since 1979.

Cornelia Katz was born in Vienna in 1917, and left in 1939 via Paris to London to try to get a United States visa, but met Jack James and married him six weeks later in 1940.[1] She was a Jewish refugee and soon set up business in London making gloves, and in 1947 Norman Hartnell asked her to make the "going-away" gloves for the then Princess Elizabeth after her marriage to Prince Phillip.[2]

Cornelia James have been Royal Warrant holders since 1979, and are now based in Lewes, Sussex.[3]

The company is now run by her daughter, Genevieve James.[4] Notable clients include the Duchess of Cambridge, Princess Anne, Rihanna, Taylor Swift and Madonna.[5]

References

  1. ^ Gwen Stapleton. "Obituary: Cornelia James | Culture". The Independent. Retrieved 2016-01-18.
  2. ^ "Cornelia James, About Us". Corneliajames.com. Retrieved 2016-01-18.
  3. ^ "Cornelia James Ltd | Royal Warrant Holders Association". Royalwarrant.org. Retrieved 2016-01-18.
  4. ^ "Cornelia James, About Us". Corneliajames.com. Retrieved 2016-01-18.
  5. ^ "Cornelia James, About Us". Corneliajames.com. Retrieved 2016-01-18.

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